not for kids
Ultra-gory sequel/remake is brutally violent, badly made.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that this sequel to 2007's Halloween remake is brutally violent, grotesquely explicit, and terrifyingly violent. There are innumerable scenes of killing, and it says a lot about the movie's savagery and viciousness that they're still grim even though it's not particularly well made. Expect sex scenes and non-stop stream of extreme profanity, too, but it's really the violence -- with young women covered head to toe in blood, slashed to ribbons, whimpering, and crying for aid -- that makes Halloween 2 truly unpleasant. Parents also need to know that this film review is for the rated theatrical version, and there is an unrated director's cut available for purchase and rental.
- Families can talk about the movie's realistic, brutal violence. What purpose does it serve, if any? What's the point of it?
- What separates a "good" violent horror film from a bad one? When do these movies go too far?
- What separates an inspired horror remake from one that seems created just to make money? What kind of cultural impact did ow-budget genre classics like the original Halloween, Friday the 13th, and A Nightmare on Elm Street have?
The good stuff
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Messages: No positive messages to be found here -- it's a dark, bloody gore-fest that's all about killing and pain.
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Role models: There are no positive role models in the movie; authority figures are either arrogant or ineffectual, and the villian of the piece is a brutal sociopath.
What to watch for
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Violence: Constant, bloody, hyper-realistic violence, including slashings, shootings, stabbings, strangling, bare-handed neck-breaking, and more. The film's killer stabs people repeatedly with bone-breaking force, severs windpipes with broken glass, and strangles and snaps people's necks with his bare hands. Victims howl with pain and terror and spit blood; arms are broken with enough force that the bone snaps through the skin. A man's head is obliterated by a series of stomps; his mangled body is dangled for all to see. In another scene, a naked woman is smashed into a wall until her head is obliterated. Characters are literally covered in blood after assaults, and murder victims are seen with their eyes stabbed out and a butcher's knife protruding from their skull. All of this is depicted with excruciatingly realistic makeup/special effects, with grisly detail.
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Sex: Topless go-go dancers cavort at a costume party/concert. Constant sexual discussion and language -- ambulance attendants discuss necrophilia; a young couple makes out and discusses various extreme sexual acts. A strip-club owner goes to have sex with one of his dancers, but they're brutally murdered before that happens.
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Language: Non-stop stream of profanity, including "f--k," "motherf--ker," "s--t," "damn," "Jesus," "a--hole," "dick," "piss," "oh my God," "p---y," 'balls," "ho," and "c--k," among much more.
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Consumerism: Not an issue
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Drinking, drugs and smoking: Characters drink (beer, wine, liquor) to excess and smoke cigars and cigarettes. One character gets roaring drunk.
Fan Reviews provided by
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Rob Zombie is truly brilliant! by madgab04
Rob Zombie seems to connect with my same views on where a story needs to take you.
There are many reviews on Halloween 2 , however none of them focus on the fact that this is not supposed to be a remake to follow along with the old stuff, this is a remake to bring forth the true identity of Michael Meyers, and how it's very believable that a series of events can take over the mind of a youth whom only wanted a real family, and to feel normalcy , that couldn't happen for Michael ,,so , the man behind the mask is not truly who he is ,or even wants to be, it's who he one day let himself become, and now has to be. See this movie, and you'll see what I mean. Michael Meyers isn't evil, he's just a little boy inside, committed to what he once created in his mind that now has created him, good and evil are both a struggle of identity, ,in this case however, evil has a butcher knife, kinda hard to reason with evil right now. Go see it!
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Ruined the Halloween Series by enola611
Wow this movie has to much gore and Micheal was to aggressive, stabbing people 10-15 times woow that is too much, the storyline was weak and didn't follow the original like other sequels do.Everyone was so different then in the first Halloween Plus it was To much screaming, truly to be honest I didn't understand the movie all it was was a bunch of blood and killings, it was stupid I wouldn't waste my money on this....So in my opinion save ur movie or wait till it comes out on dvd
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Just Saw The Movie At Midnight by jray014
This movie does not live up any true Halloween fans' expectations. The mindless gore while a great add-on does not salvage the fact that the movie was terrible. Michael is no longer the slowly strolling killer that we all know and love but instead comes fast, out of nowhere, thrashes the person and disappears. If it were not Michael up on the screen it may have ok, but to change how Michael kills is to change the very core of the movie. Another terrible flaw is Loomis. Without spoiling much, lets just say Loomis's attitude towards Michael is completely different than it was. New Loomis sucks. Perhaps the worst offense of all is that Zombie said the movie would be all about psychology and character development. There is no serious attempt at this in the movie. I'm all for the first remake. It succeeded in going deeper into Micheal's psyche. This second remake tried to take the series in new direction said Zombie. Instead of changing it he butchered it and Halloween may not recover.
