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Halloween II The Rewatchables
Halloween II

Half-Assed Internet Research

An abandoned high-rise sequel, Carpenter’s sibling explanation, the demolished hospital, Shoop’s ear infection and cold set, Carpenter’s reshoots, Warlock’s dual role, and the TV ending

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  • An early sequel concept moved Laurie to a high-rise years later, a setup the panel strongly prefers. — Bill Simmons
  • Carpenter said the sibling twist came from needing any remaining story. — Bill Simmons
  • Morningside Hospital was demolished and replaced by senior apartments. — Bill Simmons
  • Shoop said the cold, dirty hot-tub water gave her an ear infection while the actors had to portray boiling heat. — Bill Simmons
  • Carpenter judged Rosenthal’s cut insufficiently scary and added material including boombox boy to explain how Michael locates the hospital. — Bill Simmons
  • Warlock both played Michael and drove the police car that killed Ben Tramer. — Bill Simmons
Halloween II The Rewatchables
Halloween II

Picking Nits

The elastic timeline, Michael’s bodily needs and unexplained skills, unguarded Laurie, odorless burned body, Karen’s attraction to Bud, workplace rules, scalpel physics, scalding water, and survivable headshots

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  • Halloween’s first night seems to end around ten or eleven, yet downtown remains busy and the hospital action stretches plausibly or implausibly until dawn. — Bill Simmons
  • Michael’s eating, digestion, driving, Samhain knowledge, needle use, and ability to continue after gunshots are explained only by Loomis’s insistence that he is not human.
  • No police guard Laurie even though the town knows an active killer attacked her. — Bill Simmons
  • Investigators casually inspect a newly incinerated body without reacting to heat or odor. — Bill Simmons
  • Karen’s attraction to Bud is doubted; his own ban on patient relationships does not stop him from having sex with a coworker on shift.
  • A scalpel cannot plausibly lift a full adult into the air, and scalding water should burn Michael’s hands.
  • Two close-range shots from Laurie’s Colt should do more than neatly blind Michael. — Bill Simmons
Halloween II The Rewatchables
Halloween II

Is This Movie Better With…?

Samuel L. Jackson as the marshal or Loomis; Cris Collinsworth as Garrett; Byron Mayo as Bud

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  • Jackson’s Loomis turns the inhumanity warning into a profane comic monologue. — Bill Simmons
  • Collinsworth calling Laurie and Michael’s reunion and Mayo reassuring Karen about the hot tub are distinct commentary pitches.
Halloween II The Rewatchables
Halloween II

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Brackett’s marriage, police consequences and Ben Tramer litigation, Laurie confronting her parents, unused Dana Carvey comedy, hospital youth, and Michael’s impossible knowledge

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  • Brackett may be blamed and divorced after failing to warn or protect Annie. — Bill Simmons
  • The officer who killed Ben may be suspended or retained during the shortage, while Ben’s parents have a powerful claim against Haddonfield. — Chris Ryan
  • Laurie must ask her parents why they hid her adoption and sibling and remained absent through two attacks.
  • Carvey could have contributed a Church Lady broadcast or impressions instead of silent background work. — Bill Simmons
  • The hospital improbably concentrates many young, attractive employees in a tiny town.
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