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Halloween II

Original 1981 theatrical poster.
Directed by Rick Rosenthal
John Carpenter (Additional murder scenes)
Produced by Debra Hill
Written by John Carpenter
Debra Hill
Starring Jamie Lee Curtis
Donald Pleasence
Charles Cyphers
Nancy Loomis
Dick Warlock
Music by John Carpenter
Alan Howarth
Cinematography Dean Cundey
Editing by Mark Goldblatt
Skip Schoolnik
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) Flag of the United States October 30, 1981
Running time 92 min. Richard L "Rick" Rosenthal Jr Rosenthal helped launch Sean Penn 's career when he cast the then-unknown actor in the title role of the 1983 film Bad Boys John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American Film director, Screenwriter, producer, film score Debra Hill ( November 10, 1950 &ndash March 7, 2005) was an American Screenwriter and Film producer who John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American Film director, Screenwriter, producer, film score Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22 1958 is a two-time Golden Globe -winning BAFTA -winning and Emmy -nominated American Film Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE, (5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995 was an English stage and film actor. Charles Cyphers (born July 28 1939) is an American Actor who has starred in many Films and on Television. Nancy Louise Kyes (born December 19, 1949) is an American film and television actress Dick Warlock (born February 5, 1940) is an American Actor and stuntman. John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American Film director, Screenwriter, producer, film score Dean Raymond Cundey, ASC (born 12 March 1946) is an American Cinematographer. Mark Goldblatt is an Academy Award nominated American Film editor, and director. Stuart “Skip” Schoolnik is a Film director, producer and editor who received his degree from the University of Connecticut and currently Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
Budget $2,500,000
Preceded by Halloween (1978)
Followed by Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
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Halloween II is a 1981 horror film set in the fictional Midwest town of Haddonfield, Illinois, on Halloween night, 1978. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Halloween is a 1978 American independent Horror film set in the fictional midwestern town of Haddonfield, Halloween III Season of the Witch is a 1982 Horror film and the third installment in the ''Halloween'' series. Events January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. Horror films are Movies that strive to elicit Fear, Horror and terror responses from viewers The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Halloween, or Hallowe’en, is a Holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) It is the sequel to the influential film, Halloween (1978). A sequel is a work in Literature, Film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work Halloween is a 1978 American independent Horror film set in the fictional midwestern town of Haddonfield, Halloween II was directed by Rick Rosenthal and stars Donald Pleasence as Dr. Sam Loomis, Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, and stunt performer Dick Warlock as Michael Myers. Richard L "Rick" Rosenthal Jr Rosenthal helped launch Sean Penn 's career when he cast the then-unknown actor in the title role of the 1983 film Bad Boys Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE, (5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995 was an English stage and film actor. Fictional character biography Tenure at Smith's Grove 1963 - 1978 In November 1963 Loomis receives the six-year-old Michael Audrey Myers under his care Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22 1958 is a two-time Golden Globe -winning BAFTA -winning and Emmy -nominated American Film Character History John Carpenter's Halloween (1978 Laurie Strode (born Cynthia Myers) is a seventeen-year-old senior who attends Haddonfield High A stunt double is a type of Body double, specifically a skilled replacement used for dangerous film or video sequences, in Movies and Television Appearances Michael Myers is the primary antagonist in all of the Halloween films with the exception of Halloween III Season of the Witch, as that While other films in the Halloween series follow, this is the last one written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill. Halloween is an American horror franchise that consists of nine Slasher films Novels and Comic books The franchise John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American Film director, Screenwriter, producer, film score Debra Hill ( November 10, 1950 &ndash March 7, 2005) was an American Screenwriter and Film producer who The film immediately follows the events of the first film, and centers on Myers' attempts to find and kill Laurie Strode and Loomis' efforts to track and kill Myers.

Stylistically, the sequel reproduces certain key elements that made the original Halloween a success such as first-person camera perspectives and unexceptional settings. The film, however, departs significantly from the original by incorporating more graphic violence and gore, making it imitate more closely other films in the emerging splatter film sub-genre. A splatter film or gore film is a type of Horror film that deliberately focuses on graphic portrayals of gore and Graphic violence. Still, Halloween II was not as successful as the original, grossing only $25. 5 million at the box office in the United States despite its $2. A box office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for Admission to a venue United States cinema has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century 5 million budget. [1]

