Is it possible to do something worst than the first one? Of course, he just did it

So wait, this is Halloween II? Wouldn't that kind of make this Halloween II 2, since there already was a Halloween II? It's a shame Gigli didn't have a sequel, because then when some unoriginal fuck tried to re-imagine it, we could look forward to the even more uninspired bullshit.

HELL YEAH!

So fucking terrible. One could go on and on. Between Scout Taylor Compton shouting "fuck!" every five minutes (because now she's a rebellious teen with lots of angst), a glowing vision of Michael's mother riding a white horse telling him to kill people in the most inanely soothing voice, and some hot girl incidentally being strangled when she goes off to some random dude's van to have sex at a party, because that always goes well in horror movies....I don't know. Somewhere I had just had enough.

Instead of paying attention to what made the original Halloween good Rob Zombie has replaced Laurie Strode with an annoying shrill "alternachick" who you don't care one thing about. All the suspense, dread, and memorable music is gone. There is extra gore and Zombie tries to shoehorn in a political message about vegetarianism. Nearly everything about this movie is terrible including the insipid dialog but there are times when the decent cinematography attempts to make up for being a bad film.

It's odd, but as much as I personally enjoyed the film, I wouldn't actually say I'd recommend it to anyone else. The first half of the film is actually surprisingly engaging, as it's examination of Laurie actually fleshes her out quite a bit as a character. The second half is mostly what we expect, but it commits a fatal mistake in this franchise with it's ending, and spends most of it's warped finale in a state of narrative chaos. Good if you want something different, bad for series fans.

All was just about right until the last 5-10 minutes. Zombie put his spin on this one even more so than the first and it payed off until one of the flattest climaxes I have seen in horror.

What happened to Zombie? His previous work, including Halloween, was always amazing, beyond everything else of the release year. Yet, with this film, it seams that Zombie drove off the cliff and left the film behind.

It really wasn't that bad until one of the flattest and chaotic endings commited to film. It was a bad mistake to add in the spiritual connections in the first place. (spoilers) Why would I want to see Laurie end up in a mental institution apparently the new killer? If this is a start to a new chapter in the series, horror fans might want to sit out on this one.

Rob Zombie is a monstrous idiot. Where to start? Turning Loomis into a douche, then killing him off? Gore, gore, gore, and no suspense. Scout is goddamn horrible. The dialogue is horrendous. Do you have women issues and want to see several of them pointlessly brutalized in succession? Clearly Zombie does. I'm not expecting high art here, but come the fuck on. Harris and Dourif are the only remotely enjoyable things about this abomination. Oh, and stop putting your ugly terrible wife in movies.

Ainda não foi dessa vez Rob Zombie... Não que o filme seja ruim, mas assim como a primeira parte, possui mais erros que acertos. Enfim, ainda acredito no potêncial do diretor e irei conferir a terceira parte com certeza.

Far too many poor scenes, with terrible dialogue and highly unlikable characters. It seemed as though Mr. Zombie wanted to make a gritty film about post-traumatic stress disorder, with low-grade Lynchian touches and far too much non-murder-related screaming (therapy sessions, disputes between characters, etc.). The gulf between Scout Taylor-Compton's Laurie Strode and Jamie Lee Curtis's original incarnation is of oceanic proportions. Have not seen the 2007 remake of which this is the sequel.

Zombie shows flashes of vision in the follow-up to his Halloween reboot, but they're smothered by mountains of gore and hackneyed, brutal violence.

just as good as the first one

Chwilami ciekawy, czesciej zwyczajnie meczacy.

gore was good, but they changed too much from the first film, such as the hallucinations, and the fact that michael made noise in this one, which was irritating. different actors too, ugh. fuckin a

I actually quite liked the beginning. Rarely does a movie depict the trauma experienced by the main character (survivor) and the malformed character due to the experience. But the ridiculous spiritual connection and supernatural vision part near the end almost single-handedly ruined this film.

actually better than zombie's first outing for two reasons, 1. more of zombie's hot wife in those strange avant garde-ish hallucination scenes. 2. the lighting was good. aside from those two things, what we have here is a medium sized body count, unlikeable characters, twenty seconds of nudity, and NOT A SINGLE MEMORABLE KILL. that combined with lackluster gore that consistently goes downhill and a badly written script, well, just don't see this.

