"Halloween II" starts right where the first film left off. Laurie Strode has just been attacked by The Shape, and after he is shot six times, she is taken to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital to recover. However, the residents of Haddonfield don't know that Michael is very much alive, and he's on his way to Haddonfield Memorial to find his sister and finish what he started earlier that night. On the prowl is Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael's doctor, who hopes to God that he can catch Michael before more people are killed.
After I saw "Halloween," I was scared to death of Michael Myers. He's the original boogeyman of horror cinema. So I immediately got a hold of "Halloween II," my expectations low due to how much people hate sequels. However, Part 2 came as a very big surprise. It's actually quite entertaining. It doesn't have the tremendous amount of tension the first movie had, but I didn't expect that coming from the sequel. What it does have is plenty of suspense built up to the climax and enough gore to satisfy any horror hound.
Returning for Part 2 are Donald Pleasence, always a pleasure, as Dr. Loomis, Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie and Charles Cyphers as Sheriff Brackett. The rest of the cast includes Lance Guest as Jimmy, Pamela Susan Shoop as Karen, Tawny Moyer as Jill and more. Michael Myers, this time around, is played by stuntman Dick Warlock. He isn't Nick Castle, but he's still pretty scary as The Shape.
So what if it isn't the first film? "Halloween 2" is still a fun, scary, and entertaining sequel that I reccomend for everybody who's a fan of the franchise. Check it out.
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