Halloween II
2009
Director: Rob Zombie
Starring: Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, and oddly in her 2nd movie in this retrospective Margot Kidder
Rated: R
I'm a little confused, are we talking about the "Austin Powers" Mike Myers or is this someone else?
~Weird Al Yankovic
When I asked writer/author Randy Shaffer to do a guest spot for this retrospective, we quickly found out we both share something very uncommon amongst Halloween and horror fans in general. Both of us have a love for this very weird almost arthouse slasher that is Rob Zombie's second Halloween film. We agree that is highly misunderstood and very much unfairly slammed. Randy wrote what was intended be an "In Defense Of" piece to go with mine, but I enjoyed it so much and was going to cover the exact same bases myself that I decided to sub his in for mine here. Know that I agree 100% with his assessment of Halloween II. The first time I saw this film I felt there was something there with this one, then when I saw the Director's Cut (see THIS version if you watch it) things started to work even better. I enjoy this film more and more with each subsequent viewing. I have some other things that I'll brush over when I rank the films. So here's a first here on Naptown Nerd, someone else doing the actual movie piece. Its fantastic, enjoy!
