Halloween 2 (1981) MOVIE REACTION! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!
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- We move onto the man himself, Michael Myers and catch up with this famous serial killer in Halloween 2 (1981) lets see what else he gets up to on that horrifying night! Do we think this is a worthy sequel? find out!!
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Carpenter admitted years later that the reason he added the brother-sister element was that it was very late at night, he'd had a six-pack of beers and couldn't think of anything else.
And it worked in my opinion because I like the storyline never had a problem with it 2018 took that away and I hated it
@@jdogjohnson9038 The sibling subplot was a lazy attempt to explain Michael’s nature. It lead to a convoluted mythos surrounding the character that took away from what made him so fascinating in the original film. Halloween (2018) did the series a favor by retconning that terrible addition. Halloween is my favorite franchise and I love each of them for what they are, but I’m eternally grateful for the new timeline. The original films are always there to watch but there was simply nowhere else to take that story.
@@donnybuoy they kind of stopped being good after 4 imo and the rest are so so I can watch them but they are messes from 5 on
@@donnybuoy I personally liked the whole narrative of them being related and Michael coming after his sister relentlessly without reason. In fact, I find that it’s much more scarier and terrifying that someone with superhuman abilities in your bloodline, whether it be a sibling or an uncle, is hellbent on coming after you, no matter what. I also find that the whole sibling aspect is one of the elements that make the Halloween franchise stand out from the others. I can completely understand why they retconned it, though. And personally, I don’t have a problem with it, even though I do prefer the sibling narrative. I hated the Thorn plot, though.
it’s a good twist though actually?
The kid killed in the car explosion is mentioned as being Ben Tramer, who Laurie mentions she had a crush on in the first film.
Really?!
@@louispacetime1576 Yep, poor guy. Couldn't get the girl, couldn't stay alive...
@@thedragon12 Yep. Justice for Ben!
@@mattmccomas1 Hes alive in the new one
Yeah! Justice for Ben!
I just remember the running gag of Ben Tramer in all the Halloween films' reviews by the Cinema Snob!
"Theres no story, just isolated scenes where hes just stalking people and killing them". Welcome to the early 80s slasher boom.
😂😂 remember Friday the 13th-3D? Smh, omg those “3D” shots!!🤣🤣🤣
They don't get it all, they think that every movie should be a Stanley Kubrick movie.
@@peterengelen2794 No, they just know when a movie is subpar or downright bad. Halloween II is one of them. It’s simply boring. A horror film doesn’t have to be on the level of The Shining to be good, but it does have to have at least a semblance of a plot and characters to root for. H2 has none of those. Halloween is my favorite franchise but even I can recognize that this film is just meh.
@@donnybuoy 'Robocop' is downright bad? 'Suspiria' is downright bad? And btw, you're saying ''Halloween is my favorite franchise but even I can recognize that this film is just meh.'' So which ones of the other Halloween movies are cool, besides the first three movies?
@@donnybuoy Being that this was their first watch, I can understand where they're coming from. However, if you remove the critic optics for a sec, it's really just supposed to be a kinda silly, albeit fun, slasher flick sequel - which it does succeed in. It's not too pretentious for its own good, it has a tense 3rd act, has a killer score, an ominous setting, & you can even argue Donald Pleasence is at his best in this one. It ain't better than the original, but it does work as a worthy, fun successor (maybe minus the brother/sister revelation 😅).
I was stuck in the hospital during Halloween one year watching scary movies, and this movie scared the piss out of me.
It's just a movie. 😁
@@mikerodgers7620 I did Black Friday the morning after seeing THE MIST on Thanksgiving Day. The whole city was heavily fogged in. Yeah, I had to talk myself out of my car to walk up to the doors. So it happens.
@@Theomite I see.
My 12 /13 year old niece and nephew both laughed at this movie for a straight 45 minutes. Then laughed at Nightmare on elm street movie. Actually laughed at these movies
@@nottinghamboy9409 you can't help but to do that sometimes. 😁
One of favourite line from Sam Loomis is in this movie
Neighbour : Is this a joke? I've been trick-or-treated to death tonight.
Sam Loomis : You don't know what death is!
