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Halloween II

Year:

1981

Duration:

92 min | Sweden:90 min (cut)

Genres:

Horror | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.5

Director:

Rick Rosenthal

Awards:

2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1981-10-30

Filming Locations: California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $2,500,000

Opening Weekend: $7,676,836 (USA) (1 November 1981)

Gross: $20,470,309 (USA) (29 November 1981)

Cast

Actor

Character

Donald Pleasence

Halloween II

Ana Alicia

Halloween II

Billy Warlock

Halloween II

Jamie Lee Curtis

Laurie Strode

Charles Cyphers

Leigh Brackett

Jeffrey Kramer

Graham

Lance Guest

Jimmy

Pamela Susan Shoop

Karen

Hunter von Leer

Gary Hunt

Dick Warlock

The Shape

Leo Rossi

Budd

Gloria Gifford

Mrs. Alves

Tawny Moyer

Jill

Ford Rainey

Dr. Mixter

Cliff Emmich

Mr. Garrett

Nancy Stephens

Marion

John Zenda

Marshall

Catherine Bergstrom

Producer

Alan Haufrect

Announcer

Lucille Benson

Mrs. Elrod

Howard Culver

Man in Pajamas

Dana Carvey

Assistant

Jonathan Prince

Randy

Leigh French

Gary's Mother

Ty Mitchell

Young Gary

Nancy Kyes

Annie

Pamela McMyler

Laurie's Mother

Dennis Holahan

Laurie's Father

Nichole Drucker

Young Laurie

Ken Smolka

1st Patrolman

Adam Gunn

Young Michael Myers

Roger Hampton

Patrolman #2

Robin Coleman

Medic

Jack Verbois

Bennett Tramer

Tony Moran

Michael Myers (age 23)

Kyle Richards

Lindsey

Brian Andrews

Tommy

Anne Bruner

Alice

Kim Gottlieb

Photographer at Hospital (uncredited)

Helen Kelly

Nurse at the Hospital (uncredited)

Anne-Marie Martin

Darcy Essmont

Nancy Platt Jacoby

WWAR Sound Assistant (uncredited)

Lance Warlock

Radio-Carrying Teen (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The real life location of the Haddonfield home was located in the center of West Hollywood.

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For some reason, the very first Australian DVD opened with the 1990s Paramount logo, even though Paramount never distributed any of the Halloween films at that point.

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Gloria Gifford and Ana Alicia were both in acting classes with director Rick Rosenthal.

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Goofs

Dr. Loomis says that Michael is 21 years-old, yet when the credits appear at the end his age is given as 23. (This was a mistake in the credits for the original film. As Michael was 6 years old when he killed his sister Judith, in 1963, he would have been 21 15 years later in 1978.)

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The security guard is sent to find the reason the phones do not work in the hospital. A couple of scenes later, you see a nurse chatting on a hospital phone.

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The flashing lights on the front of Bud and Jimmy's ambulance change places as they pull into the hospital driveway. They go from either side of the hood to the front of the bumper.

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Quotes

Dr. Mixter: Janet, get me some more coffee!

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Graham: No fillings. He's young. Maybe seventeen, maybe eighteen.

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Jimmy: Jill, where's Dr. Mixter?

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Faq

Are all British versions uncensored?

Even though the movie was shown uncensored in theatres, the early home video releases are slightly censored. Those cuts were waived for the latest DVD editions. A detailed comparison between both versions can be found here.

What are the differences between the old US TV Version and the Uncensored Theatrical Version?

The TV-Version contains more than 20 minutes of alternate or new scenes, further scenes have been removed from the Theatrical Version. Unfortunately, the image of the TV-Version is cropped (Original aspect ratio 2.35:1, the TV Version is fullframe). Easy to recognize and some scenes are cuts very badly. All gore scenes are censored so that there isn't much of it left. The comparison has been made with a recording from AMC when the TV-Version aired one of the last times before the master has been replaced by a DVD master with the Theatrical Version. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.

Why was Michael after Laurie?

Nurse Marion (Nancy Stephens) reveals to Dr Loomis that some of Michael's formerly-sealed records have been re-opened, and it is learned that Laurie is Michael's sister, born two years before Michael and adopted by the Strodes after the deaths of their parents two years after Michael's initial 1963 killing spree.

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