Halloween II

This movie review is one of my older ones, but I'm trying to get all the reviews on here that I have done. 

Halloween II

Directed by Rob Zombie

Starring: Tyler Mane, Scout Taylor-Compton, Danielle Harris,
 Brad Dourif, Sheri Moon Zombie, Malcolm McDowell

Runtime: 111 minutes

Rated R

All I can say is “Wow”, and not the good kind of wow mind you, but the bad kind that comes from seeing a really bad wreck or something go horribly wrong. I am sitting here racking my brain, trying to remember how long it has been since I have seen another movie that was this bad. I’m not entirely sure what writer/director Rob Zombie was trying to accomplish with this movie and while watching it I got the feeling that he didn’t either.

Halloween II begins immediately where the last left off. After the opening sequence the story picks up one year later. The body of Michael Myers is missing and Laurie Strode is trying to cope with what she has been through. This being a Halloween movie, Michael Myers doesn’t stay missing too long and soon returns to finish what he started in the first film. Blood, gore, and a weird chick in a white dress with a white Clydesdale ensue. I could go into further detail about the story and the set up, but I just don’t see the point. In reality, I could have summed up the movie by simply saying blood, screaming, cursing, more blood, weird flashbacks, some more blood, and roll credits.

To say that I didn’t like this movie would be putting it lightly. If there had only been one or two things about the movie that I didn’t like I probably could have let it go, but the further into the movie I got the more I began to hate it. The script by Rob Zombie was just flat out bad. I understand that Mr. Zombie (that’s just weird to type) is trying to give the character of Michael Myers more depth and give us an understanding of why he is the way he is, but I just don’t care. I liked Michael Myers more when he was an unstoppable killing machine and I didn’t know why he was killing. And don’t even get me started on the flashbacks of his dead mother and the horse. As far as the acting I am willing to cut the actors some slack since the script they were working with was utter crap. However, the acting was over the top and corny. The worst offender in the movie would have to be Sheri Moon Zombie, who played Deborah Myers, Michael’s deceased mother. Her time on the screen was nothing more than a distraction. So far, she has been in all of Rob’s movies and she has been atrocious in them all.

I would not recommend this movie to anyone, even if you are a gore hound, skip it and just watch SAW again. In fact, I wouldn’t even watch this movie again if it came on basic cable.

In closing I would like to say a little something to Rob Zombie.

Rob,

Please stop writing and directing. You just aren’t that good at either. However, if you insist on continuing your endeavors, please stop casting your wife.

Thank you,

Brandon

The Buzz on Halloween II is 1/2 star out of 5