Rewind the locations where they filmed the 1981 horror occult movie starring jamie lee curtis, donald pleasence, lance guest more cast. It is here, in south pasadena, that you will find the original myers home where young michael myers commits his first murder his sister, lauries jamie lee curtis own. Whereas zombies halloween was filmed in 35mm, he instead filmed halloween ii is in 16mm which gives everything a much harsher edge. Heads turned and then excited gasps filled the room. The host of horrors hallowed grounds, sean clark, takes you on a trip down memory lane with halloween ii. Halloween ii was released into theaters on august 28th, 2009. Fans of the halloween franchise have been decisively split over rob zombies reboot of john carpenters classic slasher flick especially in regards to this summers sequel, halloween ii. Plus we visit some choice filming locations from the movie. I, personally, do not care because i actually like it and prefer it over zombies original revisioning of halloween. Filming ran from february 23rd, 2009 to april 9th, 2009.
Halloween ii 2009 halloween ii was released into theaters on august 28th, 2009. Rent halloween ii 2009 starring scout taylorcompton and malcolm mcdowell on dvd and bluray. It was directed by john carpenter and written by carpenter and debra hill. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. Halloween 2007 check out the all new halloween page at setjetter. It was filmed in 16mm to give it a harsh, gritty tone. It was a sequel to the earlier remade zombie film halloween 2007, and not a remake of the halloween 2 1981 film. The film opened with a title card providing the meaning of a white horse in ones dreams, excerpted from the subconscious psychosis of dreams. The first halloween is one of the best horror films of all time, and easily the best film centered around the holiday of halloween. As readers of my blog know, halloween is my all time favorite movie. The film is a sequel to zombies 2007 remake of 1978s halloween. For its first airing on television, extra scenes had to be added to make it fit the desired time slot. Halloween ii critics consensus zombie shows flashes of vision in the followup to his halloween reboot, but theyre smothered by mountains of gore and hackneyed, brutal violence.
This change in direction popped in the writerdirectors head when. Halloween ii 2009 a year after narrowly escaping death at the hands of michael myers tyler mane, laurie strode is at the breaking point, pushed to the edge by dr. The halloween houses used in the first movie and parts of the second are on orange grove avenue just north of sunset blvd. Moments before the beginning of the press screening of boo 2. It is the eleventh installment in the halloween film series and a direct sequel to the 1978 film of the same name while effecting a retcon of all previous sequels. This sequel to zombies absolutely atrocious remake is both a flourishing flower of inspiration and an outrageous fuck you to all the zombie haters, miraculously filmed in grainy. The film was reported to have been cancelled due to dimension losing the rights to the series. Halloween ii movie filming locations the 80s movies rewind.
This is the worst film ive seen since catwoman and now ranks as the 4th worst film ive ever had to sit through in my life just behind battlefield earth, catwoman. Halloween 2 1981 vs halloween 2 2009 october 15, 2016 by corin in original vs remake when rob zombie remade halloween, his version was clearly outclassed by the original, but to be fair, he wasnt that far off the mark and there were certainly things to be appreciated about his adaptation. Halloween returns is a cancelled 2016recalibration to the halloween series. Filming locations include atlanta, covington, decatur, farrar, madison, newborn and oxford, ga. The film is a sequel to zombies 2007 remake of halloween 1978, and the tenth film in the film series. Download halloween ii 2009 film to pc or mobile now bluray 720p. It is not a remake of the halloween ii that came out in 1981. Crucifixtion of rob zombie is rob zombies 2009 abortion of the halloween franchise. Halloween ii 2009 purchase or stream halloween ii 2009 filmmaker rob zombie returns to haddonfield for this dimension films sequel that finds the murderous psychopath michael myers once again played by tyler mane out on the loose again.
It was shot over twenty days in the spring of 1978. When a sequel was announced, i had the lowest of expectations going into the the theatre. Halloween ii 2009 full watch free online on soapgate aka soap2day with english subtitles. Perry was entering, microphone in hand, to introduce the film. As this was shot mostly in georgia, i had not taken the time to search out the filming locations. Halloween was released into theaters on october 25th, 1978. While a remake became inevitable, i dutifully went to see it and was completely let down. Rob zombies take on halloween 2 unfortunately does not fall into that category at all. Financial analysis of halloween 2 2009 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. It stars jamie lee curtis and nick castle who reprise their respective roles as laurie strode and michael. A madea halloween, tyler perrys voice unexpectedly filled the theater. At the end of the previous rob zombiedirected film, halloween 2007, laurie strode scouttaylor compton shot michael myers tyler mane in the face.
