Halloween 2 (1981)

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A real crap ass sequel, made only to cash in on the first film's success. Has none of the suspense or atmosphere of the first. Poor Jamie Lee is taken to Haddonfield hospital with Michael in hot pursuit. Well, not really hot pursuit since a damn turtle is faster than him, but Myers gets there nonetheless doing the Myers shuffle and taking out whomever gets in his way en route to his destination. One thing I never got about this one is how come the hospital staff is only about ten people, with zero patients besides Jamie Lee? Must have been some big budget cuts for Haddonfield I guess. Jamie Lee does nothing but whine and cry, as her character is nothing like the one in the first film. Donald Pleasance returns as Loomis, Myers shrink, and is the only reason to watch this film, I have always enjoyed his acting, especially in this series. In terms of gore this one is way bloodier than the first film, remember they had to compete against the Friday the 13ths and all the other slashers that were out at the time. All crappiness aside, there are at least 3 cool scenes, the throat slitting of the cop at the end, Myers walking through the glass sliding door, and the kill scene of Myers stabbing the nurse in the back with a scalpel and lifting her off the floor. Ouch. Oh yeah, almost forgot, we do get to see some nice boobs when a nurse takes a dip in the hosptals hot tub, only to be dunked and scalded in the water by big Mike. I think Carpenter lifted that off of Argento's "Deep Red", don't you? All in all, a pretty shitty sequel but nothing like the ones that would follow.