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midnight show by moviebeast2886
Just watched this movie at midnight and is not worth it i'm a halloween fan but this movie is not worth watching better off renting it when it comes out
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What a disappointment! by jalo1970
I am a huge Halloween fan from the original in 1978. I am also a huge Rob Zombie film fan and thought House of 1,000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects was excellent. His remake of Halloween was bearable with some of the changes to the story neat seeing the story told slightly different. I don't know what Zombie was thinking with this. He seemed to change the ending of the first Halloween he did and 20 minutes into the movie, it's revelaed that your just watching a dream! I have no problem with telling the story different, but changing it as much as it was with all the super-natural bull****with his Mother was ridiculous!!! Not to mention, I can swear like a trucker, but all the swearing Laurie Strode did with her friends seemed fake and over the top. When my husband asked me how it was, I didn't even know where to start in explaining what happened. I'm hoping Zombie's next movie will get away from the Halloween stuff and go back to his brutal gore that he is so good at.
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Helloween Too! by judemovies
This is the genre I know best so I see this kind of movie in a different way than some. I go for the effects and props and stunt work. Blood bags etc...The action in this movie never quit from beginning to end. It had new types of kills I hadn't seen before. Gruesome and forceful. No beating around the bush here. Meyers was fearless and quick and spared no one or thing. I cringed a few times at some of the kills and wondered if there's a new type of blood they're using out there because if was pretty good. The close ups were tight and showed detail. Sound is sharp and startling at times. Angel Meyers is very convincing on the panic side; She does panic well. The story was eh but the blood and guts which is what Michael Meyers is all about was there full steam. Not for kids and I saw many very young ones with parents there. Lots of nudity and raw violence. Not good for them or adults not cool with that. Otherwise go and enjoy the grossness and craziness that makes Halloween 2 a good one
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WORSE.MOVIE.EVER by O_Becca
ROB ZOMBIE NEEDS A SERIOUS ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE ATROCITY NAMED HALLOWEEN 2!
THE MOVIE HAS NO PLOT! SHERIE MOON ZOMBIE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO ACT IN MOVIES! HALLOWEEN WAS AND STILL IS THE STANDARD FOR HORROR FILMS, AND ROB ZOMBIE FELL EXTREMELY SHORT OF THAT STANDARD! THANKS FOR RUINING A CLASSIC
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A Slasher Lovers Wet Dream! by januareegirl
My sister & I went to see this together & both of us feel the same way - the movie is amazingly brutal & disturbing:just how we like it! It did have a few minor drawbacks - for example some of the scenes with Michael's mother's ghost seemed both unneccesary & overplayed, however we were able to overlook the small flaws & appreciate the film for what it is - a demented slasher lovers wet dream. Zombie brings a new level of shock to the slasher genere. The death scenes are relentlessly brutal & done in full view for the audience - don't go if you have a weak stomache. We sat, gaping, clutching our hands over our mouths the whole time. I've been a huge fan of Rob's way back to his White Zombie days & although I love his music I believe that Directing horror movies is his true calling. The ending leaves you guessing & wanting more - can't wait to see what Zombie has in store for us next! We saw this movie a week ago & we're STILL talking about it!
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What was Rob Zombie thinking? by jerryhalen
From the very first scene, I became very nervous. The actor who portrayed young Michael(Daeg Faerch) was mysteriously absent. The white horse???? Older Michael with a beard, grunting while he was stabbing, not wearing his mask all the time?? WTF?
Zombie's "Halloween" in 2007 was a great film. This H2 was just plain garbage.
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Love it or Hate It! by hammerman4
Went to see Halloween 2 tonight. If you have not seen Rob Zombie's remake of Halloween , then watch it first. If you did not like the remake, you will hate H2, if you are a diehard Halloween fan but did not like the remake, you will hate H2. I am a Halloween diehard, but I liked the remake. Zombie takes H2 onto his own path and I hope he does Halloween 3 to take the franchise where it has never gone before.H2 is a brutal film, it is not so much about scares as it is about shock. It is the most violent film out of all of them. I do like Zombie's approach to making Micheal Myer's a more rounded character. This film is not for everyone.If you can keep an open mind and put aside the first series of films, I think that Zombie's attempt to recreate the series is a fine one.