Halloween II was intended to be the last chapter of the Halloween series to revolve around Michael Myers and the Haddonfield setting,[2] but after the lackluster reaction to Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), Myers returned seven years later in the film Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988). Halloween III Season of the Witch is a 1982 Horror film and the third installment in the ''Halloween'' series. Halloween 4 The Return of Michael Myers is a 1988 independently-released Horror film and the fourth installment in the ''Halloween'' series The 1998 film Halloween H20: 20 Years Later would also be intended as a sequel to Halloween II. Halloween H20 Twenty Years Later (or Halloween H20) is the seventh film in the Halloween film series

Contents

Plot

After the film replays a re-shot version of the last scene of Halloween, it moves on to Dr. Sam Loomis warning Sheriff Leigh Brackett (Charles Cyphers) that although he has shot Myers six times, Myers still lives. Charles Cyphers (born July 28 1939) is an American Actor who has starred in many Films and on Television. Meanwhile, Laurie Strode is taken to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital and Myers wanders around Haddonfield in search of her. One of the EMS attendants, Jimmy Lloyd (Lance Guest) begins to show an interest in her. Emergency medical services (abbreviated to the initialism "EMS" in many countries are a branch of Emergency services dedicated to providing out-of-hospital Lance R Guest (born July 21 1960) is an American Actor. He developed a serious interest in acting in the 9th grade and he majored in theater

Jimmy tells Laurie 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. Consciousness has been defined loosely as a constellation of attributes of Mind such as Subjectivity, Self-awareness, Sentience, and the A flashback is a psychological Phenomenon in which an individual has a sudden usually vivid recollection of a past Experience. Adoption is the act of legally placing a child with a Parent or parents other than those to whom they were born 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. At the local elementary school they discover that Myers has broken into a classroom and scrawled the word "Samhain" in blood on the chalkboard. See also Primary education An elementary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory education known as elementary Samhain (ˈsaʊn or /ˈsɑːwɪn/ Irish /ˈsˠaunʲ/ from the Old Irish samain) is the word for November in a few Gaelic languages A chalkboard or blackboard is a reusable Writing surface on which text or drawings are made with sticks of Calcium sulfate, known when used for this Loomis explains that it is a Celtic word that means "lord of the dead", the "end of summer", and "October 31" (Samhain's symbolic importance is not elaborated on until later films). Celts (ˈkɛlts or /ˈsɛlts/, see Names of the Celts Summer is one of the four Temperate Seasons Summer marks the warmest time of year with the longest days Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Nurse Marion Chambers (Nancy Stephens), Loomis' assistant, arrives and tells Loomis that she has discovered a secret file on Myers to which he was not privy. Nancy Stephens (born 1945) is an American actress who starred in many familiar films and television shows 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.

Instead, Loomis forces The Marshall (John Zenda) and Chambers to drive to the hospital, knowing that Myers will have already tracked Laurie there. John Zenda ( July 21, 1944 &ndash August 3, 1994) was an American Actor who starred in films and on television Once again, Loomis shoots Myers several times, but to no avail. After Myers kills The Marshall, Loomis and Laurie retreat into an operating room, and Laurie shoots Myers in the eyes after Loomis is stabbed. An operating theater (or theatre) was a tiered Theater or Amphitheater in which students and other spectators could watch surgeons perform surgery Loomis is able to turn on the oxygen and ether tanks in the operating room, utters the line "It's time, Michael", then lights his cigarette lighter, causing an explosion that engulfs him and Myers. Oxygen (from the Greek roots ὀξύς (oxys (acid literally "sharp" from the taste of acids and -γενής (-genēs (producer literally begetteris the Ether is a class of Organic compounds which contain an ether group — an Oxygen Atom connected to two (substituted Alkyl A shocked Laurie watches as Michael still pursues her while he is engulfed in flames. Nonetheless, he collapses finally and the film ends as Laurie is transferred to another hospital.

Production

Halloween II boasted a much larger budget than its predecessor: $2. 5 million. Halloween producers Irwin Yablans and Moustapha Akkad invested heavily in the film even though John Carpenter refused to direct. Irwin Yablans (born July 25, 1934, in Brooklyn New York, United States) is an independent film producer and distributor Moustapha Akkad (مصطفى العقاد ( July 1 1930 &ndash November 11, 2005) was a Syrian American Film producer Most of the film was shot at Morningside Hospital in Los Angeles, California, and Pasadena Community Hospital in Pasadena, California. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Pasadena ( is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. [3] There was discussion of filming Halloween II in 3-D; writer and producer Debra Hill said, "We investigated a number of 3-D processes . See also [[stereoscopy]] In film the term 3-D (or 3D) is used to describe any visual presentation system that attempts to maintain or recreate moving images . . but they were far too expensive for this particular project. Also, most of the projects we do involve a lot of night shooting—evil lurks at night. It's hard to do that in 3-D. "[3]