*HALLOWEEN THEME KICKS IN*
I was always bothered by Lauries hair changing color between movies. I mean, when did she go blonde??
@@jariah92005 Jamie-Lee wore a wig in Halloween 2 because by that point she had cut her hair short. You're not the only one to spot the discrepancies in the hair between the movies
I always thought he said "Is this trick or treat or death tonight?"
My mom would always laugh out loud whenever she heard that line lmao
Same here
Fun Fact: Jamie Lee Curtis had cut her hair short at this point so had to wear a very bad wig for her scenes. And you can tell....
Think she must've cut it short for Road Games (1981), she liked it and pretty much kept it short ever since.
Myself and most people I've heard talk about it didn't even realize it with several watches until they found out about it. It's one of those things you don't un-notice though.
y’all should watch 1976’s Carrie
Great movie. Pretty sad though.
@@a-top7090 it’s truly heartbreaking. one of the all time greats
I'm kind of stunned they haven't gotten to it already.
What a masterpiece that film is
One of my favourites
Do any security guards in horror movies do their jobs?
Yes, LLCoolRonnie in H2O.
Not in real life either lol
Let’s not forget Loretta Devine in Urban Legend!
Right? Reese is amazing!
@@misscryptoria Ronnie does not do his job right lmao.
@@spaceinvader8791 He tries to, but apparently no one can turn down Josh Hartnet. Aside from that he does his job just fine.
John Carpenter didn't want to do this, he famously wrote it over the course of a night with a bottle of JDs.
I thought it was a 6 pack of beer?
Like a boss lol
@@BrokenGodEnt My mistake, it was beer, but either way he needed alcohol to get him through the night.
Surprised that it turned out as well as it did at all under those circumstances.
@@Theomite Did it turn out well? I've never seen it but it looks pretty terrible from the clips shown here and not a patch on the original.
I’m a simple man as soon as I see a cinema rules notification pop up, I watch.
"YOU LET HIM OUT!"
Loomis: "No, he let himself out".
"I heard that before sista" best line of the review.
I absolutely love this movie. Parts 1 and 2 are like one long movie for me. I grew up watching both and loving them equally. Classic movies!
You guys bantering and bickering back and forth just makes my day
You guys watched Scream a while back, you both should finish the rest of the franchise!
And keep in mind, much like Nightmare on Elm St, you gotta slog through #2 to get to the better #3 and beyond.
@@porgyt7177 WTF are you talking about? 2 is damn good, 3 is trash. 4. bounces back to being on the same level as 2, thank god. Oh, and Nightmare 2 is great.
@@mattmccomas1 nah. 3 is better than 2.
@@Horrorlover1978 LOL
Halloween beats scream by far
Lmao none of the 80s slasher series are about the story. It's all about the deaths. The more creative, shocking, technically impressive, the better. Personally, I love these movies just to shut off my critical mind and just enjoy the rollercoaster of emotions. Donald Pleasence (Dr. Loomis) is my favorite part of the Halloween series. He's been in so many insane John Carpenter movies, you could probably do a whole playlist of them.
He did well as the president in Escape From New York.
The story just follows on directly from 'Halloween'. MM is still out to kill 'Laurie' and anyone else who may just get in his frame.
I like this film. A decent sequel.
Halloween 3 Season Of The Witch is nothing to do with MM. Just watch it and view as a film in it's own merit. It is a very good film.
3 was weird to me. Didn’t’t have anything to do with witches, just mind control.
It was not a very good film.
Halloween continuity is really weird. There is Halloween 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6. Halloween 3 is it's own separate thing. Then you have Halloween 1, 2, 7 (H2O), and 8 (Resurrection.) The two Rob Zombie Halloweens is it's own thing. Then you have Halloween 1, Halloween 2018, and the upcoming Halloween Kills. It's all a mess.
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@@kuhpunkt No
@@TroyBoyleAtheistAdvocate No?
@@kuhpunkt No. He got one right, and one wrong. But correcting people's grammar on posts is some weak shit.
@@TroyBoyleAtheistAdvocate How so?
Underrated horror sequel. I really love it. 👍
y’all should watch Sleepaway Camp it’s a pretty good movie.
