Disgusting cash-in sequel which capitalized on the classic “Halloween” fright flick directed by John Carpenter. Carpenter is not directing this time but producing, taking a writing credit and providing the music. Still, Carpenter must take his share of credit for this turd. The formula stays the same: Asylum escapee Michael Myers is stalking fresh victims and Jamie Lee Curtis, more or less in that order. Dr. Loomis, portrayed by Donald Pleasance, pursues Myers. This time a face off takes place in a hospital where Curtis recovers from the assault she took from Myers in the previous flick. Curtis is nothing more than a crawling, mute presence here. Her character shambles around in a perpetual state of shock and then lurches around the hospital trying to find a hiding place from “the boogie man”, Myers. It all feels rather empty like the hospital. No characters are developed to care about. The scumbag hospital attendants who spend a lot of their time cavorting in empty hospital beds and whirlpool tubs are dispatched in abundance. Myers basically murders everyone in his path. He utilizes a lot of hospital equipment to accomplish these deeds in “novel” ways. We are given some small bits of revelatory information to add to the storyline/back story of Myers. Myers is shot repeatedly but manages to get back on his feet with twice the murderous force as before the bullet bath. I really stopped caring after awhile. I’d seen it all before.
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