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.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.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.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Chase Wright Vanek
- Young Michael
- (as Chase Vanek)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaJohn Carpenter was offered a cameo in the film by Rob Zombie, but he turned it down.
- Goofs(at around 42 mins) During Loomis's interview in front of the dilapidated Myer's house it is obviously not the same house used in the previous film.
- Quotes
[from alternate ending]
Michael Myers: [before stabbing Loomis] Die!
- Crazy creditsStills of crime scene photographs of Michael's murders are shown over the credits.
- Alternate versionsThe Director's Cut runs 14 minutes longer (119 minutes). Among the changes:
- The opening scene with Laurie walking and Loomis being placed into the ambulance is longer.
- The hospital dream scene has an extra sequence of Laurie attempting to cross over a pile of bodies.
- An on screen title that said "One Year Later" in the Theatrical Cut now says "Two Years Later."
- During the breakfast scene, Laurie and Annie now argue about going to the psychiatrist.
- More dialogue with Laurie and the psychiatrist. Laurie looks at a framed inkblot on a wall and says that it looks like a white horse.
- Loomis' press conference is expanded. Loomis discusses Michael's Oedipal complex, as well as the idea that Michael perhaps saw Loomis as a father figure.
- Added sequence where Laurie runs a bath and begins to freak out.
- Laurie stopping to play with a pig on her way to work is removed. She instead goes to the psychiatrist and tells her about playing with the pig (we see a few seconds of it, now in flashback), and how it triggered a nervous breakdown of sorts. When the shrink denies her more pills, Laurie freaks out and swears.
- The scene where Annie finds Laurie drinking a beer in her room has been expanded: They have another fight.
- A non-masked Michael (along with Young Michael and his mother) angrily looks at a billboard that advertises Loomis' book.
- When Laurie and Maya come home from the party, there is a short added sequence of them making tea in the kitchen prior to going upstairs. There's also an added shot of Michael apparently walking out of the house.
- Brackett's reaction to finding Annie's body is longer, containing video flashbacks of real-life actress Danielle Harris as a child.
- The ending is significantly different: After Loomis enters the cabin, Michael throws him through a wall, and the two of them wind up outside. Michael then removes his mask, yells "DIE!", and stabs Loomis. The cops then open fire and kill Michael. Laurie then comes out, takes Michael's knife, and approaches Loomis with it, implying that she may stab him. The cops then open fire on her and seemingly kill her. We then fade to the same hospital footage seen at the end of the theatrical cut as a cover of "Love Hurts" plays on the soundtrack.
- SoundtracksEine Kleine Nachtmusic 2nd Mvt.
Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (as W.A. Mozart)
Performed by Rundfunkblasorchester Leipzig (as Leipzig Radio Concert Orchestra)
Courtesy of DeWolfe Music
Featured review
Violent, brutal and too metal
Rob Zombie did a good job on the first movie, but he's already gone too far on this one. What I like about this movie is all the violence and rawness and the personality that Michael has by giving him a more human side. The rest of the movie is kind of heavy, I mean the vibe is very heavy metal, if you will. The vision sequences are good, but they make this movie look like a music video aesthetically. At the beginning of the movie everything is fine because it looks like Halloween II from the 80s, but the rest was already going in another direction. What didn't convince me about this movie either is the new personality of Laurie (who, being so traumatized, looks like she's become a drug and alcohol user) and Loomis (who instead of caring as much about Michael's crimes as the original movies, here he is a vain man). The movie is not bad, but not good either. I would say that it is rather regular. I can't speak too badly of it because all the hellish violence and terror it has makes it easy to digest and for that I give it a 7/10.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Language
- Also known as
- Halloween 2
- Filming locations
- New Milford, Connecticut, USA(additional filming)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $33,392,973
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $16,349,565
- Aug 30, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $39,421,467
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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