Aw, poor little Halloween 2 never gets any love...but I think it's quite good! I always liked the idea that Pt. 2 picks up immediately after Pt. 1 and that the late-night hospital setting was pretty darn creepy. Rosenthal doesn't even come close to copying the style and tension of Carpenter's...
The girls are different and the kills are different. And for the fans who know precisely what to expect - that's enough. :) I grew a bit disillusioned with the Halloween movies from Part 4 on. It seemed like each new director would try to take Michael in a specific direction - only to have...
:laugh: Sequel screenwriters are kinda damned if they do/damned if they don't. Tread the same ground too obviously and the fans get antsy; deviate too far from the established formula and then things just get silly. I grew up devouring these movies, so obviously I'm looking forward to...