Halloween II (2009)

09 Aug 2023

Rating: 4/5

Halloween: Ranked

I'm not me

Haunted by the lingering effects of her experience, Laurie dreams through her brother’s eyes, only learning through Loomis’s book that she is Michael Myer’s sister

This movie gets so insane so quickly, just piles of gore and absurdities, the nightmare overtaking reality, the boogeyman revived

I get why this is so divisive — from a purely aesthetic viewpoint, this is as exploitative as it gets in the mainstream. And being in that position isn’t what Rob Zombie wants — it’s only because of his music career that his movies have received so much attention (and this is another remake of a horror classic). But for those who would be here regardless, they are getting what they want — high-budget surrealist shlock

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