Not u meg
YES!
My guilty pleasure, second one was fun too, but the first remains with me!
Lol it is not a good movie but it's a camp (pun intended) classic!
Meet me at the waterfront after the social
The actor that played Michael in this film, Dick Warlock, had to wear lifts on his shoes since he was rather short. At that point why not just hire someone thats naturally tall? LOL
Still did a good job though
Because no care was taken in choosing the right guy or even to get the character right. Debra Hill complained years later that Warlock was too slow. Yet, she was on the set every day and didn't say anything.
@@jdogjohnson9038 Agreed. He's my favorite portrayal of Michael next to Nick Castle in the original.
Warlock is also the shadow on the wall when the dog walks in to the room in "The Thing".
especially when the mask didn't even fit the same so michael looks way less creepy.
The hospital security guard always makes me think of the hospital security guard in Terminator 2, like their intro scenes could be interchangeable.
A lot of people weirdly love this film and consider it nearly on par with the original which I find incredibly baffling. I don't hate it by any means (Shaun's 5.8 sounds about right for me) but it's just an inferior copy of the first film set in a hospital. Everything the film does the first one did better and by virtue of trying to seem like a continuation, I feel it only makes the flaws more glaring.
You guys should definitely do Halloween III at some point and treat it more as its own film rather than a Halloween sequel. An underrated film that I'm glad a lot of people are finally coming around to.
I hope one day that others valid opinions doesn’t seem so alien to you. Took me years to realize I wasn’t a hive mind as well... Well, a couple of hours on shrooms to be correct.
Halloween 3 is truly an underrated film, just sucks that so many people dismiss it because it doesn't have Michael in it. Luckily it has a nice cult following!
@@angellopez3202 I think it's turning around now, actually. Lots of people reevaluating it or discovering it for the first time without bias.
Halloween II was supposed to be the end the of the Michael Myers story. They tried something completely different with Halloween III which failed miserably. So in the 4th one the brought Michael Meyers back. I always like watching Halloween 1 and 2 as one movie back to back btw.
Agree, I really didn’t care for any of the others past the first two.
This may be an unpopular opinion but I love Halloween 3, I love it's weird sci fi elements, and I loved the anthology idea it tried to forward, the biggest crime the movie commits is that it's called Halloween, if it were just called Season Of The Witch I feel it would've faired better.
@@japython I agree, it’s not a bad movie by any means and has garnered a cult following over the years, but it doesn’t have anything to do with the first two. I think that’s because they wanted to maximize profits by using the “Halloween” franchise banner.
@@japython If they let him make the movie without forcing the "Halloween" title on it, it would've been received much better
Halloween III was supposed to kick off an anthology series, where every film had a different story and plot but there were already two Halloween films with Michael so it ended up just making everyone confused on where Michael went
Jamie Lee Curtis was 21 or 22 when this movie was filmed, not 35.
they’re disrespectful lmao
In the 70's and 80's, young adults looked much older than they do know. So you get these 30 year olds watching older movies and assuming that the actors were 5-10 years older than they actually were.
The wig is so bad it does make her look older
She looks 30 in the first film and i think its because of the way they dress her
Randomly soppy post but lockdown, isolation and severe mental health issues have hit me very hard recently - one of the few happy points of my weeks are seeing a new video from you guys, not only am I a big fan of the films you watch but it’s genuinely great seeing two mates have a good time watching them together. Basically, just wanna say thanks for putting yourselves out there boys, you’re always a blast to see. ☺️
That "uh oh" always gets me lol
As you could tell the slasher genre that the original Halloween created changed so much between the first Halloween and Part 2, it was all about kill counts, sex, and nudity instead of suspense and good story telling but i still love Halloween 2
I can't wait when you guys react to H3: Season of the Witch.
I still believe the Ben Tramer death is the most over the top death in a horror movie ever. He's just a dude walking and gets ran over and blown up they dont even acknowledge him after this
I recommend you to watch when a stranger calls (1979).
In my mind there’s only Halloween 1&2. The perfect slasher/horror watch.
Well, 3 had nothing to do with Michael Myers. Just a weird psychopath intending to mind control people.