Writing

The screenplay of Halloween II was written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill, the writers of the first Halloween. Hill mentioned in a 1981 interview with Fangoria magazine that the finished film differs somewhat from initial drafts of the screenplay. She explained how she and Carpenter had originally considered setting the sequel a few years after the events of Halloween. They planned to have Myers track Laurie Strode to her new residence in a high-rise apartment building. [2]

The sequel was intended to conclude the story of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode. Neither Carpenter nor Hill were involved in writing material for later sequels. The third film, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, released a year later, contained a plot that deviated wholly from that of the first two films. [2] Tommy Lee Wallace, the director of Halloween III, stated "It is our intention to create an anthology out of the series, sort of along the lines of Night Gallery, or The Twilight Zone, only on a much larger scale, of course. Tommy Lee Wallace (born September 6, 1949) is an American Film producer, director and Screenwriter. ANThology is the first Major label album by Alien Ant Farm released on March 6, 2001 in the USA and March 19 Night Gallery is Rod Serling 's follow-up series to The Twilight Zone that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973 The Twilight Zone is an American Television series created by Rod Serling. "[4] When asked, in a 1982 interview, what happened to Myers and Loomis, Carpenter flatly answered, "The Shape is dead. Donald Pleasence's character is dead, too, unfortunately. "[5]

Film critic Roger Ebert notes that the plot of the sequel was rather simple: "The plot of Halloween II absolutely depends, of course, on our old friend the Idiot Plot, which requires that everyone in the movie behave at all times like an idiot. Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. That's necessary because if anyone were to use common sense, the problem would be solved and the movie would be over. Common sense (or when used attributively as an Adjective, commonsense, common-sense, or commonsensical) based on a strict construction "[6] Characters were described as shallow and like cardboard. Hill rebuffed such critiques by arguing that "in a thriller film, what a character says is often irrelevant, especially in those sequences where the objective is to build up suspense. "[7]

Historian Nicholas Rogers suggests that a portion of the film seems to have drawn inspiration from the "contemporary controversies surrounding the holiday itself. "[8] He points specifically to the scene in the film when a young boy in a pirate costume arrives at Haddonfield Memorial Hospital with a razor blade lodged in his mouth, a reference to the urban legend of tainted Halloween candy. Piracy is Robbery committed at sea or sometimes on shore without a commission from a sovereign Nation (as distinct from Privateering The Aston Martin Razor Blade team car was built in 1923 to break the one hour light car record of held by AC Cars. An urban legend or urban myth is a form of modern Folklore consisting of stories thought to be factual by those circulating them [9] According to Rogers, "The Halloween films opened in the wake of the billowing stories about Halloween sadism and clearly traded on the uncertainties surrounding trick-or-treating and the general safety of the festival. Sadism refers to Sexual or non-sexual gratification in the infliction of Pain or humiliation upon or by another person "[8]

Casting

The main cast of Halloween reprised their roles in the sequel with the exception of Nick Castle, who had played the adult Michael Myers in the original. Nick Castle (born September 21, 1947) is an American Actor, Screenwriter and Film director, best known for his role Veteran English actor Donald Pleasence continued the role of Dr. The English people (from the adjective in Englisc) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to England who predominantly speak English Sam Loomis, who had been Michael Myers's psychiatrist for the past 15 years while Myers was institutionalized at Smith's Grove Sanitarium. A psychiatrist (also archaically called an alienist) is a Physician who specializes in Psychiatry and is certified in treating Mental disorders Jamie Lee Curtis (then 22), once again played the teenage babysitter Laurie Strode, the younger sister of Michael Myers. Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22 1958 is a two-time Golden Globe -winning BAFTA -winning and Emmy -nominated American Film Curtis required a wig for the role of long-haired Laurie Strode, as she had her own hair cut shorter.

