Halloween II (1981)

Director:

Rick Rosenthal

Writers:

John Carpenter (writer)
Debra Hill (writer)

Release Date:

30 October 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

More Of The Night He Came Home

Plot:

Laurie Strode is rushed to the hospital, while Sheriff Brackett and Dr. Loomis hunt the streets for Michael Myers, who has found Laurie at the Haddonfield Hospital.

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Halloween | Michael Myers | Sheriff | Nurse

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Jamie Lee Curtis	...	Laurie Strode
Donald Pleasence	...	Dr. Sam Loomis
Charles Cyphers	...	Sheriff Leigh Brackett
Jeffrey Kramer	...	Graham
Lance Guest	...	Jimmy
Pamela Susan Shoop	...	Karen
Hunter von Leer	...	Deputy Gary Hunt
Dick Warlock	...	The Shape / Patrolman #3
Leo Rossi	...	Budd
Gloria Gifford	...	Mrs. Alves
Tawny Moyer	...	Jill
Ana Alicia	...	Janet
Ford Rainey	...	Dr. Mixter
Cliff Emmich	...	Mr. Garrett
Nancy Stephens	...	Marion
John Zenda	...	The Marshal
Catherine Bergstrom	...	Producer
Alan Haufrect	...	Announcer
Lucille Benson	...	Mrs. Elrod
Howard Culver	...	Man in pajamas
Dana Carvey	...	Assistant
Billy Warlock	...	Craig (as Bill Warlock)
Jonathan Prince	...	Randy
Leigh French	...	Gary's Mother
Ty Mitchell	...	Gary
Nancy Kyes	...	Annie Brackett (as Nancy Loomis)
Pamela McMyler	...	Laurie's mother
Dennis Holahan	...	Laurie's father
Nichole Drucker	...	Young Laurie Strode
Ken Smolka	...	Patrolman #1
Adam Gunn	...	Young Michael Myers
Roger Hampton	...	Patrolman #2
Robin Coleman	...	Medic
Jack Verbois	...	Bennett Tramer
Tony Moran	...	Michael Myers (age 23) (archive footage)
Kyle Richards	...	Lindsey Wallace (archive footage)
Brian Andrews	...	Tommy Doyle (archive footage)
Anne Bruner	...	Alice
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Helen Kelly	...	Nurse at the Hospital (uncredited)
Anne-Marie Martin	...	Darcy Essmont (uncredited)
Lance Warlock	...	Radio-Carrying Teen (uncredited)

Directed by
Rick Rosenthal

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Carpenter		writer
Debra Hill		writer

Produced by
Moustapha Akkad	....	executive producer
Barry Bernardi	....	associate producer
John Carpenter	....	producer
Debra Hill	....	producer
Joseph Wolf	....	executive producer
Irwin Yablans	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Carpenter
Alan Howarth

Cinematography by
Dean Cundey

Film Editing by
Mark Goldblatt
Skip Schoolnik

Casting by
Mary Gail Artz

Production Design by
J. Michael Riva

Set Decoration by
Peg Cummings

Makeup Department
Frankie Bergman	....	hair stylist
John Chambers	....	makeup technician
Michael Germain	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jeffrey Chernov	....	production manager
Nancy Platt Jacoby	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William S. Beasley	....	first assistant director
John Carpenter	....	director, additional scenes
Duncan Henderson	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Kevin Conlin	....	property master
Michael Diersing	....	construction foreman
Terry Feller	....	propmaker (as Terry G. Feller)
Andrew P. Flores	....	labor foreman
Matt Furginson	....	swing gang (as Frank M. Furginson)
Serge Genitempo	....	stand-by painter
Walton D. Hadfield	....	construction coordinator
Darrell Huntsman	....	greensman
Jerry Palermo	....	construction painter
James A. Rathbun	....	assistant property master
Eugene J. Reed	....	property master
Richard M. Sternbach	....	production illustrator
Daniel Stoltenberg	....	property master
Jerry T. Tirado	....	lead man