In my mind there's just the 1978 original, Halloween 2 isn't that great and it kinda ruins the magic of the original. Myers and Laurie shouldn't be related.
i enjoy 1,2,4, 5, h20 and 2018.
Wasn't this supposed to be the actual ending of the series but they kept pushing more out? because i'm sure i heard somewhere that MM was supposed to be dead dead at the end of this movie. Either way the og and this are the only real Halloween movies in my mind
@@Gu3ssWhatsN3XT That’s exactly what happened. John Carpenter had nothing to do with those. It was all the studio and that’s why it gets so convoluted in the middle.
You should 100% watch The Descent. Also Rec 1 and 2, Insidious, Train To Busan, Sleepaway Camp, Terrifier and The Original Night of the living dead
Good suggestions. Sleepaway Camp would be fun to see their reaction to that particular scene ha
@@NonConformistNinjas I have a feeling they would be shocked 😂
Yes to The Descent! I love that movie so much
@@explosean9 Tense, claustrophobic and frightening. What more could you want
Watching *Night of the Living Dead* is hugely important to understand modern horror movies.
The person who was mistaken for Micheal Myers,hit by a car, and blown up, was Ben Tramer, the guy Laurie Strode wanted to ask out but was too shy. Super weird way to bring a character to life in a sequel just to kill him so swiftly.
I Had a ham and pineapple pizza for lunch today 😁
Great reaction guys i think you underscored this film as i find it a very good follow up to Carpenters original but each to there own.
Your videos are helping to distract me from a rough time as my dad recently passed away 2 weeks ago, i appreciate your opinions on movies & you make for a great double act.
This Halloween 2 is the best of the sequels IMO. I pretty much ignore all the rest of the films and I wasn't really a big fan of the 2018 film at all. I just hope Halloween Kills is better.
@@alucard624 completely agree my friend, I thought the alternative sequel was underwhelming this is by far the best sequel.
Heartfelt condolences, Timelord.
My Dad passed right before Christmas so I understand your comment deeply. These guys have given me some of my only smiles and best laughs recently. I love their channel.
Also this movie scarred me for life as a kid. It’s strangely comforting watching it now.
@@aweaver6895 yeah it a difficult time for us both losing fathers we both going through the grief period, so sorry hear your loss.
I remember hiring this from local video store then one day it missing they'd only had it down as part of the video nasty cull in 80s all because of the burning pumpkin skull apparently it was deemed a video nasty, you couldn't get it for a while.
Thankfully common sense resumed.
Sean & Tom are hilarious there reactions are hilarious.
I saw this movie as a kid and to this day, I'm still terrified to stay the night at a hospital.
I would like to see you react some more Carpenter films: Christine, The Fog, They Live, In the Mouth of Madness. And some Cronenberg too; esp. Videodrome
YES to in the mouth of madness, one of my 90s favourites 👍
agree with Christine (based on Stephen King's book), The Fog and They Live
Videodrome was crazy. Watching that woman being tortured live in tv, or the gun merging into his stomach.
The Fog for sure. Such a scary film. The others would be fun too.
Cronenberg! A name synonymous with terror.
You should watch the Dead series by George Romero (Night of the living dead, which you should have no trouble with copyright for that film since it is in the public domain, than Dawn Of The Dead and finally Day of The Dead. I know there are more in the dead series but I consider those the golden 3)
I don't think Day of the Dead is essential. Just watch Night and Dawn, then Return to finish.
If you like empty hospital halls and horror you should see 'VISITING HOURS' from 1982 ;)
I saw this in the theatre when I was 13, I couldn’t sleep for a year after 😱
In the UK in the early 80's these films where all rated 'X' for adults only .. no kids would ever be admitted. I remember seeing the posters outside the cinemas and often wondered wht it was like to see a scary film 😀😀
@@whisperinstorytellerASMR I wonder why that was...maybe because of the controversy of The Exorcist, I remember seeing demonstrations in the UK on tv because of the satanic content, I think it also got an X rating there?
