Strip it of the halloween connection and make halloween ii as a standalone slasher movie with the same script, cast, and crew, and it would be completely forgotten by now if not for the typically terrific dean cundey lighting. Frightening and intriguing, it leaves a lot of questions to which we have very few answers, especially concerning the invulnerability of michael myers or, more accurately, the shape, as he is called in the credits. Sam loomis, michael myers has followed laurie to the haddonfield memorial hospital, where shes been admitted for myers attempt on her life. Finance theory predicts a similar fate for the halloween anomaly, especially in welldeveloped capital markets like the united states. It was a landmark in horror history and one of the first true pioneers of the slasher genre. Halloween, also called all hallows eve, is a yearly holiday observed on october 31, the eve of the western christian feast of all hallows or all saints. It lacks the atmosphere of the original, but its by no means a weak movie.
That being said, in 1981 it wasnt as overdone as it is now, so you can see why the temptation for fake outs existed. Michael myers is around the neighborhood, after being gunned by dr. Halloween ii 1981 after failing to kill stubborn survivor laurie jamie lee curtis and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist dr. Halloween ii 1981 stream and watch online moviefone. It was sometimes hard to tell which way the misfits wanted to be taken, and the immense cult following that has grown up in the years after their actual existence 19771983 seems divided in its own assessment. Halloween iis author, jack martin pseudonym of dennis etchison, continues that trend, and cant be blamed for doing so. This sequel film opened in haddonfield, illinois, on halloween october 31, 1978, to the tune of mr. Television version october 26, 2015 by the thorn in film, television. Although the movie was released october 30th, 1981 it is a direct sequel to the original halloween of 1978 even taking place that same evening. As main titles continue over, camera slowly moves in on the shape.
Een is an old way of abbreviating evening, just like eve is. There were 61 days remaining until the end of the year. It stars jamie lee curtis and nick castle who reprise their respective roles as laurie strode and. With jamie lee curtis, donald pleasence, charles cyphers, jeffrey kramer. By now, only the theatrical version can be watched on ustv because theres no dvd master for the tvversion. This is my halloween fan film that was selected as an entry for a now defunct contest and is also listed on imdb. Halloween ii halloween ii download movie by torrent download magnet complete hd fullhd bluray 720p 1080p 2160p 4k mkv mp4 avi getfilmes.
Halloween a screenplay by john carpenter and debra hill. Darkness, with a small shape in the center of the screen. Published on october 7, 2012 september 30, 20 by chris scullion. Halloween is one of the most subtle and effective horror films ever made. An hour ago i stood up and fired six shots into him. Halloween ii also doesnt have the grace to know when to use the jump scare, much less overuse it. The tv cut 1981 one evening back in the 80s, halloween and halloween ii were shown backtoback in primetime on network television. Poster for halloween ii 1981 addeddate 20190417 20. Now, hes in a hospital where the girl laurie strode. Released october 30th, 1981, halloween ii stars jamie lee curtis, donald pleasence, charles cyphers, jeffrey kramer the r movie has a runtime of. On halloween night, with both his parents out of town, one teenager and his friends are. Compared are the uncut theatrical version released by xt video and the ustv version aired on amc.
Play in new window download it has been months in the making, but finally as promised, here is the horror movie podcast halloween extravaganza its a fivepart series, where your hosts and some great guests cover the entire halloween franchise indepth, horror movie podcaststyle episode 027 is a 4hour and 53minute part. Revisited fan film 2006 even more of the night he came home duration. Halloween ii is the first sequel in the halloween series, written and produced by john carpenter and debra hill, directed by rick rosenthal, and released in 1981. Picking up exactly where the first film left off, halloween ii follows the same illfated characters as they once again encounter the. The film reprised the last major scene of the original 1978 film, in which 17 yearold babysitter laurie. Halloween is a 2018 american slasher film directed by david gordon green and written by green, jeff fradley, and danny mcbride. Halloween ii everyone including me always goes on about how incredible the first halloween was, and with good reason. This tvversion contains more than 20 minutes of alternate or new scenes, further scenes have been removed from the theatrical version. Halloween 4, along with halloween 5, and a bluray, standard dvd and extended edition of halloween, was released with the first disc of the documentary, halloween. That movie inspired countless imitations, each one worse than the last, until the sight of a womans. John carpenters original 1978 theatrical version of halloween is best viewed as a singular work rather than part of the franchise it spawned.
