Halloween II (1981)
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- Directed by
- Rick Rosenthal
- Written by
- Debra Hill, John Carpenter
- Produced by
- Debra Hill, John Carpenter, Moustapha Akkad, Joseph Wolf, Irwin Yablans, Dino De Laurentiis, Barry Bernardi, Randi Chernov
Why it’s HorroRated
Halloween II follows Laurie into a nearly empty hospital and proves that Michael Myers works in almost any closed environment. It's not as tight as the original but it maintains the atmosphere and the tension remarkably well. The mythology addition is controversial but it gives the franchise something to build on.
Synopsis
Picking up immediately where Halloween ends, the sequel moves the action to a hospital that should feel safe and makes it another long corridor of pursuit. Michael brings the same unhurried pace he had in the original. The mythology addition the film introduces has been argued about ever since, but it gives the franchise something to build on.
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Quick facts
- Release date
- October 30, 1981
- Runtime
- 1 hour 32 mins
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Content rating
- R
- Entry type
- Movie
Content notes
- Violence and peril
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