Halloween II
More of the night HE came home.
Country
Production
Budget
$2 500 000
Box office
$25 533 818
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Debra Hill, Dino De Laurentiis, John Carpenter, Joseph Wolf, Dino De Laurentiis, Irwin Yablans, Moustapha Akkad
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
J. Michael Riva
Audition
Mary Gail Artz
Editing
Short description
After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her life. The institution proves to be particularly suited to serial killers, however, as Myers cuts, stabs and slashes his way through hospital staff to reach his favorite victim.
What's left behind the scenes
- Alice (the film's first victim) speaks with her friend Sally on the phone shortly before her death. Sally's voice is that of Nancy Kyes, who played Annie Br Kettle in the previous part and played Annie's corpse in this one.
- Dick Warlock, who played Michael, played one of the police officers in front of the Doyle house. His son, Lance Warlock, played the boy in the cowboy outfit with a boombox on his shoulder (Boom Box Boy) who walks down Main Street in Haddonfield and encounters Michael at the moment the announcer talks about Laurie Stroud. This scene was also directed by John Carpenter.
- This film marked Dana Carvey's debut. He can be seen in front of the Doyle's house, where his character receives instructions from a television reporter.
- Jamie Lee Curtis was forced to wear a wig, concealing her real hairstyle.
- During filming, Nancy Stephens met her future husband, Rick Rosenthal.
- In the first part, the door to the Doyle house opened inwards to the right, whereas here, at the very beginning when Loomis exits the house, it is visible that the door opens inwards to the left.
- In the scene where Michael attacks Laurie as she tries to squeeze through the basement window, while he stands below her and waves a scalpel, Dick Warlock was actually waving a stick with a piece of rubber on the end.
- At the beginning of the film, an elderly couple is watching Romero's "Night of the Living Dead".
- Sally tells Alice that the three bodies from the first film were found in a house on Orange Grove. This is a real street in Hollywood, California. The first 'Halloween' was filmed there, and it is where the two houses used as the Wallace and Doyle residences are located.
- The film was banned in Germany.
- Initially, the action was supposed to take place in a high-rise apartment building, but it was later moved to Haddonfield Hospital.
- Alice, the first victim in the film, speaks to her friend Sally on the phone shortly before her death. Sally’s voice is that of Nancy Kyes, who played Annie Brackett in the previous installment and here plays Annie’s corpse.
- Jamie Lee Curtis was forced to wear a wig to hide her actual hairstyle.
- Although Carpenter stepped down from the director's chair, he observed the filming process as a screenwriter. When he found Rosenthal's footage boring, he personally shot several gory scenes and inserted them into the film, despite Rosenthal's protests.
- During the scene of Karen's murder, Pamela Susan Shoop, who played her, contracted an ear infection while filming, as the water she was drowned in was not very sterile.
- Dick Warlock wore platform boots to appear taller.
- Tommy Lee Wallace was initially offered the directing role, as John Carpenter categorically refused to take the director's chair.
- Sally tells Alice that three bodies from the first film were found in a house on Orange Grove. This is a real street in Hollywood, California. The first "Halloween" was filmed on it, and the two houses that were used as the Wallace and Doyle homes are still standing there.
- In the scene where Karen is killed, Pamela Susan Shoop, who played her, contracted an ear infection because the water she was drowned in was not very sterile.
- The directing role was initially offered to Tommy Lee Wallace, as John Carpenter categorically refused to take the director's chair.
- During filming, Nancy Stevens met her future husband, Rick Rosenthal.
- Although Carpenter relinquished the director's chair, he observed the filming process as a screenwriter. When what Rosenthal shot seemed boring to him, he personally shot several bloody shots, which he then inserted into the film despite Rosenthal's protests.
- Dick Warlock, who played Michael, also played one of the police officers in front of the Doyle house. His son, Lance Warlock, played the guy in a western shirt with a boombox on his shoulder (Boom Box Boy), who walks down Haddonfield's main street and bumps into Michael just as the announcer mentions Laurie Strode. This scene was also filmed by John Carpenter.
- Although the action takes place immediately after the first part, a concrete path appeared near the Doyle house, and a small tree near the Wallace house.
- In the scene where Michael attacks Laurie as she tries to squeeze through the basement window while he stands below her waving a scalpel, Dick Warlock was actually waving a stick with a piece of rubber on the end.
- This film marked the debut of Dana Carvey. He can be seen in front of the Doyle house, where his character receives instructions from a TV reporter.
- At the beginning of the film, the elderly couple is watching Romero's 'Night of the Living Dead'.
- The film was shot at Morningside Hospital in Los Angeles.
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