Strode (Taylor-Compton) has
been rushed to Haddonfield
Memorial Hospital immediately
following the events of the first
movie. After spending half the
running time of the first film establishing Michael Myers’ backstory, Zombie tears up his nature versus nurture argument by
resurrecting Myers, presumably
by supernatural means. Unfortunately we haven’t seen the last
of the young Myers, as Zombie
peppers his sequel with flash-
backs and dream sequences.
Myers has a recurring dream of
his mother accompanied by a
white horse. Just in case we’re
not on board with his cod psychology, he opens the film with
a quote from a textbook informing us exactly what a white horse
symbolizes. This is but the first of
many laughable moments sprinkled throughout this mess.
Just when we think Zombie is
retreading the 1981 film, we realize it was all a dream, and a
Watch the trailer for Halloween 2 (2009 version)
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