Sound Department
Joseph F. Brennan	....	boom operator
Thomas Causey	....	sound mixer
Carl Fischer	....	boom operator
Michael C. Gutierrez	....	sound editor
Warren Hamilton Jr.	....	sound editor (as Warren Hamilton)
Gregg Landaker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steve Maslow	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steve Purvis	....	assistant dialogue editor
David E. Stone	....	sound editor
Bill Varney	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gene Wahrman	....	dialogue editor
David Lewis Yewdall	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Lawrence J. Cavanaugh	....	special effects supervisor
Frank 'Paco' Munoz	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Sam Nicholson	....	visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Hill Farnsworth	....	stunts
Donna Garrett	....	stunts
Glynn Rubin	....	stunt double
Dick Warlock	....	stunt coordinator
Jesse Wayne	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Dic Alexander	....	grip (as Richard Alexander)
Jon Antunovich	....	electrician
Bobby W. Brown	....	electrician
Clyde E. Bryan	....	first assistant camera
Norris L. Essex	....	electrician
Kim Gottlieb	....	still photographer
Laszlo Horvath	....	grip
Kris Krosskove	....	dolly grip
Walter Rexford Allen Lott	....	electrician
Drain M. Marshall	....	rigging gaffer
Terry Marshall	....	electrician
Thomas Marshall	....	best boy electric
Steve Mathis	....	electrician
Mark Pearson	....	best boy grip
Patrick G. Ralston	....	electrician
Joe A. Salamdino	....	grip
Dennis E. Shelton	....	electrician
Raymond Stella	....	camera operator
Raymond Stella	....	panaglide operator
Ray Thomas	....	electrician
Mark Walthour	....	gaffer
Ronald Woodward	....	key grip
Douglas Olivares	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Susie Johnson	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Frances Vega Aubrey	....	costumer
Jane Ruhm	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Michael D. Ornstein	....	associate film editor
Brian Ralph	....	negative cutter
Kimberly Ray	....	assistant film editor
José Antonio Torres	....	assistant film editor

Transportation Department
Ray Appel	....	driver
Larry L. Berneau	....	driver
Alan Broberg	....	driver
Denny Caira	....	driver
Raymond Claridge	....	driver
James M. Downs	....	driver
Gary Hardman	....	driver
Bruce Hauer	....	driver
William Charles Hauer	....	driver
Bob Hendrix	....	driver
Mark Jackson	....	driver
Gary Kincaid	....	driver
James A. Lundin	....	driver
Jerry N. Marsh	....	driver
Kenny Moore	....	driver (as Kenneth James Moore)
Dave Pierce	....	driver
Wayne Roberts	....	transportation captain
Joe Sawyers	....	driver
Mario Simon	....	driver
Jim Sprayberry	....	driver
Andy Straub	....	driver
Gary Vermillion	....	driver
Thomas Vilardo	....	driver (as Tommy G. Vilardo)
Eddie Lee Voelker	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Lynne Birdt	....	production coordinator
Andy Bonin	....	technical advisor
Bob Burris	....	craft service (as Robert C. Burris)
Steve Burris	....	craft service
Maurice Costello	....	registered nurse
Bernie Granados	....	first aid: construction
Egbert W. Jetter	....	caterer
Patrice J. Klinger	....	accounting assistant
Deborah D. Lee	....	first aid
Don Post	....	mask maker
Geoffrey Ryan	....	key production assistant
Art Schaeffer	....	production accountant (as Arthur C. Schaefer)
James Shourt	....	title designer
Candy Artmont	....	script supervisor (uncredited)
Geoffrey Ryan	....	location scout (uncredited)

Production Companies

• De Laurentiis
• Universal Pictures

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1981) (USA) (theatrical)
• Succéfilm AB (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC) (1982) (France) (theatrical)
• Astro Distribution (2001) (Germany) (DVD)
• Bridge Entertainment Group (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Castle Entertainment (DVD)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1984) (USA) (TV)
• Flashstar (Brazil) (DVD)
• GoodTimes Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• MCA Videocassette (1982) (USA) (VHS)
• MCA Videocassette (1984) (USA) (VHS)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Roadshow Entertainment
• Roadshow Home Video
• Tec Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Universal Studios Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)

Other Companies

• SWL James Shourt  main title design and production
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Halloween II: The Horror Continues (USA) (working title)
Halloween II: The Nightmare Isn't Over! (USA) (video box title)

