AshUnow
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Aubrey Hackett
While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
Aneesa Wardle
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
andreaxonicole
I wish I could erase this whole movie from my head. Garbage compared to the originals
jadavix
This sequel-to-a-remake is unfairly regarded as Rob Zombie's worst movie.This is all the more unfair when you consider that its prequel is easily worse.Remember Rob Zombie's first "Halloween" movie?That was the one where he turned Michael Myers into a mall-goth Marilyn Manson fan who got picked on at school and had a stressed single mother and...Wait. Am I describing an episode of "Degrassi: The Next Generation", or the back story of one of the three most iconic movie slashers in history?It could be either, couldn't it?Real scary, Rob. Real scary.Anyway.There was no way in hell this sequel could have been as much of a laughable insult to the original franchise as its forebear was, and it isn't.What it is, though, is kind of a mess. It tells at least three stories at once. Malcolm McDowell is chewing up the scenery as Dr Loomis, Michael Myers' dodgy psychologist who is now dubiously cashing in on the fame he got from surviving the first movie. Laurie Strode is suffering the psychiatric effects of her own closeness to the masked boogeyman, and is really going off the rails - and with Margot Kidder (RIP) as her therapist, who can blame her?And Michael? He's doing what he does best, and takes probably a bit too long to meet the other two characters for the reunion you know is going to go down."Halloween 2" isn't a bad movie. It's not as bad as the laughable prequel, for which Rob Zombie should hang his head in shame for having ever committed to celluloid, and it's also not as bad as the inexplicable "31". It's more just average and forgettable, hamstrung by a silly two hour run-time, and a bit of narrative confusion. I also can't remember a single kill, so whereas the movie may deliver on the violence, it's not particularly creative or interesting.
cheighlee
Like in the movie before this one, Rob Zombie continues to miss the point of Michael Myers completely, however, this time he's not copying older Halloween movies that much.Two years later and new Laurie Strode is an asshole and has mental problems. Annie Brackett has also survived first movie, unlike the original and deals with Laurie's breakdown.Michael Myers eats a dog and is a hobo with a knife. Kills people, tripps like he's on drugs. Laurie tripps as well, but she's maybe actually on drugs.Loomis gets money, personal assistant and fame... more infamy though.
Everyone finds out Laurie is Michael's sister, she goes even more nuts. Oh, yes, we have that back for this reboot as well, sorry.Brad Dourif gets angry, guns everyone down with the power of police. The end, also there is white horse here and there. Stupid.I rank this second worst Halloween movie in my book.
Sober-Friend
The Rob Zombie films are the worse films in the series. They are worse than "Halloween 8". Where the original films had distinct voices for the three girls Rob Zombie makes everyone sound like tattooed White Trash! I guess He wrote t he knows"Now if it was up to me I would re-start the series. I would called it "Halloween: The True Michael Myers Story". I would have take place in the 1970's. I would have 3 houses where Michael is Stalking and people disappearing. I would show him breaking into a store and steeling "Mask, Rope, & a couple of knives". I would change the name of the girls so that way you don't know who will be the final girl. Now if you liked this film that's fine but "Its garbage to me"
