year has actually passed since
the original events. Myers’ body,
of course, was never found, and
we get countless shots of the
killer making his way back to
Haddonfield, trudging through
endless fields like he stepped
onto the set of The Hobbit.
Along the way he kills a few
rednecks in bland and unoriginal ways. Back in Haddonfield,
the local kids are having one of
those incredibly well organized
parties that only occur in slasher
films and never seem to have
enough beer. Dr. Loomis (McDowell) meanwhile has become
a controversial celebrity, thanks
to his best-selling book on Myers. McDowell has fun with the
role and his performance is the
only professional element of the
movie, but making Loomis such
a despicable character was another slap in the face to fans of
the series.
Rob Zombie’s Halloween 2 is an
improvement over Rob Zombie’s
Halloween, although that’s akin to
saying World War II was an
improvement over World War I
1 star out of 5
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