Production began on february 23, 2009 in atlanta, georgia. This worked very effectively for him on what is still his best movie, the devils rejects, and it makes the killings in halloween ii feel all the more brutal. Halloween ii, a song by samhain from the 1986 album samhain iii. Carpenter filmed these during the production of halloween ii 1981 against his better judgment. The writers were to be patrick melton and marcus dunstan, the latter of which would have also been the director. Rob zombies halloween ii will always be one of the most fascinating films of the 2000s decade, highlighting zombies distressing vision as well as the sorely lacking creativity in the slasher genre in recent years. Filming locations 10 filming dates 3 production dates 2 filming locations. Halloween 2018 film, a direct sequel to the 1978 film halloween also called halloween ii 3 during production. Reportedly, the film would have been a standalone installment set to reintroduce audiences to michael myers.
For 100 minutes, youre going to see a stupid, silly movie, perry said. Laurie strode struggles to come to terms with her brother michaels deadly return to haddonfield, illinois. Expect sex scenes and nonstop stream of extreme profanity, too, but its really the violence with young women covered head to toe in blood, slashed to ribbons, whimpering, and crying for aid that makes halloween 2 truly unpleasant. To call halloween 2 i giant shitfest would be far too kind. Ask anything you want to know, or answer other peoples questions. Carpenter also made a voice cameo as the voice of paul, during the. The buildings and houses that were made famous in tv and movies, from halloween to the craft. I believe youre referring to the little girl in halloween 4 and halloween 5, who plays jamie lloyd. Rob zombie, 105 minutes, 119 minutes unrated directors cut film plot summary based upon the directors cut. When it came time to provide a musical score, zombie had trouble finding a place to include john carpenter s original halloween theme music.
Halloween ii then was not high on my list of must watch films. Halloween by zombie was a movie of two parts the first was decent enough because it played out largely as an original piece however the second half descended into a kill em all piece that at best just got a little messy. Linked to instinct, purity, and the drive of the physical body to release. Like the prior halloween installment, two years earlier, this would also be directed by rob zombie. Danielle harris, who portrayed jamie lloyd, was 11 years old when halloween 4 was filmed, and.
Halloween is a 2018 american slasher film directed by david gordon green and written by green, jeff fradley, and danny mcbride. Ive never seen a horror movie so bland, so predictable, so boring and so ridiculous in my life. Although its first 2030 minutes were similar to the 1981 film, it then skipped ahead one or. Com with 20 being the 35th anniversary of my all time favorite, halloween, i wanted to update my filming locations for the series, which have been scattered throughout my blog. Halloween ii is a 2009 american horror film written, directed and produced by rob zombie. Disappointment is one thing, but the absolute disgust i felt after seeing rob zombies halloween ii. Zombie acknowledged that filming in georgia provided certain tax breaks for the company, but the real. Maybe the crew wasnt allowed access to the rear of the doyle house because, this time, michael myers the shape dick warlock plunges from the upstairs window into the front garden at 1530 orange grove avenue in hollywood. Halloween ii theatrical 12 when this film was released back in 2009, it was butchered no pun intended by the critics and most of the audience. When youre rebooting a film franchise you obviously run the risk of not pleasing the fans.
Halloween ii, taking place on the same night, attempts to. It is the tenth film overall in the longrunning halloween franchise laurie strode scout taylorcompton managed to shoot michael myers in the head on halloween night. Filming primarily took place in georgia, which provided zombie with a tax incentive as well as the visual look the director was going for with the film. Well start out with the locations of those homes in the 2007 remake 1. The film is a sequel to zombies 2007 remake of halloween 1978, the second movie in the rebooted halloween series and the tenth halloween film overall picking up where 2007s halloween ended, and then jumping ahead one year, halloween ii follows laurie strode as she deals with the aftermath of the. There are four main houses seen in both the 1978 original and the 2007 versions of halloween. Halloween ii was a box office success, becoming the secondhighest grossing horror film of 1981 behind an american werewolf in london. This was the 10th film in the series, and rob zombies second and final film. Follow sean clark and relive a laurie strode nightmare as she and dr. Halloween ii 2009 film uncyclopedia, the contentfree. Halloween ii is a 2009 american slasher film written, directed, and produced by rob zombie. However, many of the other scenes from halloween were filmed a good 15 miles to the east of hollywood, in the city of south pasadena, where they found a residential neighborhood which somewhat resembles orange grove avenue. Rent halloween ii 2009 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix.
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