History Film / HalloweenII2009

Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton) managed to shoot Michael Myers in the head on Halloween night. Later in the night, the coroner's van transporting Michael's body to the morgue crashes, and Michael's body is never found. Two years later, Laurie is trying her best to get over the experience, while Dr. Loomis (Creator/MalcolmMcDowell) has turned the ordeal into newfound success as a writer, whose new book about Myers has just been published. What neither of them knows is that Michael is still alive -- and is being coaxed by visions of his mother to revisit Haddonfield and find Laurie so he can finish what he started.

* {{Break|TheCutie}} [[KillTheCutie (and subsequently kill)]] [[BreakTheCutie the Cutie]]: [[spoiler:Annie,]] and in the director's cut, [[spoiler:Laurie.]]

* {{Deconstruction}}: One of the few slasher films that tries to realistically tackle the psychological fallout of such films' events on the survivors. Less-so Annie, but primarily Laurie and Doctor Loomis, are all significantly affected and changed by what they went through and are almost unrecognizable from who they were before.

* GuiltByAssociationGag: When Michael is beat up by a couple of rednecks [[DisproportionateRetribution for repeatedly trespassing on their land and stealing from them]], Michael retaliates by killing them all...[[UngratefulBastard including the woman who tried to get them to stop]].

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: A redneck is impalement on antlers. In the theatrical cut, [[spoiler:Michael is impaled on a farm tool.]]

* MuggingTheMonster: A redneck duo decide to pick a fight with Michael when they find him crossing their property on his way to Haddonfield.
** Similarly, the Rabbit in Red's bouncer does the same, repeatedly antagonizing what looks to be a [[BullyingTheDragon psychotic, stocky, 7 foot tall, homeless man in front of him.]] It does not end well.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: The daughter of one of the rednecks who beat down Michael for trespassing pleads with them to leave him alone, and at least apologizes when they leave him for dead. [[TheFarmerAndTheViper Michael kills her anyway]]. Buddy, the security guard at the hospital in Laurie's nightmare sequence, is repayed for trying to help Laurie with an axe to the back.

* TimeSkip: There's a two year timeskip after the opening.

The film was critically panned, remaining one of the most polarizing in the franchise among fans[[note]]at least for the theatrical cut; the director's cut was much more warmly received[[/note]], and it underperformed financially. Zombie later declined to return for another sequel, and a planned tenth installment in the series, ''Halloween [=3D=]'', was eventually cancelled in favor of the greenlighting of ''Film/Scream4''. Dimension Films dropped the franchise in 2015 after 20 years of ownership, making this the final film in the series under that studio.

''Halloween II'' is a 2007 SlasherMovie written and directed by Music/RobZombie. It is the sequel to ''Film/{{Halloween 2007}}'', also written and directed by Zombie, and the tenth film overall in the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' franchise. Unlike its predecessor, ''Halloween II'' is not a remake of [[Film/HalloweenII1981 its original counterpart]], but rather its own story continuing that which was set up in Zombie's first film.

2009's ''Halloween II'' is the sequel to ''Film/{{Halloween 2007}}'', which was also directed by Music/RobZombie. It is the tenth film overall in the [[LongRunner long-running]] ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' franchise. Unlike its predecessor, ''Halloween II'' is not a remake of [[Film/HalloweenII1981 its original counterpart]], but rather its own story.

The film was critically panned and remains one of the most polarizing in the franchise among fans (at least for the Theatrical Cut; the Director's Cut was much more warmly received). Its box-office returns, while not nearly as good as those for the previous film, still managed to get another sequel greenlit before being shelved. Dimension Films dropped the franchise in 2015 after 20 years of ownership, making this the final film in the series under that studio.

''Halloween II'' is the second (and final) entry in Rob Zombie's remake duology. The next film in the franchise, 2018's ''Film/{{Halloween|2018}}'', is a direct sequel to the original '78 ''Halloween''.

* KillEmAll[=/=]SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:Annie, Michael, and Doctor Loomis]] die in the film. [[spoiler:Laurie dies in the Director's Cut, [[WordOfGod as confirmed by Rob Zombie]].]]
** Big Lou Martini, a minor character in deleted scenes from the previous film and left out of the final cut, returns just to get brutally killed by Michael.

* AnAxeToGrind: Michael picks up a fire axe in the hospital chase.

2009's ''Halloween II'' is the sequel to ''Film/{{Halloween 2007}}'', which was also directed by Music/RobZombie. It is the tenth film overall in the [[LongRunner long-running]] ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' franchise. Unlike its predecessor, ''Halloween II'' is not a remake of [[Film/HalloweenII1981 its original counterpart]], but rather its own original story.

2009's ''Halloween II'' is the sequel to ''Film/{{Halloween 2007}}'', which was also directed by Music/RobZombie. It is the tenth film overall in the [[LongRunner long-running]] ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' franchise. Unlike its predecessor, ''Halloween II'' is not a remake of [[Film/HalloweenII1981 the 1981 film]], but rather its own original story.

