If you like gore, graphic violence, and some wicked death scenes you will love this movie. Halloween was everything I thought it was going to be and more given the fact that it was directed by Rob Zombie, who is slowly winning a place in my heart by creating films that are intense by nature yet satisfying in the end. And if you have ever seen House of 1,000 Corpses or the Devil's Rejects you will know exactly what I am talking about. In his second installment of Halloween Michael Myers returns and this time there is no holding back. It picks up right were it left off in the 1st film with Laurie Strode surviving the latest Halloween massacre only to find that she is mentally and emotionally tramatized by the incident. Night after night she experiences extremely vivid and horrifying dreams about Michael Myers and his return for her in the most brutal of ways. The culmination of this film resides in the learning of Laurie's relationship with Michael Myers through a book that was written by his childhood psychologist Dr. Samuel Loomis (Malcolm McDowell). This drives Laurie to the breaking point as she tries to find a way to cope with her new found role in life.
This movie was so much better than I had originally thought. Rob Zombie did such a wonderful job developing his characters and showing just how terrifying Michael Myers really is. I found myself saying "holy shit" during this movie many times over and I loved every second of it. There were a couple of plot points that missed the mark just a bit but overall this film is a must see for those of you who can handle extreme violence. I emphatically give Halloween II an A and hope that the story ends with this one (you'll see why at the end).
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Hey James, have you ever seen Pacific Heights? It is pretty old but a co-worker recomended it - I guess it is one of his favories. Just thought I would see what you thought and if you haven't seen it maybe it would be a good old one to go back to. Love the blog, keep it up!
ReplyDeleteYes I have and Michael Keaton is especially creepy in it. I would say give a go and check it out...it's one of his few decent movies. I would give it a B-...when you see it give me some feedback.
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