Charles Cyphers reprised the role of Sheriff Leigh Brackett, but his character disappears from the film when his daughter Annie's (Nancy Kyes) corpse is discovered. Charles Cyphers (born July 28 1939) is an American Actor who has starred in many Films and on Television. Nancy Louise Kyes (born December 19, 1949) is an American film and television actress Actor Hunter von Leer heads the manhunt for Myers in the role of Deputy Hunt. Hunter von Leer (born 1944) is an American actor who has starred in films television shows and TV movies He admitted in an interview that he had never watched Halloween before being cast in the part. He stated, "I did not see the original first but being from a small town, I wanted the Deputy to have compassion. "

Stunt performer Dick Warlock played Michael Myers (as in Halloween, listed as "The Shape" in the credits), replacing Castle who was beginning a career as a director. Warlock's previous experience in film was as a stunt double in films, such as The Green Berets (1968) and Jaws (1975), and the 1974 television series Kolchak: The Night Stalker. The Green Berets is a 1968 film featuring John Wayne, George Takei, David Janssen, Jim Hutton, and Aldo Ray, Jaws is a 1975 thriller / horror Film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley 's best-selling Kolchak The Night Stalker is an American Television series that aired on ABC in 1974 [10] Warlock claims that the mask he wore was the same one as used by Nick Castle in the first film. In an interview, he explained how he prepared for the role since Myers received far more screen time in the sequel than the original. Warlock said,

[I watched the scenes] where Laurie is huddled in the closet. Michael breaks through. She grabs a hanger and thrusts it up and into his eyes. Michael falls down and Laurie walks to the bedroom doorway and sits down. In the background we see Michael sit up and turn towards her to the beat of the music. . . . Anyway, that and the head tilt were the things I carried with me into Halloween II. I didn't really see that much more to hang my hat on in the first film. [11]

The supporting cast consisted of relatively unknown actors and actresses, with the exception of Jeffrey Kramer and Ford Rainey. Jeffrey Carter Kramer (born July 15, 1945) is an American Film and Television Actor, and a Film producer Ford Rainey ( August 8, 1908 &ndash July 25, 2005) was an American Film, stage and Television Kramer was previously cast in a supporting role as Deputy Jeff Hendricks in Jaws and Jaws 2 (1978). Jaws 2 is a 1978 horror &ndash Thriller film directed by Jeannot Szwarc. In Halloween II, Kramer played Dr. Graham, a dentist who examines the charred remains of a boy confused with Myers. Rainey was an actor well-known for his supporting roles on television shows such as Bonanza, Gunsmoke, and The Bionic Woman. Bonanza is an American television series that ran on NBC from September 12 1959 to January 16 1973 Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston The Bionic Woman is an American television series which spun off from The Six Million Dollar Man. He was chosen to play Haddonfield Memorial Hospital's drunk resident doctor, Frederick Mixter. [12]

A host of character actors were cast as the hospital's staff. A character actor is an Actor who predominantly plays a particular type of role rather than leading ones Many were acquaintances of director Rick Rosenthal. He told an interviewer, "I'd been studying acting with Milton Katselas at the Beverly Hills Playhouse and I brought many people from the Playhouse into Halloween 2. Milton Katselas (born December 22, 1933) is a Greek - American director and famed Hollywood acting teacher at The Beverly Hills Playhouse "[13] These included Leo Rossi, Pamela Susan Shoop, Ana Alicia, and Gloria Gifford. Leo Rossi (born 1947) is an American Actor and Writer. He is known for his role as Budd in the 1981 Horror film Pamela Susan Shoop (born June 7, 1948) is an American character actress in film and on television Ana Alicia (born December 12, 1956) is a Mexican -born American actress, known for her role as scheming heiress Melissa Gioberti on the long-running Rossi played the part of Budd, a hypersexual EMS driver who mocks Jimmy as a "college boy. Hypersexuality is the desire to engage in Human sexual behavior at a level high enough to be considered clinically significant " Rossi would go on to have minor roles in television series such as Hill Street Blues and Falcone and several direct-to-video releases. Hill Street Blues is a serial Police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987 [14][15]

Shoop played Nurse Karen, who is scalded to death by Myers in the hospital therapy tub. Featured in the only nude scene in the film, Shoop discussed filming the scene in an interview: "Now that was hard! The water was freezing cold, and poor Leo Rossi and I could barely keep our teeth from chattering! The water was also pretty dirty and I ended up with an ear infection. Otitis is a general term for inflammation or infection of the ear in both humans and other animals "[16] Prior to working with Rosenthal, she had made several cameo appearances on television shows such as Wonder Woman, B.J. and the Bear, and later made appearances on Knight Rider and Murder, She Wrote. BJ and the Bear was a Comedy-drama Television series which aired on NBC from 1979 to 1981. Knight Rider is an American Television series that originally ran from September 26 1982 to August 8 1986 Murder She Wrote is a television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. [17] Gifford and Alicia played minor supporting roles as nurses. Ana Alicia went on to star for 8 seasons on the highly successful CBS serial, Falcon Crest. Falcon Crest is an American primetime television Soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons from December 4