@@sixbladeknife44 The Exorcist was a hot potato in UK...very controversial .. and almost banned by the BBFC but was eventually released as an 'X'... .the 'X' rating was routine for any horror film until the mid eighties when the '18' certificate replaced it ... these days modern horror films often get a '15' rating the cinema and an '18' for home video.
GUYS!!!! You NEED to watch “Train to Busan”!!!!!!!!
Since I used to work as a security guard I have to defend them since the hardest part of your job is not to fall asleep while you're on duty.
I was a security guard too and there was several times I fell asleep. I got caught twice. Once I didn't respond on my walkie talkie during roll call and the other the store owner caught me sleeping in a recliner at his outdoor furniture summer sale.
For me, this is where the franchise should have ended or at least Halloween 4. Even Carpenter wanted to end it with this sequel but you can't keep Myers down. Halloween 2018 was just ok. Halloween 2 will always be the true sequel. 2018 was just H20 mixed with Halloween's greatest hits. I like the idea that it takes place on the same night and the hospital setting was a good choice.
The new one is pretty good 👍 maybe give it a go
Yeah 2018 is highly overrated
I don’t think that carpenter even wanted to do this one....contractual obligation
@@gacjpc7157 I'm glad it was made though
@@gacjpc7157 Yeah and he made sure that Myers was dead this time but that didn't stop it.
Are you guys planning on watching all of the sequels for all of the horror movies you've seen? If not you really should because watching the crappy sequels is part of the experience of a franchise.
Oh yeah.. Laurie never actually learns that Micheal is her brother in this film.
"How does she know he's there?"
Object of Obessession
Still never understood why that hospital was virtually empty for most of the movie lmao. It was like they not only don’t have patients who are staying overnight (besides Laurie) but also no decent size PM or Noc Shift staff!!
Thanks, Tom! Thanks, Shaun! 🎃 I strongly endorse the other recommendation in the comments that ya'll should watch CARRIE (1976)... when ya'll are in the mood for some iconic horror... based on a Stephen King tale, directed by master-of-the-macabre Brian De Palma.
I think the boy with the razor in his mouth is based on this incident that happened on Halloween, where people would lace the candy with dangerous things like rat poison, razor blades in candy bars, etc. And parents would check their children's candy after they brought it home to make sure that there wasn't anything dangerous in it. True story
Been waiting for the reaction.
One of the main complaints about Halloween 2 was too much of an assumption that the audience would have seen the 1st Halloween movie and wouldn't need to be dragged into the storyline. They didn't try hard enough to grab the audience's attention in the 2nd movie. I like to watch them back to back. I think it helps compensate for that flaw and keeps the anxiety going.
Jimmy lives. It's shown in tv alternate ending when he's together with Laurie in ambulance. Jamie Lloyd (last name after father) from Halloween 4, 5 and 6 is their daughter.
I thought Jamie was Laurie's niece?
@@d3l3tes00n No, Jamie is Laurie's daughter in the 4,5 and 6 continuity. The Halloween series unfortunately has several different timelines.
@@alucard624 Ohhh wait, she'd be his niece. My bad.
@@d3l3tes00n No, she's her daughter. Btw, the Alice scene is replacement for scene with Tommy and Lindsey that was deteled.
@@Shilohpreston He’s right Jamie is Michael’s niece in the 4, 5, and 6 timeline
The 2018 is so much better. People like this one cause nostalgia but 2018 ignores this one and starts 40 years after the original. It's AMAZING!!
You guys are very handsome and I love your guys movie review have a blessed day . Keeper coming!!! Excellent job guys
"the aragorn trick. The fellowship of the ring trick" Perfect, thank you.😂
Love Halloween 2 👍🏻🎃🎃
Very sweet of the hospital staff to give Laurie a new hairstyle. Most horrifying scene in this movie is the child with a razor blade in his mouth. I did like how Laurie was like “ef it, I give up” when Michael walks through that fire at the end.
I liked the original more than you guys, and this is a guilty pleasure.
The third is my favorite, besides first.
Great reaction as always!
The Changeling , with George C. Scott. A must see classic ghost story. Cheers from Nashville - Joey
Great reaction, looking forward to the Halloween 2018 one. Halloween 4 is also a great film to watch.
I think 5 is better.