This one is apt to divide folks, but I personally thought it was great. It was far superior to Zombie's medicore remake and, while retaining many of the pitfalls of that film (Some terrible dialogue, unlikeable characters), it had some beautiful and haunting scenes. Brad Dourif, as Sheriff Brackett, plays both the best and most sympathetic of the movie's characters. Zombie's shout-out to the original Halloween 2 is also great. Just be warned, going in, that you'll either love it or hate it.

it's a total mess and occasionally straight up dumb but it has its moments and i'll still give it props for being very uniquely "Rob Zombie's Halloween"

THE FIRST WAS GOOD THIS IS CRAP! AND THE ENDING SUCKED!

I stopped watching after 15 minutes and went straight to the ending. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING

Looking at the Halloween series as a whole, this one I put right about in the middle on the list of quality of enjoyment. Just like the original two, this and the 2007 version should be watched together to get the full enjoyment possible.

It was just kinda weird, especially the ending. I don't mind weird, but this wasn't a "good" weird.

Sloppy, boring, clichéed. Whereas Zombie's first outing had an interesting origin story and a weird, trailer-trash-anti-aesthetic feel going on, this was just unbelievably bland.

Sadly Mr Zombie has really blown this one.

If you think this is good you're either fifteen or retarded.

That's what the first should have been the whole time, trying something completely new. Unfortunately it also has some of the same flaws than the first one: unnecessary swearing, excessive violence, mostly unsympathetic characters and some really bad scenes. But then again some scenes are really well filmed and Brad Dourif is great.

"Halloween II" doesn't have a fun inch in it's body, which is another aspect that puts it far outside the boundaries of the slasher flick norm. The film tests audiences expectations to be entertained, and instead confronts them head-on with the harsh realities of the story. The film, quite surprisingly, managed to pull through and become practically the first slasher sequel to make me feel rejuvenated and full of hope in a genre that finds itself in a repetitive cycle of dumb cash-in slashers. [Full Review]

Nothing special.

"Without a new path for its central trio, Halloween II merely rehashes in quick, distracted swipes." - Nick Schager

The first act is a dream. The rest of the movie has nothing to do with the first Rob Zombie Halloween.

Zombie's crowning masterpiece Halloween II finds the criminally underrated director exercising totally free of the constraints both of the series he's become involved in and the B-movies that have inspired his filmmaking career. In horror filmmaking, this is an entirely different beast to any slasher film that's come before it, invigoratingly following its own path, winding up as rich in sorrow and dramatic weight as it is in the spilling of blood. Palm it off and it most certainly is your loss.

I hated Rob's remake and I hate this almost as much. It is slightly better, but not by much. Zombie is a bad filmmaker, with an interesting vision. However, I am sick of all the white trash characters that inhabit all of his films. I also hate how characters are introduced only to be killed off a few minutes later, just to amp up the body count. The strip club scene????? Not scary.

With just a few trims it could've been truly great. Much of the Brad Dourif stuff is among the best in the genre.

If only Zombie cared as much about his scripts as he did getting those amazing shots.

I so badly wanted to like this movie. I really did. But I'm not too sure what to make out of it. I'm having a hard time deciding if I like it or not. I love the brutality of Micheal Myers, but I thought that5 Rob Zombie showed way too much and the surgery scene at the hospital was overkill. Brad Dourif is awesome. I'm not too sure if there isn't a more underrated actor as of right now. Too many dream sequences, too many flashbacks. Loved the music that was used though. Rob needs to stop

I like that new Halloween sequel by Rob Zombie. To be honest I like every movie he did, but I agree with Jeb, if the end might be a start for a new series, that would be gruesome. Overall really hard, brutal and gory.

Just how retarded can this film possibly be? 10 only for Foghat and his great song.

Michael with a beard?Laurie transformed into a rock-wanna be fucked up slut &Loomis into an greedy asshole?I'm a fan of the series and of Robs work,but this is trashy, boring&wtf with the horses and the psycho stuff?Random "carnage" with a blunt and lame story around it..lots of "fuck! fuck! fuck!" and tits don't make it better. I loved his first remake but I just don't get this one..the horse and princess shit fucks me up so bad..5 points to the first ten minutes that didn't acutally happen -.-

Forgettable, like the first but this is worse.

This is an audacious take on the Michael legend. Zombie, true to form, makes this work his own. This isn't the film that his first take on Halloween is, but it is well worth checking out.