Rick Rosenthal
Written by
John Carpenter
The Cast
Jamie Lee Curtis - Laurie Strode
Donald Pleasence - Sam Loomis
Charles Cyphers - Leigh Brackett
Lance Guest - Jimmy
Box Office
$26 Million
Release Date
October 20th 1981
Picking up right where the first HALLOWEEN left off, HALLOWEEN II continues the story of the
night HE came home. The notorious Michael Myers is still alive. Dr. Loomis, shouting "I shot
him six times...I shot him in the heart..." tries to convince town sheriff Brackett that the monster is
still on the loose. Meanwhile, seventeen year old Laurie Strode has been taken to Haddonfield
Memorial Hospital.
After Loomis and Brackett find a trail that leads to the local elementary school, Marion
Chambers (the nurse who accompanied Dr. Loomis in the first film) informs Dr. Loomis that by
order of the governor, he is to return to Smith's Grove, and leave Myers for the police.
Meanwhile, Myers has been on a rampage at the hospital. Killing each victim slowly, Myers
makes his way through Mr. Garrett, the night watchman, Bud the ambulance driver, nurses
Jill, Karen, Janet, and Mrs. Alves, and even the drunken Dr. Mixter. Laurie is left alone in the
hospital with Jimmy, an orderly who has taken interest in the young woman.
An exciting finale fills the end of this sequel with suspense much like the first film. A dramatic
secret is revealed about Laurie Strode's family history leading to an explosive final scene in
the hospital operating room.
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