Runtime:

92 min | Sweden:90 min (cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Norway:18 (re-release) (cut) (1988) | Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:(Banned) (uncut) (1982) | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1982) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (1998) | Brazil:16 | Portugal:M/18 | Italy:VM18 | Australia:R | France:-12 | Netherlands:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 (Banned) | Iceland:(Banned) | Norway:18 (video premiere) (1983) | Norway:15 (video) (re-release) (1999) | Norway:(Banned) (video) (1986)

Filming Locations:

Kersting Court at Sierra Madre Boulevard, Sierra Madre, California, USA

Company:

De Laurentiis

Trivia:

Was filmed at Morningside Hospital, 8711 South Harvard, Los Angeles which had recently closed and has since been torn down.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Laurie fires two shots and supposedly shoots Michael directly in each eye, yet when he looks up and blood streams down from his mask, we can see his eyes are intact.

Quotes:

Dr. Sam Loomis: If that wasn't Michael Myers burning up in that car, a lot of other kids are going to be slaughtered tonight.
Deputy Gary Hunt: He's dead. You saw it.
Dr. Sam Loomis: I saw a man in a mask. I want to believe but I have to be sure. I cannot stop until I'm certain he's dead.
Deputy Gary Hunt: You talk about him as if he's some kind of animal.
Dr. Sam Loomis: He was my patient for fifteen years. He became an obsession with me until I realized there neither reason nor conscious or anything about him that was... even remotely human. An hour ago I stood up and fired six shots into him and he just got up and walked away. I am talking about the real possibility that he is STILL OUT THERE!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Night Court: Halloween, Too (#3.5)" (1985)

Soundtrack:

MR. SANDMAN

A creepy and solid sequel

Michael Myers, he's a household name, in my opinion he's the ultimate boogeyman, no matter what you do or how many times you try to kill him, he just comes back. Hence the Halloween series. We do have quite a bit of horror movie sequels: the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, Friday the 13th, Hellraiser, Scream, and so on. Most sequels are extremely cheesy and don't deliver the same scares as the original movie does, but the Halloween franchise is a different story, I think these sequels were always a ton of fun and delivered just as many scares. Nothing will ever compare to the original Halloween, but it was cool to see the story continue on Michael Myers. In this story we follow Laurie Strode to the hospital and Michael doesn't just give up that easily, he's on a mission.

After the film replays the last scene of Halloween, it moves on to Dr. Sam Loomis warning Sheriff Leigh Brackett that although he has shot Myers six times in the heart, Myers still lives. Meanwhile, Laurie Strode is taken to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital and Myers wanders around Haddonfield in search of her. Laurie is informed that the man who attacked her was Michael Myers, infamous for murdering his older sister fifteen years earlier on Halloween night. After this, Laurie drifts in and out of consciousness, having strange flashbacks about her adoption by the Strodes and visiting a boy in an institution. Myers learns that she is at the hospital. He goes there and murders the hospital's staff one by one. Laurie manages to elude him, but she is limping badly and sedated and is thus unable to move very quickly. Dr. Loomis and the Haddonfield police continue to search the town for Myers. Nurse Marion Chambers, Loomis' assistant, arrives and tells Loomis that she has discovered a secret file on Myers to which he was not privy. The file reveals that Laurie is actually Myers's sister, adopted by the Strodes after Myers killed his older sister, Judith. Chambers also informs Loomis that he has strict orders to return to Smith's Grove. So they have to get back to the hospital to save Laurie before Michael can get to her.

Halloween 2 is probably my second favorite sequel in the Halloween franchise next to H20. I can't tell you how creepy this movie was, I know that these sequels are a bit much, but for any horror movie fan, they are a ton of fun to get into. The whole hospital setting was really scary, I love Laurie Strode, she's the strongest female in a horror movie, she's in a weakened state but just keeps going. You have to love the return of Dr. Loomis, him helping Laurie and making sure that Michael goes away for good, well we clearly know that it's not going to happen, but you have to give him credit for his optimism. If you are going to watch a Halloween sequel, I do recommend Halloween 2, it's very creepy and a great addition to the story.

7/10