Actor Lance Guest played an EMS driver, Jimmy. In much the same way as the original Halloween had launched the career of Jamie Lee Curtis, after Halloween II, Guest went on to star in such films as The Last Starfighter (1984) and Jaws: The Revenge (1987) and the television series Life Goes On. The Last Starfighter is a 1984 Science fiction Adventure film directed by Nick Castle. Jaws The Revenge (aka Jaws 4 is a 1987 horror &ndash Thriller film directed by Joseph Sargent. Life Goes On is a television series that aired on ABC from September 12 1989 to May 23 1993 [18] The Last Starfighter director Nick Castle stated in an interview, "When I was assigned to the film, Lance Guest was the first name I wrote down on my list for Alex after seeing him in Halloween II. " Castle adds, "He possessed all the qualities I wanted the character to express on the screen, a kind of innocence, shyness, yet determination. "[19]

Directing

John Carpenter refused to direct the sequel and originally approached Tommy Lee Wallace, the art director from the original Halloween, to take the helm. Tommy Lee Wallace (born September 6, 1949) is an American Film producer, director and Screenwriter. Carpenter told one interviewer, "I had made that film once and I really didn't want to do it again. "[20] After Wallace declined, Carpenter chose Rick Rosenthal, a relatively unknown and inexperienced director whose previous credits included episodes of the television series Secrets of Midland Heights (1980–1981). In an interview with Twilight Zone Magazine, Carpenter explains that Rosenthal was chosen because "he did a terrific short called Toyer. Twilight Zone literature is an umbrella term for the many books and comic books which concern or adapt The Twilight Zone Television series. It was full of suspense and tension and terrific performances. "[5][21]

The opening title of Halloween II, an attempt to connect the film stylistically to Halloween.
The opening title of Halloween II, an attempt to connect the film stylistically to Halloween. Halloween is a 1978 American independent Horror film set in the fictional midwestern town of Haddonfield,

Stylistically, Rosenthal attempted to recreate the elements and themes of the original film. The opening title features a jack-o'-lantern that splits in half to reveal a human skull. A jack-o'-lantern (sometimes also spelled Jack O'Lantern)is typically a carved Pumpkin. In the original, the camera zoomed in on the jack-o'-lantern's left eye. The first scene of the film is presented through a first-person camera format in which a voyeuristic Michael Myers enters an elderly couple's home and steals a knife from the kitchen. Voyeurism is the sexual interest in spying on people engaged in intimate behaviors such as undressing sexual activity or urinating Rosenthal attempts to reproduce the "jump" scenes present in Halloween, but does not film Myers on the periphery, which is where he appeared in many of the scenes of the original. Under Rosenthal's direction, Myers is the central feature of a majority of the scenes. [22] In an interview with Luke Ford, Rosenthal explains,

The first movie I ever did [Halloween II] was a sequel, but it was supposed to be a direct continuation. Luke Ford (born May 28, 1966, in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia) is a Writer, blogger, and Pornography It started one minute after the first movie ended. You have to try hard to maintain the style of the first movie. I wanted it to feel like a two-parter. You have the responsibility and the restraints of the style that's been set. It was the same crew. My philosophy was to do more of a thriller than a slasher movie. [13]

The decision to include more gore and nudity in the sequel was not made by Rosenthal, who contends that it was Carpenter who chose to make the film much bloodier than the original. [23] According to the film's official website, "Carpenter came in and directed a few sequences to clean up some of Rosenthal's work. "[21] One reviewer of the film notes that "Carpenter, concerned that the picture would be deemed too 'tame' by the slasher audience, re-filmed several death scenes with more gore. "[24] When asked about his role in the directing process, Carpenter told an interviewer:

That's a long, long story. That was a project I got involved in as a result of several different kinds of pressure. I had no influence over the direction of the film. I had an influence in the post-production. See also Filmmaking Post-production occurs in the making of motion pictures, television programs, Videos audio recordings I saw a rough cut of Halloween II, and it wasn't scary. It was about as scary as Quincy. Quincy ME (or simply Quincy) is the name of a United States Television series from Universal Studios that aired from October So we had to do some post-production work to bring it at least up to par with the competition. [5]