The day of the week was saturday if you are trying to learn french then this day of the week in french is samedi a person born on this day will be 38 years old today. Halloween ii original motion picture soundtrack discogs. Halloween ii, however, takes place at the exact moment the original ended with michael still on the loose, and even while he moves a hell of a lot slower, he still proves to be a very deadly threat to everyone around him. Stock market efficiency withstands another challenge.
October 31, 1981 was the 304 th day of the year 1981 in the gregorian calendar. Halloween ii 1981 tt0082495 after failing to kill stubborn survivor laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist dr. All horror anime fans will love this anime top list, especially the casual anime fan. It picks up directly after the events of the first film after having shot escaped killer michael myers six times, dr. With vincent chiaramonte, gina crocco, gina chiaramonte, vincent sr.
Loomis donald pleasance continues to hunt for the man he tried to keep locked up, and jaime lee curtis returns. This is the way carpenter and hill envisioned it and it was to be the end of micheal myers. It is a large, fullhead platex rubber mask, not a monster or ghoul, but the pale, neutral features of a. Overview of halloween ii, 1981, directed by rick rosenthal, with jamie lee curtis, donald pleasence, charles cyphers, at turner classic movies.
Halloween ii 1981 he became an obsession with me, until i realised that there was nothing within him neither conscience, nor reason that was even remotely human. Watched it on halloween night when i was about seven years old. It is the eleventh installment in the halloween film series and a direct sequel to the 1978 film of the same name while effecting a retcon of all previous sequels. The film isnt a complete disaster, but it definitely doesnt work for me the way it does for others. I look at the original and part 2,as one complete story and one complete film.
Its a little sad to witness a fall from greatness, and thats what we get in halloween ii. Halloween ii was distributed by universal pictures, and premiered in the united states on october 30, 1981. Many people do not have the time to read the 300 top 15 horror movies based on real life. When the myers house is torn down, having remained vacant for nearly fifty years, michael leaves his hometown in search of a new place to call his own.
For halloween ii, john carpenter did not direct but he did cowrite the script. Halloween ii 1981 horror, thriller movie directed by. In that respect, it seems almost quaint that it took three years for michael myers to get back in the hack n slash business with halloween ii. Carpenter had stated that he didnt want to direct so he got rick rosenthal, who later went on to direct halloween. On this weeks show we will travel back to 1981 and take on the 1981 movie halloween 2. Paranormal activity is the current halloween tradition, filling the void left by the retired for now, anyway saw series. Download halloween 2 1981 fs dvdrip xvid intewdp torrent here, no registration required. Loomis hunt for michael myers, a traumatized laurie is rushed to hospital, and the serial killer is not far behind her. These days when a horror movie is a hit, a franchise is willed into existence by the monday after it opens. We get closer and closer until we see that the shape is a halloween mask. More of the night he came home its the same night as the original halloween. Loomis donald pleasence believes he has saved high school student laurie strode jamie lee. Halloween is based on ancient pagan rituals, among them the celtic samhain. We thought it would be cool to make a list of some of the best horror movies based on real life events.
Halloween ii picks up where its predecessor left off and quickly wanders into a dead end that the franchise would spend decades struggling to find its way out of. Complete your john carpenter in association with alan howarth collection. All hallows eve is a christianised feast influenced by western european harvest festivals, and pagan festivals of the dead, particularly the festival of samhain among the celts of ancient britain and ireland. John carpenters original 1978 halloween was one of the most effective horror films ever made, a scarifying fable of a maddog killers progress through a small illinois town on halloween.
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