Halloween II [DVD]

"You can't kill the boogeyman", explained John Carpenter in the original Halloween, and to prove it Michael Myers returns in the handsome but grisly sequel Halloween 2. Jamie Lee Curtis reprises her role as Laurie Strode but spends most of her time cowering in a hospital gown, and Donald Pleasance runs around like a maniac as the panicky doctor desperate to hunt down Myers before he kills again. Carpenter writes and produces with partner Debra Hill and together they replace the mystery and uncertainty of the original with an exponentially bigger body count, some strange tales about the Druids and Pagan ceremonies, and the now-familiar family ties between Michael and Laurie. First-time director Rick Rosenthal (Bad Boys) paces the film at a brisk jog and directs it with a clean, crisp style, taking the murders out of the dark to display them in all their nasty detail. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

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Just as good as the original… rare indeed for a sequel. --Bloody Disgusting

A good companion for the original… worthy of multiple watches. --Fatally Yours

A Halloween night of terrifying butchery...a convicted killer on the loose..a frenzied chase after an unstoppable murderer - these are the harrowing ingredients of the follow-up to John Carpenter's sensational hit.

Once again Michael Myers pursues the beautiful teenage Laurie and satisfies his blood lust with random slaughter: loving couples, a defenceless nurse, a luckless guard and many more fall prey to Myers as he weilds his axe, breadknife and even medical syringe in his relentlessly violent quest.

LEADING ROLE: CHARLES CYPHERS, DONALD PLEASENCE, JAMIE LEE CURTIS, JEFFREY KRAMER, LANCE GUEST RELEASE YEAR: 1999 DIRECTOR: RICK ROSENTHAL RUNNING TIME: 115 MIN. REGION: REGION 2: EUROPE RATING: UK:18 GENRE: HORROR REVIEW A Halloween night of terrifying butchery; a convicted killer on the loose; a frenzied chase after an unstoppable murderer. These are the harrowing ingredients of the follow-up to John Carpenter's sensational hit. Once again, Michael Myers pursues the beautiful teenager Laurie and satisfies his blood lust with random slaughter: loving couples, a defenceless nurse, a luckless guard and many more fall prey to Myers as he wields axe, bread-knife and even medical syringe in his relentlessly violent quest.