I'll never get over Michael just walking clean through that glass door.
Did that when I was 5. 😮
The crazy thing is he didn’t die after this lol he was just in a coma
Yeah starting with part 4 is when things just get wonky lol
THANK YOU! Thank you for noticing that! My biggest complaint about this sequel is where EXACTLY Michael falls/lands!
Jamie Lee curtis wig is so distracting in this lol. I had the vhs with part one and two on it many years ago
That was an excellent comparison, the shark from jaws and Michael Myers. I don’t know if you saw any comment referring to this from the first Halloween movie, but Michael Myers is actually referred to as “the shape” in the script and credits. John Carpenter wanted to make it clear that Michael Myers was a force of nature, and not human. That’s why he can’t be killed. The shark from jaws is this nameless ominous predator, whose motivations are governed by nature. You can’t negotiate with Michael Myers nor can you negotiate with a shark
If you're watching sequels then try "Exorcist 3"
When the police came into Jeffrey Dahmer’s apartment, that film was playing on his VCR.
Definitely this! Skip the second one though 😅 The exorcist 3 is so creepy, on par with the first for me for sure
TRUE one of the best horror movies of all time
Lol, that nurse is Ana Alicia, from Falcon Crest.
The 2018 sequel is better but this one's pretty good as well 👍 👍
I find it interesting that Laurie and a handful of babies are the only patients, and with all of the screaming and yelling no one noticed.
H20 is great, if you don’t want to watch all the sequels, you can jump forward to that one.
No.
ALL THE LOVE just from the Goosebumps reference ALONE lol!!! Been waiting for this one since your initial Halloween reaction!!! :D :D
Tom, love, you really need to practice your active listening skills. Let Shaun finish a thought before you pipe up. You step on the end of his sentences all too often.
Man, if you think that's the coldest nurse ever you haven't seen One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest...
In a world full of sequels, be a Halloween 3! LOL
It’s the Boogie Man. The mysterious man hiding under your bed who cannot be killed. Not sure if he’s human or spirit or demon, but he means you harm; and the mere sight of him instills fear (in answer to whether he’s the same in the other films). That’s sort of what the early slasher films were: Halloween, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm St. Eventually, it morphed into torture porn (Hostel) and later psychological and gore (Saw), maybe a few others in-between. You could prob do a thesis on what was going on in society at the time of each horror theme.
Love this and the first one, I really like how it directly follows on. I even like the third one but not really a fan of the others. Although H2O is kind of fun. Lol
I SHOT HIM 6 TIMES!
Lol 😂 SIX TIMES!
Halloween 1, 2, and H2O are what I considered the true Halloween trilogy for the Laurie and Michael Myers brother and sister dynamic arc.
@@Mangolite Agreed, I like Halloween 3, for the dark story it is, even though It's not Michael Myers
This was originally the proper ending to the franchise until everyone wanted a sequal
I know this is controversial but l like Halloween 2 more than Halloween 1..... l know one is a classic and all but 2 is definitely my favorite 😌
Caressing a bonsai and looking at the camera.
Now, that's a mood.
I'm so exited for this ❤️
Like I told another person reacting to this movie. Ben Tramer who Annie was setting up with Laurie in the first movie was the one killed by police car in beginning of this one.
if you want something different watch the remake of the original
You mean the Rob Zombie remake?
Saw you enjoying the music around 13:30, fun fact, John Carpenter is a DJ and I saw him perform in Houston a few years ago. I had no idea until I went to a festival and he was at the next stage over.
Since ya'll said you'll be reviewing HALLOWEEN (2018) soon, it's important to know that it ignores all the other sequels and sees itself as a direct follow-up to the 1978 original.
This was my first horror movie... I was 6 when my dad let me watch it and it terrified me!!!!!! So even though everything you commented on is on point this will always be my introduction to horror my first... You never forget your first!
A bit of trivia, the woman talking on the other end of the phone to Alice is Nancy Loomis. She played Annie, the Sheriff’s daughter.
