With halloween ii, it was all about graphic, grisly murders and a high body count lessons learned at the box office. It is still halloween, 1978, and michael myers is on the loose after escaping certain death at dr. Due to the three year period between the filming of halloween 1978 and halloween ii 1981 the wallace and doyle house changed quite a bit over those three years. Halloween 2 movie 1981 jamie lee curtis, donald pleasence. A noticeable difference was in the doyle house, which was the balcony that michael falls off during the recap of the ending of the first film. Halloween ii 610 movie clip slippery when bloody 1981 hd duration. All music is composed by john carpenter, except as noted. Halloween ii was written by john carpenter and debra hill and directed by rick rosenthal. It picks up directly after the events of the first film.
Trailer for halloween ii collectors edition, out 91812 from shout. Halloween 2 movie trailer 1981while sheriff brackett and dr. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. When myers breaks into a home early in the film, the residents are watching george romeros classic horror movie night of the living dead.
Halloween ii is recommended only for michael myers completists. Halloween ii is a retread of halloween without that movies craft, exquisite timing, and thorough understanding of horror. Dana carvey and catherine bergstrom in halloween ii 1981. Halloween ii is a soundtrack by john carpenter for the 1981 film of the same name. Oct 05, 2019 halloween 2 movie trailer 1981 while sheriff brackett and dr. Its a little sad to witness a fall from greatness, and thats what we get in halloween ii.
Halloween ii 710 movie clip knifing the nightshift nurse 1981 hd duration. Which was directed by nick castle who played the shape in halloween. Halloween ii 1981 film wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Sep 28, 2017 this feature is not available right now.
This is the way carpenter and hill envisioned it and it was to be the end of micheal myers. Also, most of the projects we do involve a lot of night shootingevil lurks at night. Halloween ii follows the same illfated characters as they encounter the knifewielding maniac they left for dead in the first film. John carpenters halloween scared the living daylights out of 25 million people and set a precedent in smashing box office records for a horror film. Laurie jamie lee curtis is taken to completely empty haddonfield memorial hospital, and michael will stop at nothing to kill her. Full movie online free hd after failing to kill stubborn survivor laurie and taking a bullet or six from former. On putlocker watch halloween ii 1981 in hd 1080p with high speed link. The acting isnt all that good but halloween ii turns out to be a fairly good horror movie with effective scares, and still the minimum of explicit gore.
Sep 21, 2014 halloween ii is a 1981 slasher horror film directed by rick rosenthal, and written and produced by john carpenter and debra hill. Halloween ii full full movie, halloween ii full full movie streaming halloween ii full movie engsub watch halloween ii full english full movie online halloween ii full film online watch halloween. Halloween ii picks up where its predecessor left off and quickly wanders into a. The film takes place in 1978 when michael myers is 21 years old, which is also stated by dr. For the most part, halloween ii is a retread of halloween without that movies craft, exquisite timing, and thorough understanding of horror. Halloween ii, taking place on the same night, attempts to. Loomis donald pleasence continues his search for the elusive killer michael myers while the night. Financial analysis of halloween ii 1981 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Watch halloween ii 1981 full movie online free on 0123movies. An expanded 30th anniversary edition was released in 2009 through alan howarth incorporated. This scene is missing from the tv cut of the halloween ii 1981 dvd found in the halloween box sets for unknown reasons. Halloween ii 810 movie clip the desperate crawl 1981. It makes sense that after such a massacre, the town would systematically break into various bits of disorder and mayhem, but rick rosenthal handles it. Halloween ii is a 1981 american horror film directed by rick rosenthal in his directorial debut, written and produced by john carpenter and debra hill, and.
Halloween 2 movie trailer 1981 while sheriff brackett and dr. Loomis hunt for michael myers, a traumatized laurie is rushed to hospital, and the serial killer is not far behind her. John carpenters original 1978 halloween was one of. Instead, it tries to outdo all the other violent halloween ripoffs of the last several years. Sep 28, 2017 10 videos play all halloween ii 1981 full movie nancy stephens.
The curse of michael myers operating room massacre duration. Honestly this is a good sequel to halloween 1978, a film that i iike, but dont love. Watch halloween ii online stream full movie directv. Halloween ii 110 movie clip a sudden stabbing 1981 hd. By now, the entire sheriffs department is hunting for him. Halloween ii 710 movie clip knifing the nightshift nurse. Laurie strode is once more his intended victim, with dr. 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. In a continuation of the plot of halloween, michael myers shows off his indestructability by resuming his murder spree despite being gunned down with six bullets in the original movie. Halloween ii 1981 internet movie firearms database guns. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. In this latest in defense of, were sticking up for the underrated first sequel to john carpenters iconic halloween, 1981s halloween ii.
Halloween ii r horror, thriller, holiday movie 1981 escaped mental patient michael myers continuing his bloody reign of murder on halloween night in this terrifying sequel. Halloween ii is a 1981 american horror film directed by rick rosenthal in his directorial debut, written and produced by john carpenter and debra hill, and starring jamie lee curtis and donald pleasence who reprise their respective roles as laurie strode and dr. Shaken and injured from her battle with unkillable psycho michael. Whilst not the best nor worst of the series, halloween ii is a middling addition to the series but is far better than some of the later entries. But for the most part, halloween ii is a retread of halloween without that movies craft, exquisite timing, and thorough understanding of horror. And we have halloween ii 1981 to thank for recognizing that fact, for making laurie and her backstory an essential part of the halloween cannon. Halloween ii arrived in theaters in october 1981 and was a hit. Find the next playtimes for halloween ii on the hollywood suite 80s movies channel. Garrett is added while they listen to reports of the murders. Halloween 2 movie 1981 while sheriff brackett and dr. Directed by rick rosenthal and written by john carpenter and debra hill. They definitely ramped up the killcount and violence in this one. Halloween ii 1981 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Halloween ii is a 1981 horror film and the second installment in the halloween series.
