Halloween II
1981 · Movie · R · 92 min · ★ 6.6 · 38% critics
Picking up immediately after the first film, a relentless killer tracks a surviving target to a hospital where she’s been admitted. As staff and patients cross his path, the facility turns into a confined, frightening maze of attacks as he closes in on the one he wants.
Also known as Halloween II: The Nightmare Isn't Over! · Halloween 2 · Halloween II : Le Masque
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Details
- Years
- 1981
- Release date
- 1981-10-30
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Critic score
- 38/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (2,246 votes)
- Budget
- $2,500,000
About
If you want a direct follow-up set mostly in a bleak, isolated hospital with rising dread, you’ll likely enjoy Halloween II; Not for you if you only liked the original for its slower tone, minimal scares, and lighter slasher pace like The Fog or Terror Train.
Pros: tense hospital setting; solid sequel continuation; chilling stalk-and-approach | Cons: not as scary as first; uneven character focus; contrived setup moments
Themes
- mask
- sheriff
- halloween
- sequel
- serial killer
- hospital
- killing spree
- holiday horror
Cast & crew
Jamie Lee Curtis
as Laurie Strode
Donald Pleasence
as Sam Loomis
Charles Cyphers
as Leigh Brackett
Jeffrey Kramer
as Graham
Lance Guest
as Jimmy
Pamela Susan Shoop
as Karen
Hunter von Leer
as Gary Hunt
Dick Warlock
as The Shape / Patrolman #3
Leo Rossi
as Budd
Gloria Gifford
as Mrs. Alves
Directed by Rick Rosenthal