Rosenthal was not pleased with Carpenter's changes. He reportedly complained that Carpenter "ruined [my] carefully paced film. "[25] Regardless, many of the graphic scenes contained elements not seen before in film. Roger Ebert claims, "This movie has the first close-up I can remember of a hypodermic needle being inserted into an eyeball. A hypodermic needle is a hollow needle commonly used with a Syringe to inject substances into the body "[6] The film is often categorized as a splatter film rather than a slasher film due to the elevated level of gore. A splatter film or gore film is a type of Horror film that deliberately focuses on graphic portrayals of gore and Graphic violence. The slasher film (sometimes referred to as bodycount films and dead teenager movies) is a Sub-genre Film critic John McCarty writes of splatter films: "[They] aim not to scare their audiences, necessarily, nor to drive them to the edge of their seats in suspense, but to mortify them with scenes of explicit gore. In splatter movies, mutilation is indeed the message . . . . "[26] Rosenthal later directed the eighth film in the Halloween series, Halloween: Resurrection (2002). Halloween Resurrection is a 2002 Horror film and the eighth installment in the Halloween film series

Music

The film's score was a variation of John Carpenter compositions from Halloween, particularly the main theme's familiar piano melody played in a 5/4 time rhythm. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers In Music, a melody (from Greek μελῳδία - melōidía, "singing chanting" also tune, voice, or The time signature (also known as " meter signature" is a notational convention used in Western Musical notation to specify how many beats Meter or metre is a concept related to an underlying division of time characteristic of western music The score was performed on a synthesizer organ rather than a piano. [27] One reviewer for the BBC described the revised score as having "a more gothic feel. " The reviewer asserted that it "doesn’t sound quite as good as the original piece", but "it still remains a classic piece of music. "[28] Carpenter performed the score with the assistance of Alan Howarth, who had previously been involved in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) and would work again with Carpenter on projects such as Escape from New York (1981), The Thing (1982) and Christine (1983). Star Trek The Motion Picture is a 1979 Science fiction film from Paramount Pictures. Escape from New York is a 1981 science fiction / Action film directed and scored by John Carpenter. Christine (also known as John Carpenter's Christine) is a 1983 Horror film about a supernaturally malevolent automobile and its effects on the teenager [29]

The film featured the song "Mr. Sandman" performed by The Chordettes. "Mr Sandman" is a popular song written by Pat Ballard which was published in 1954 and first recorded in that year by The Chordettes The Chordettes were a female popular Singing quartet usually singing A cappella, and specializing in Traditional pop music. [30] Reviewers commented on the decision to include this song in the film, calling the selection "interesting" and "not a song you would associate with a film like this. " The song worked well to "mimic Laurie’s situation (sleeping a lot), [making] the once innocent sounding lyrics seem threatening in a horror film. "[28] Another critic saw the inclusion of the song as "inappropriate" and asked, "What was that about?"[31]

Release

Box office

Halloween II premiered on October 30, 1981, in 1,211 theaters in the United States. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 [1] To advertise the film, Universal printed a poster that featured a skull superimposed onto a pumpkin. This imagery is described by film historian and sociologist Robert E. Kapsis as "an unmistakable horror motif. " Kapsis points out that by 1981 horror had "become a genre non grata" with critics. The effect of this can be seen in the distributor's promotion of the film as horror while at the same time stressing that the sequel, like its predecessor, "was more a quality suspense film than a 'slice and dice' horror film. "[32] Use of the tagline More Of The Night HE Came Home—a modified version of the original Halloween tagline—hoped to accomplish the same task. A tagline is a variant of a branding slogan typically used in Marketing materials and Advertising.

The film grossed $7,446,508 on its opening weekend and earned a final domestic total of $25,533,818. [1] The rights were sold to Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis and the film was distributed by Universal. The' Italian people' are a Southern European Ethnic group located primarily in Italy, Switzerland, France and by virtue of a wide-ranging Agostino De Laurentiis, usually credited as Dino De Laurentiis (born August 8 1919) is an Academy Award -winning Italian Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American [33] While the gross earnings of the sequel paled in comparison to the original's $47 million, it was a success in its own right, besting the earnings of other films of the same genre released in 1981: Friday the 13th Part 2 ($21,722,776), Omen III: The Final Conflict ($20,471,382) and The Howling ($17,985,893). Friday the 13th Part II is a Slasher film directed by Steve Miner. Omen III The Final Conflict is the 1981 film in third installment in a cycle of horror movies documenting the rise and eventual fall of the Antichrist. The Howling is a 1981 Horror film directed by Joe Dante. Based on the novel of the same name by Gary Brandner, the [34] Internationally, Halloween II was released throughout Europe, but it was banned in West Germany and Iceland due to the graphic violence and nudity; a later 1986 release on home video was banned in Norway. A ban (derived from Banishment) is generally any Decree that prohibits something West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland ( ( Ísland or Lýðveldið Ísland ( Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional The film was shown in Canada, Australia, the Philippines and Japan. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. [33][35][36][37]