And that disparity, more than anything else, illustrates why halloween is a classic and its first sequel is a sloppy afterthought. Halloween ii has some really effective scares, and a lot of imaginative sequences. Watch halloween ii starring jamie lee curtis in this horror on directv. Oct 31, 2007 universals halloween 2 was the conclusion to the original john carpenters halloween in the fall of 1978 even though this sequel wasnt even released in theatres till the fall of 1981 along with the fact that halloween ii was quite a phenomenal sequel and was just as shocking and heartpounding as the original, especially michael myersdick warlock with his heavybreathing, except in this. Directed by rick rosenthal and written by john carpenter and debra hill, it is a direct sequel to the first film. If you need a halloween scare, watch romeros zombie classic instead of halloween ii.
Loomis hunt for michael myers, a traumatized laurie is rushed to hospital, and. For the longest time i thought this movie was badly filmed and framed. The story picks up directly following the events of the first halloween. Halloween ii does a great job picking up where the first one left off in a believable manner. The institution proves to be particularly suited to serial killers, however, as myers cuts, stabs and slashes his way through hospital staff to reach. There are some truly inventive and disturbing ways that michael myers slays his victims.
Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Oct 25, 2016 the movieclips channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web. 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. Halloween ii is a 1981 slasher horror film directed by rick rosenthal, and written and produced by john carpenter and debra hill. It is the second installment in the halloween series and is a. Picking up precisely where its predecessor left off, halloween ii follows the same illfated characters as they encounter the knifewielding maniac they left for dead in the first halloween.
Halloween ii 1981 watch online, halloween ii 1981 online in hd on. According to the documentary on the blu ray releases of halloween ii 1981 leo rossi and pamela susanshoop were not too keen on doing the hottub scene, with a distressed shoop refusing to do the scene. Halloween ii 1981 stream and watch online moviefone. After failing to kill stubborn survivor laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist dr. Halloween ii, priest of love, chanel solitaire, the watcher in the woods.
It is technically a sequel, but it doesnt even attempt to do justice to the original. Halloween ii soundtrack, the soundtrack to the 1981 film halloween ii brooklyn ninenine, 4th episode 2nd season halloween ii, a song by the misfits from the 1981 halloween single halloween ii, a song by samhain from the 1986 album samhain iii. The movie begins just where the last one left off, with some of the same footage, indeed. Watch halloween ii streaming online hulu free trial. Halloween ii 1981 internet movie firearms database. The return of michael myers 1988, the shape returns to haddonfield once again in an attempt to kill his nowmute niece. Lance guest jimmy, who was relatively unknown when he made this movie, went on to star with dan oherlihy who plays cochran in halloween iii. Halloween ii 110 movie clip a sudden stabbing 1981. Overall, cinemagoers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 66%, compared to film critics, who gave it a.
Directed by rick rosenthal and john carpenter and written by john carpenter and debra hill, it is a direct sequel to the first film. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Halloween ii 210 movie clip mistaken for a murderer 1981 hd duration. Laurie strode curtis ends up in the hospital due to trauma and injury from the earlier films. Probably my favorite aspect of halloween ii is the chaos of it all. John carpenter and debra hill had also made the most successful independent film of all time at that time1978. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing halloween ii 1981 near you. Halloween 2 continues the story line abruptly ended in the original. Jamie lee curtis, donald pleasence, charles cyphers.
Featuring jamie lee curtis, donald pleasence, dick warlock, lance guest and others. Start your free trial to watch halloween ii and other popular tv shows and movies including new releases, classics, hulu originals, and more. Sam loomis, michael myers has followed laurie to the haddonfield memorial hospital, where shes been admitted for myers attempt on her life. Released october 30th, 1981, halloween ii stars jamieleecurtis, donaldpleasence, charlescyphers, jeffreykramer the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 32 min, and received a score of 40 out of. One of the worlds largest video sites, serving the best videos, funniest movies and clips. The first halloween is one of the best horror films of all time, and easily the best film centered around the holiday of halloween. Sadly, that feel never fully materializes in halloween ii, although many moments certainly reach for that goofy slasher energy. I look at the original and part 2,as one complete story and one complete film. Halloween ii was a box office success, becoming the secondhighest grossing horror film of 1981 behind an american werewolf in london. Jamie lee curtis and donald pleasence return for the sequel, which is set on the same night as the original, continuing immediately after the end of the previous film.
It is a sequel to the movie halloween that was released two years earlier. Debra hill told fangoria in 1981 that there was consideration to make halloween ii a 3d film but it proved to be far too expensive. The film follows directly on from the first, iconic john carpenter movie so much so that there are mere seconds between the end of the 1978 original and this sequel. Season of the witch 1982 in the movie the last starfighter 1984 in 1984. It is the second installment in the halloween series and is. The following weapons were used in the film halloween ii 1981. Halloween ii is the 1981 sequel to john carpenters original halloween. Halloween 2 1981 is a great sequel to a classic film, and its by far my favorite sequel in the halloween franchise. It stars jamielee curtis as laurie strode, donald pleasance as dr.