Review of Halloween II (1981) by Justi — 10 Sep 2009

I love horror movies and I even love some of rob zombie's movies. I thought his first re-make was amazing. it had heart, vision and most importantly it had a story. I was very excited to see his second (and hopefully last) installment in the series.

I was very, very unhappy. I am not trying to compare it the the original series because after all this is rob zombie's vision. the problem I had with it was a. the story. probably one of the worst I have seen in awhile.

b. the acting. one of the things I loved about the first one was the young michael. I don't know why they did not reuse him, but this actor was horrible in his place. and finally c. this movie just plain stunk.

besides the two reasons mentioned above this movie lacked everything the first one did. there was no heart, no vision (unless you call those delusions throughout the movie them, they were bad). people can say whatever they want about rob zombie, I personally like most of his films, but this one was just over the top and in a bad way.

all these words I am writing are coming from a person who loves campy horror films and troma films, but rob zombie messed up this series like most people have re-making these films we grew up loving. I am waiting for the day we can start making movies that are original again and not re-makes of old films or foreign films.