Halloween II (1981)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.3/10   

Director:

Rick Rosenthal

Escritores:

John Carpenter (writer)
Debra Hill (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

30 octubre 1981 (USA)

Género:

Horror | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

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 | Michael Myers | Halloween | Sheriff | Blood

Premios:

2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A solid sequel

Reparto

Jamie Lee Curtis	...	Laurie Strode
Donald Pleasence	...	Dr. Sam Loomis
Charles Cyphers	...	Sheriff Leigh Brackett
Jeffrey Kramer	...	Graham
Lance Guest	...	Jimmy Lloyd
Pamela Susan Shoop	...	Karen Bailey
Hunter von Leer	...	Deputy Gary Hunt
Dick Warlock	...	The Shape / Patrolman #3
Leo Rossi	...	Budd
Gloria Gifford	...	Mrs. Alves
Tawny Moyer	...	Nurse Jill Franco
Ana Alicia	...	Janet Marshall
Ford Rainey	...	Dr. Frederick Mixter
Cliff Emmich	...	Mr. Garrett
Nancy Stephens	...	Marion Chambers

También conocida como:

Halloween II: The Horror Continues (USA) (working title)
Halloween II: The Nightmare Isn't Over! (USA) (video box title)
¡Sanguinario! (Spain) [es]

Duración:

92 min | Sweden:90 min (cut)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

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 (uncut) (1998) | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1982) | 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)

Locaciones de Filmación:

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

Compañía:

De Laurentiis

Trivialidades:

This is the only Halloween film to show the morning after the 31st, every other movie ends on Halloween night.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: Other than a patient that Jill responds to, no other patients are ever seen or heard throughout the large hospital, despite the fact that the maternity ward has several newborn babies.

Citas:

Bud: Look, Jimmy, rule number one, never get involved with a patient. Nurses, that's another story. But patient is no good, it never works out.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Grindhouse (2007)

Banda de Sonido:

MR. SANDMAN

A solid sequel

Halloween 2 seems to get mixed reactions but no one can deny that it stands alone as a great slasher film. Of course it's hard to take Halloween 2 as its "own" film compared to the greatness that is the original Halloween, but most should be able to overlook that and enjoy it for what it is. Halloween 2 uses the suspense of Halloween but adds more gore and a faster pace to the mix. I found it thoroughly entertaining, with some great death scenes and genuinely suspenseful moments (Jamie-Lee escaping through the ventilation grill). The only minor points spoiling Halloween 2 are that sometimes it gets a bit far-fetched. For example, Jamie-Lee is escaping through the ventilation grill and Michael Myers takes an eternity to simply walk over and pull her back down. There were also a few moments of very bad acting.

Overall though it's thoroughly entertaining and I would recommend it to all horror fans. It doesn't ruin the integrity of the original film like most sequels do.