This movie picks up where the first film left off. So it's still Halloween night 1978 and Laurie (played again by Jamie Lee Curtis) is taken to the the hospital for treatment as the full horror of The Shape/Michael Myer's (played by Dick Warlock) murders are beginning to be revealed. Michael Myers has obviously escaped and is at large. Michael pursues Laurie to the hospital to kill her. Meanwhile Dr. Loomis (again portrayed by Donald Pleasence) and the police are desperately attempting to find and apprehend Michael Myers. While in the hospital Laurie recalls forgotten memories of her past that reveal that she is Michael Myers younger sister and that she was adopted by the Strodes. She also meets a young paramedic named Jimmy (played by Lance Guest). Will Dr. Loomis get there in time?
This film is much more violent and graphic than the first picture. I think that the reason for that is because at this time horror films started to take on the "cartoonish" graphic violence that some people were so offended by in the eighties/early nineties. Friday the 13th had been released the year before this one.
Whereas the previous film showed deserted streets and no one, not even trick or treaters out while Laurie was being attacked by The Shape/Michael Myers, the streets are so full of people that it's honestly a little confusing since the events in this film occur on the same night as the events in the previous film. However it does serve a purpose as it contributes to the confusion of the law enforcement and Dr. Loomis resulting in Michael Myers/The Shape succeeding at getting to the hospital. Also, fun easter egg of a sort, the boy Ben Trainor that Laurie indicates that she likes in the first movie becomes a red herring.
Still I like it well enough. Of the Michael Myers Halloween franchise, I love the first one, this one, and H20 so far. This is the last Michael Myers Halloween picture that has direct influence from John Carpenter and Debra Hill.
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