I'm drunk but just opened a last beer before bed, i'm sure you appreciate that English feeling of looking for a youtube, even one you watched a few months ago. This is my personal third favourite in the franchise after the og as my favourite film of all time, and Kills 10th fave. This is in a constant running battle with Halloween 4 for 16 and 17th fave films. (My god, no typo's not as pissed as i thought lol)
Shaun got it right, just a series of different killings with no continuing story.
Also, in the early 1980s was a trend where there was a big twist to the original story (Michael & Laurie are siblings). 1980's The Empire Strikes Back and 1983's Psycho II also had big reveals in them.
2018 Halloween was better than the 1981 sequel, but the 1978 original was the best of all.
I think you all should watch Halloween (2018) considering it's a direct sequel to the original. From the original Halloween 2 (this film) forward, the timeline got more and more convoluted so they decided to completely ignore every film after the original. They brought back Jamie Lee, John Carpenter (he helped write and produce), and even got the original Michael Myers actor to come back! It's a much, much more fitting sequel to the original than this film and really injects a lot of primal fear back into the character of Michael.
Donald Pleasance was great in these movies. Dr. Samuel Loomis is my favourite horror movie protagonist.
I watch Halloween and Part 2 as one long movie. I lean toward H2 as my favorite though. I love that it has more Haddonfield as a backdrop, has a more Halloween feel and it moves around with so many characters instead of staying static in one location like the first movie. I love that grainy look of the film as well.
"Halloween 2" suffered from the conventions of the 80's slasher craze. John Carpenter was obligated by contractual obligation to write this film. He admits it's not his favorite and he was drunk half the time, to finish the screenplay for the film. In Carpenter's interpretation, Myers was only supposed to be in ONE film. Hence why "Halloween 3" exists in it's non-Michael Myers theme. The movie feels like a collection of scenes because the film had to be re-shot because it wasn't 'gory' enough, thanks to movies like "Friday the 13th" and so forth that came out, as a result of "Halloween".
"Halloween 2" was supposed to end the Laurie Strode story and the Michael Myers story, but because of money and executive producer Mustapha Akkad, they kept the Michael Myers story going with "Halloween 4" and subsequent sequels. In 1998 when "Halloween H20" came out, it was supposed to be a direct sequel to "Halloween 2" and ignore the other films. H20 was to end the Laurie Strode story, but money talks and they created "Halloween Resurrection" in I believe 2002. "Halloween (2018)" is now a direct sequel to "Halloween (1978)" and fits more in-line with what Carpenter wanted to do...
Keep these coming guys. Great content, I'm really enjoying watching.
You can split the difference and call it a companion piece.
Laurie Strode was acting like that because she had just been pumped full of drugs and had a slight reaction to them, as well.
Some people think Jimmy is Jimmy Lloyd, Jamie's father (from H3, H4, H6).
The angry town scene will be referenced in HKills, as will the hospital scenes, plus the idea that The Boogeyman doesn't kill babies or Non-Threatening kids.
It would've been cool if as a bonus, you could add in the deleted, alternate endings, and additional TV scenes to see if they make a difference to you both
The Shape doesn't need to run because he knows his prey will eventually slow down. Like the saying goes, they can run, but they'll just die tired
As for wanting to see more of Michael, the Rob Zombie ones do that. But I think it's a mistake. Look, Jason is the pissed off one. Freddy is the funny one. Leatherface is the insane, tormented one. The thing that sets Michael apart is, as Loomis says in the first movie, the nothing in his eyes. Like he's not actually a living being, but something brought to motion solely to kill. There's no intention there, there's no WHY. There's just cold, implacable emptiness.
I think the further they go from these roots, the worse the portrayal is.
Even though I love this movie, you're right about it not having any plot or story. This is for 2 reasons: 1) the first movie had almost no plot/story so the sequel has to continue with nothing to really go on and 2) Carpenter was forced into writing it so pretty much just churned it out with a real lackidasical attitude towards it.
If there's one good thing about this pandemic (if indeed there is), it's the number of amazingly entertaining and talented reactors that have popped up over the past year.
Guys like you are gonna become huge
Trivia: Michaels Mask is the Same in tthe first movie. Producer Debra Hill (Later Carpenters wife) kept the mask under her bed for 3 years, contaminated by cigarette smoke.
11:04 that reaction doe lol