Halloween II: Critic Reviews

74%

MovieWeb: 10 reviews

27%

RottenTomatoes: 30 reviews

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Janet Maslin New York Times (Top Critic)

70

Halloween II is good enough to deserve a sequel of its own.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

50

It's a little sad to witness a fall from greatness, and that's what we get in Halloween II.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Dave Kehr Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

Rick Rosenthal, who directed this 1981 sequel, doesn't have Carpenter's expansive, affectionate way with stereotypical characters, and without it they're empty shells -- bodies waiting for the slaughter.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Variety Staff Variety (Top Critic)

This uninspired version amounts to lukewarm sloppy seconds in comparison to the original film that made director John Carpenter a hot property.
Full Review » 5 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

50

Halloween is a classic and its first sequel is a sloppy afterthought.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Dustin Putman DustinPutman.com

75

A more than solid if admittedly inferior continuation.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Lucius Gore ESplatter

75

The film is best if watched back-to-back with the first.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy

40

Does the worst thing any sequel can ever do: it retroactively taints the original and makes it less interesting.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed

60

Full Review » 5 years ago
Mike Emery Austin Chronicle

A bad sequel to a good movie.
Full Review » 5 years ago
TV Guide's Movie Guide

38

Debra Hill and John Carpenter produced and wrote the screenplay, but this film is still a totally unnecessary and extremely poor sequel to the original.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Derek Adams Time Out

The result won't make any converts, but Jamie Lee Curtis is as good as ever.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Chuck O'Leary FulvueDrive-in.com

70

This kill-happy sequel is a lot bloodier than needed, but it's still pretty frightening nevertheless.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

40

Full Review » 7 years ago
Kevin Carr 7M Pictures

40

Substandard sequel.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

40

Full Review » 7 years ago
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality and Practice

20

Full Review » 8 years ago
Eric D. Snider EricDSnider.com

50

It's a little cheap to have a sequel that merely completes the story you SHOULD have told in Part 1, but as sequels go, this one's not bad.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com

40

Absolutely awful, with no trace of the original's terror.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Michael Szymanski Zap2it.com

40

Full Review » 9 years ago
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews

38

...Michael Myers has been drained of some of his punch...
Full Review » 9 years ago
Rebecca Murray About.com

20

Full Review » 9 years ago
Brian J. Arthurs Beach Reporter (Southern California)

40

Full Review » 10 years ago
Mark Palermo Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

40

Full Review » 10 years ago
Bob Bloom Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

20

A senseless remake; a series that should have stopped after the first movie.
Full Review » 10 years ago