In 1982, the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA, nominated the film for two Saturn Awards: Best Horror Film and Best Actor for Donald Pleasence. The Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in Science fiction, Fantasy The film lost to An American Werewolf in London (1981) and Harrison Ford was chosen over Pleasence for his role in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). An American Werewolf in London is a comedy / Horror film released in 1981, written and directed by John Landis Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an Academy Award - and BAFTA -nominated as well as Golden Globe -winning American Raiders of the Lost Ark (also known as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) is a 1981 Adventure film directed by Steven [38] The film's performance at the box office later translated into home video sales. It was first released on VHS and laserdisc in 1982 by MCA/Universal Home Video and later by Goodtimes Home Video. The Laserdisc (LD is an obsolete Home video disc format and was the first commercial Optical disc storage medium Universal Studios Home Entertainment (formerly Universal Studios Home Video or MCA/Universal Home Video) is a Home video company founded in 1980 From 1988, DVD editions have also been released by these companies. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is [33] An adaptation of the screenplay was printed as a mass market paperback in 1981 by horror and science-fiction writer Dennis Etchison under the pseudonym Jack Martin. Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. Dennis William Etchison (born March 30, 1943 in Stockton California) is an American Writer and editor of Fantasy A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) Etchison's novelization was distributed by Kensington Books and became a bestseller. A novelization is a Novel that is written based on some other media story form rather than as an original work [39][40]

Critical reception

Critical reaction to the film was mixed. While film critics had largely showered praise on Halloween, most reviews of its sequel compared it with the original and found it wanting. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote that Halloween II represented "a fall from greatness" that "doesn't even attempt to do justice to the original. The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily Newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. " Ebert also commented, "Instead, it tries to outdo all the other violent Halloween rip-offs of the last several years. "[6] Critic James Berardinelli offered a particularly stinging review:

The main problem is the film's underlying motivation. James Berardinelli (born September 1967 is an Online Film critic. Halloween was a labor of love, made by people committed to creating the most suspenseful and compelling motion picture they could. Halloween II was impelled by the desire to make money. It was a postscript—and not a very good one—slapped together because a box office success was guaranteed. [24]

He accused Carpenter and Hill of not believing "in this project the way they believed in the original, and it shows in the final product. The creepiness of the first movie has been replaced by a growing sense of repetitive boredom. " Berardinelli was not impressed by the decision to give Myers so much screen time. He says, "The Shape, who was an ominous and forbidding force, has been turned into a plodding zombie. zombie is a reanimated human corpse Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodou, which told of the people being controlled The characters have all been lobotomized, and, in keeping with the slasher trend, the gore content is way up. A lobotomy ( Greek: lobos Lobe of Brain, tomos "cut/slice" is a form of Psychosurgery, also known as a leukotomy or There was virtually no blood in Halloween; Halloween II cheerfully heaps it on. "[24]

On the other hand, Janet Maslin of the New York Times compared the film to other horror sequels and recently released slasher films of the early 1980s rather than to the original. Janet Maslin (born 1948 is an American Journalist. She is best known as a film and literary critic for The New York Times "By the standards of most recent horror films, this—like its predecessor—is a class act. " She notes that there "is some variety to the crimes, as there is to the characters, and an audience is more likely to do more screaming at suspenseful moments than at scary ones. " Maslin applauded the performance of the cast and Rosenthal and concluded, "That may not be much to ask of a horror film, but it's more than many of them offer. "[41] David Pirie's review in Time Out magazine gave Rosenthal's film positive marks, stating, "Rosenthal is no Carpenter, but he makes a fair job of emulating the latter's visual style in this sequel. David Pirie (born December 16, 1953 in Liverpool England) is a Screenwriter, Film producer, Film critic, and Novelist Time Out is a Publishing company based in London, England. The company's best known product is the Time Out weekly listings Magazine " He wrote that the Myers character had evolved since the first film to become "an agent of Absolute Evil. "[42] Film historian Jim Harper suggests, "Time has been a little fairer to the film" than original critics. In retrospect, "many critics have come to recognise that it's considerably better than the slew of imitation slashers that swamped the genre in the eighties. "[43]

