Halloween II

"Family is forever."

2009 1h 45m EN

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5.3

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★5.3TMDB · 1,584

Horror

Synopsis

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Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois. Meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.

“Family is forever.”

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Cast

Scout Taylor-Compton
Laurie Strode
Malcolm McDowell
Dr. Samuel Loomis
Tyler Mane
Michael Myers
Sheri Moon Zombie
Deborah Myers
Brad Dourif
Sheriff Lee Brackett
Danielle Harris
Annie Brackett
Brea Grant
Mya Rockwell
Howard Hesseman
Uncle Meat

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Rob Zombie
Writers: Rob Zombie, Chris Hunter
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.9× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Halloween (Rob Zombie Series) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

CAST

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343+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Rob Zombie, shot by Brandon Trost. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Tyler Bates. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Joel T. Pashby shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Scout Taylor-Compton and Malcolm McDowell and Tyler Mane carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Rob Zombie directs. Brandon Trost behind the camera. Tyler Bates scores. Joel T. Pashby cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 3.9× over at the box office.
2Released 17 years ago.
3Part of the "Halloween (Rob Zombie Series) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4343+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Rob Zombie, shot by Brandon Trost. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Tyler Bates. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Joel T. Pashby shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Scout Taylor-Compton and Malcolm McDowell and Tyler Mane carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Family is forever.".
10IMDB entry: tt1311067 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 27 themes, including "post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)", "nurse", "therapist", "loss of loved one".
12Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Brandon Trost
Original score: Tyler Bates
Editing: Joel T. Pashby
Production design: Garreth Stover
Costume design: Mary E. McLeod
Makeup / hair: Douglas Noe
VFX supervisor: Mark Dornfeld
Sound: Patrick Cyccone Jr.
Stunt coordinator: Rawn Hutchinson
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $10,000,000
Box office: $39,421,467
Return: 394% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Halloween II (2009)

Part of

Halloween (Rob Zombie Series) Collection

An American slasher film series directed and produced by Rob Zombie. The series is a reboot of the 1978 horror film of the same name. Rob Zombie's "reimagining" follows the premise of John Carpenter's original, with Michael Myers stalking Laurie Strode and her friends on Halloween night. Zombie's film goes deeper into the character's psyche, trying to answer the question of what drove him to kill people.

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Gimly2017-11-08
★ 8/10
Personally, I found Halloween II the darkest of any Rob Zombie movie, and certainly more menacing than any other Halloween film to date. It’s full of tortured, nasty, hateful, abhorrent, violent and crude characters, and that’s just the good guys! Mikey is back, in a big way. His look is a little different, but in a realistic “I’m-a-serial-murdering-insane-homeless-giant” kind of a way. And although the bleak, demoralising nature of the film made it painful to watch at times, I would say it was worth it overall. Featuring some strong acting, a surreal but accomplished script, an absolutely amazing soundtrack, and a totally absorbing storyline. I may be alone in thinking this, but to me, Halloween II is a worthy entry into one of the most successful horror franchises of all time.
Dark Jedi2018-03-17
★ 1/10
What happened? When I watched the 2007 remake I was quite happy that it was a decent enough work and gave it 7 stars out of 10. This one though? Well the reboot is effectively killed as far as I am concerned. If there are to be made another movie in this franchise there has to be another reboot. This one is just ruined. The first 20 minutes or so was not too bad. Then it just went to hell. Rob Zombie must have been high on drugs when he wrote this crud. A god chunk of it is just some drug-induced psychedelic mess. Debora Meyers is just a foul-mouthed brat who is so dislikable that you almost hope that Michael will get her. Dr. Loomis have been turned into a despicable asshole. Michael himself is mostly just a big dirty man who slashes people up. Occasionally he shows some of the supernatural qualities he is supposed to have but most often not. And he grunts a lot, what the f…? The dialogue is non-existent if you remove the foul language. I am normally quite resistant towards foul language but not when the movie is filled with it just to cover up the lack of talent in the writer. I think that I have not been so disappointed in a movie in a long time. This movie is utter trash and a disgrace to a franchise that is really one of my favorite horror ones. I am going to think more than twice before I ever watch a movie by Rob Zombie again.
rspen462020-10-03
★ 2/10
I see 2 reviews here on this one, one is an 8 star the other a 1 star, I've been watching Movies for over 50 years now, I absolutely love them, all types and Genres, I can sit down with my Wife or alone and watch any good Hallmark Movie or any good Horror Movie, I have favorites in all genres. And I think I can give a good honest independent review on any type of Move, so obviously here with an 8 & 1 star reviews one of them is either 100% wrong and the other right or this move possibly falls somewhere in the middle at around a 5*. I watched it for the 1st time last night, I like the original, it's not a great Movie but it's good and a decent sequel to the Original, Rob Zombie's Halloween remake of the Original was fairly good, 10x better than his second one. I have to agree 100% with Peter's review here, the star is a Loud, Foul Mouthed, and extremely irritating and ignorant Character, she is also a terrible actress in this Movie unless you just want her for her screaming in y our face. I like all the actors from other shows and Movies he throws in, some are wasted others are fairly good in their spots. I also rate it a 1 STAR, I'm not against Foul language in a Movie, but it should be used in the right spots and times, in this one, they just throw the F-Bombs out there like it's a normal thing and it's not, even when I worked in a Factory with mostly Men that drank some before during and after work, they did not use foul language that often. I could have raised my rating higher if that was not the case and if she was nothing more than a screamer, let her act a little, I agree with Peter's question, was Rob High when he filmed this, LOL!, the reviewer that rates it an 8 star is WAY OFF!, I'm sorry whomever you are, but the only thing you get right is, it is Rob's Darkest Movie yet, other than that, this MOVIE SUCKS! DO NOT WASTE 1 MINUTE OF YOUR LIFE WATCHING IT, watch the 2nd one with Jamie Lee Curtis, it's pretty good and also number 3 it's not a bad one either and better than the reviews it got.