The original Halloween scared me to death when I first caught it when I was eight, so when I saw the sequel I didn't expect the film to live up to the first - How wrong I was! Okay, so the way the hospital is run is pretty ridiculous - seven doctors in a hospital THAT of that size is a bit stupid, but Michael Myers' continuation of October 31, 1978 is just as scary as the first. Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasance are as excellent as ever, as are the rest of the cast. The movie has some cool make-up effects for the era and this film (along with Halloween (1978), Halloween 4 (1988), and Tenebrae (1982)) are the only horror films I have found truly scary. Even though the plot has been extended from Part 1 - one of the scariest things in the first - it still scary to see THAT mask, THOSE defenseless women and hear THAT scream. This is definitely one for a group of friends. Everyone that's watched it with me has screamed, jumped, or seen Michael Myers emerge from the shadows in their bedroom that night. An under-rated classic, and probably (along with Aliens) one of the only sequels that lives up to the original. Here's to Halloween 8!
Review of Halloween II