Like the original Halloween, this and other slasher films have come under fire from feminist critics. Halloween is a 1978 American independent Horror film set in the fictional midwestern town of Haddonfield, Feminism is a discourse that involves various movements theories, and Philosophies which are concerned with the issue of Gender difference, advocate According to historian Nicholas Rogers, academic critics "have seen the slasher movies since Halloween as debasing women in as decisive a manner as hard-core pornography. An academy ( Greek Ἀκαδημία is an institution of higher learning research or honorary membership Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of Sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer "[8] Critics such as John Kenneth Muir point out that female characters such as Laurie Strode survive not because of "any good planning" or their own resourcefulness, but sheer luck. Although she manages to repel the killer several times, in the end, Strode is rescued in Halloween and Halloween II only when Dr. Loomis arrives to shoot Myers. [44]

Controversy

Detractors of horror films have blamed the genre for the perceived decrease in the morality and increase in crime among America's youth. According to moral critic Peter Peeters, fragile minds are being warped by "unlimited lust and sex, horror, the gruesome world of corpses and ghosts, torture, butchery and cannibalism, violence and destruction, the unsavory details all vividly depicted and accompanied by the appropriate screams and sound effects. "[45] A tragic incident associated with the film Halloween II only heightened such attitudes.

On December 7, 1982, Richard Delmer Boyer of El Monte, California, murdered Francis and Eileen Harbitz, an elderly couple in Fullerton, California, leading to the trial People v. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) "El Monte" redirects here for the city in Chile, see El Monte Chile. Fullerton is a City located in northern Orange County, California, United States. Boyer (1989). The couple were stabbed a total of 43 times by Boyer. According to the trial transcript, Boyer's defense was that he suffered from hallucinations in the Harbitz residence brought on by "the movie Halloween II, which defendant had seen under the influence of PCP, marijuana, and alcohol. In most Litigation under the Common law Adversarial system the Defendant, perhaps with the assistance of counsel, may allege or present A hallucination, in the broadest sense is a Perception in the absence of a stimulus. Phencyclidine (a complex clip of the chemical name phenylcyclohexylpiperidine, commonly initialised as PCP) is a Dissociative drug Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a " The film was played for the jury, and a psychopharmacologist "pointed out various similarities between its scenes and the visions defendant described. Psychopharmacology (from Greek grc ψῡχή psȳkhē, "breath life soul" grc φάρμακον pharmakon, "drug" and grc -λογία "[46]

Boyer was found guilty and sentenced to death. The incident became known as the "Halloween II Murders" and was featured in a short segment on TNT's Monstervision, hosted by film critic Joe Bob Briggs. Turner Network Television, usually referred to as TNT, is an American cable TV network created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned Joe Bob Briggs is a Pseudonym and persona of John Irving Bloom (born January 27, 1953) a syndicated American film [21] Following the trial, moral critics and libertarians came to the defense of horror films and rejected calls to ban them. Libertarianism is a term used by a broad spectrum of political philosophies which prioritize individual Liberty and seek to minimize or even abolish the Thomas M. Sipos, for instance, stated,

It would be silly, after all, to ban horror films just because Boyer claims to have thought that he was reenacting Halloween 2, or to ban cars because Texas housewife Clara Harris intentionally ran down and killed her husband. Nor does it make sense to ban otherwise useful items such as drugs or guns just because some individuals misuse them. [47]

Alternate version

An alternate version of Halloween II, also known as the "Rick Rosenthal Version", the "Television Version", or the "Producer's Cut", was aired on television in the early 1980s. Most of the graphic violence and gore had been edited out and several minor additional scenes had been added. This alternate version is occasionally shown on the AMC network. AMC is a cable television network that primarily airs movies The letters originally stood for American Movie Classics. In 2002, AMC aired the alternate version as part of their Monsterfest Film Festival.

It has been suggested that the redacted film represents director Rick Rosenthal's original vision of the movie before John Carpenter's edits. John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American Film director, Screenwriter, producer, film score A special edition DVD of the alternate version was planned for release in 2001, but Universal released the original theatrical version instead. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American [33]

Rick Rosenthal's version is cut differently, which offered less gore, more character development, and a swifter pace, even though it has the same 92-minute running time. A pronounced difference between the alternate and theatrical versions is found in the plot. While the theatrical version has the film ending with the presumed deaths of Michael Myers and Dr. Loomis, the alternate version shows Jimmy (with a head wound but alive) in the ambulance with Laurie Strode. Appearances Michael Myers is the primary antagonist in all of the Halloween films with the exception of Halloween III Season of the Witch, as that Fictional character biography Tenure at Smith's Grove 1963 - 1978 In November 1963 Loomis receives the six-year-old Michael Audrey Myers under his care Character History John Carpenter's Halloween (1978 Laurie Strode (born Cynthia Myers) is a seventeen-year-old senior who attends Haddonfield High They hold hands and Laurie says, "We made it. "[33]

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