Halloween 2 (2009)
Rob Zombie’s Halloween 2 is an
improvement over Rob Zombie’s
Halloween, although that’s akin
to saying World War II was an
improvement over World War I;
in a perfect world neither would
have occurred. While the first
film was a punishingly grim experience, the follow-up at least
has some moments of unintentional comedy. In the intervening years Zombie seems to have
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learnt a thing or two (literally no
more) about film-making. During dialogue scenes we can actually now see the actors’ faces,
and he’s relaxed his shaky-cam
aesthetic. When it comes to
creating tension, suspense and
atmosphere, he’s still clueless
however.
Zombie opens things with what
initially appears to be a remake
of 1981’s Halloween 2. Laurie
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