Halloween II

From The Grindhouse Cinema Database

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Main Details

  • Released in 1981
  • Color
  • Running Time: 92 min | 90 min (cut)
  • Production Co: De Laurentiis | Universal Pictures
  • Distribution Co: Universal Pictures (1981) (USA) (theatrical) | Columbia-EMI-Warner (1981) (UK) (theatrical) | Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC) (1982) (France) (theatrical) | Cine Vox (1982) (Germany) (theatrical)
  • Directed by Rick Rosenthal
  • Written by John Carpenter, Debra Hill
  • Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers
  • Produced by Barry Bernardi, John Carpenter, Debra Hill, Joseph Wolf, Irwin Yablans, Moustapha Akkad, Dino De Laurentiis
  • Original Music by John Carpenter, Alan Howarth
  • Cinematography by Dean Cundey
  • Film Editing by Mark Goldblatt, Skip Schoolnik

Plot Summary

  • While Dr. Loomis hunts for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, and The Shape is not far behind her.

Also Known As

  • Austria - Halloween II - Die Blutnacht
  • Brazil - Halloween 2 - O Pesadelo Continua!
  • Canada - Halloween 2 - Le masque
  • Spain - Halloween 2: Sanguinario
  • Finland - Halloween II - tappajan paluu
  • Greece (DVD title) - I nyhta me tis maskes No 2
  • Greece - O tromos tou Carpenter
  • Greece - Η Νύχτα με τις Μάσκες No 2
  • Italy - Halloween II - Il signore della morte
  • Italy - Il signore della morte (Halloween II)
  • Italy - Il signore della morte - Halloween II
  • Portugal - O Grande Massacre
  • Serbia - Noć veštica 2
  • Sweden - Alla helgons blodiga natt 2
  • USA (working title) - Halloween II: The Horror Continues
  • USA (video title) - Halloween II: The Nightmare Isn't Over!
  • Germany - Halloween II - Das Grauen kehrt zurück

Taglines

  • More Of The Night He Came Home
  • The Nightmare Isn't Over
  • All New. From The People Who Brought You "Halloween"... More Of The Night HE Came Home.
  • The Boogieman Is Back
  • Just when you thought it was safe to go trick or treating...
  • They couldn't stop him... Now he's back!
  • It's not only a murderer... It's an indestructible terror!
  • The sensational follow-up to the worldwide phenomenon. More terror, even more terrifying.
  • HALLOWEEN: The horror smash of the seventies! HALLOWEEN II: The horror smash of the eighties?
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