2009's ''Halloween II'' is the sequel to ''Film/{{Halloween 2007}}'', which was also directed by Music/RobZombie. It is the tenth film overall in the [[LongRunner long-running]] ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' franchise.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: The daughter of one of the rednecks who beat down Michael for trespassing pleads with them to leave him alone, and at least apologizes when they leave him for dead. [[TheFarmerAndTheViper Michael kills her anyway]].

* WouldntHurtAChild: While Michael has no qualms with brutally murdering anyone who crosses his path, he doesn't lay a finger on a young trick-or-treater who approaches him.

* WritingAroundTrademarks: Laurie and her new friends Mya and Harley attend a party dressed as [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Magenta, Columbia, and Dr. Frank N. Furter]], respectively, but none are identified by name. Harley only describes herself as [[RecursiveCrossdressing "...a chick, dressed as a guy, who wants to be a girl."]]

** Laurie is a walking one for most of the entire movie.

* {{Deconstruction}}: One of the few slasher films that tries to realistically tackle the fallout of such films' events on the survivors. Annie, Laurie, and Doctor Loomis are all significantly affected and changed by what they went through and are almost unrecognizable from who they were before.
* DownerEnding: In both cuts, the film, and Zombie's duology as a whole ends on a bleak note. [[spoiler: In the theatrical cut, Loomis is killed by Michael before Laurie kills her own brother and is institutionalized, now having the same visions of her mother as Michael did. In the director's cut, Michael is gunned down by the police followed by Laurie also being gunned down when she approaches Loomis' body armed with a knife.]]

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Michael's fondness for his mother is taken further, as he has hallucinations about her wearing completely white and urging him on while he murders.

* FreakOut: Laurie's freakout at the end of the remake is explored further. In this film, she is depicted as an embittered, psychological wreck who is further destabilized by both the return of her accursed tormentor and a traumatizing revelation about her past.
* GrossUpCloseUp: We're treated to close views of Laurie having her head sewn shut, a man's face after he's mutilated by a crash, a guy having his head sawn off with broken glass, Big Lou Martini getting his arm snapped...
* GuiltByAssociationGag: When Michael is beat up by a bunch of rednecks [[DisproportionateRetribution for being on their land]], Michael retaliates by killing them all...[[UngratefulBastard including the woman who tried to get them to stop]].
* {{Hallucinations}}: Michael Myers has hallucinations about his mother...and some rather random things, including pumpkin-headed aristocrats and white unicorns.
* HeroicBSOD: Laurie is shown wandering around town in shock at the start of the film, and almost doesn't recognize Sheriff Bracken when he finds her.
* ILoveTheDead: The {{Squick}}-tastic ambulance driver.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: A redneck is impalement on antlers.
* {{Jerkass}}: Laurie and Loomis are ''bigger'' jerks than in the first Rob Zombie installment.

** Big Lou Martini, a minor character from the previous film, returns just to get brutally killed by Michael.
* LoonyFan: Dr. Loomis meets one named Chett during one of his book-signing events.

** Similarly, the Rabbit in Red's bouncer does the same, repeatedly antagonizing what looks to be a [[BullyingTheDragon psychotic, 7 foot tall homeless man in front of him.]] It does not end well.
* NatureTinkling: One of Michael's victims is a man dressed as a werewolf who steps out to piss on a tree.
* NightmareSequence: Michael and Laurie have these.

* OffWithHisHead: Michael does this to the necrophiliac paramedic with a shard of glass.

* PsychoticSmirk: [[spoiler:At the end, Laurie makes one in the asylum having the same vision as Michael did; seeing her real mother as a white, ghostly figure with a white horse down a corridor.]]

* {{Slimeball}}: The necrophiliac paramedic from the opening.

** Michael stabs a nurse in the back. And then does it again. And again. And so on and so forth for about an entire minute, at which point he rams the knife into her skull and leaves it stuck there.
** [[spoiler:The cops shoot Michael with a full barrage of bullets at the end of the Director's cut. He would likely have died from the first few bullets alone. However, considering Michael survived a shot to the face, overkill is ''playing it safe'' in this instance.]]

* {{Break|TheCutie}} [[KillTheCutie (and subsequently kill)]] [[BreakTheCutie the Cutie]]: Annie and [[spoiler:Laurie in the Director's Cut]].

* ClusterFBomb: After the ambulance carrying Michael crashes, the necrophiliac lets out a long string of F-bombs.

* AssholeVictim: The rednecks who beat up Michael for trespassing, the Strip Club Patrons, and the guys driving the dead bodies to the morgue and even [[spoiler:Loomis]] in a way all count.

** [[spoiler:Subverted by the director's commentary, in which Rob Zombie clarifies that the hospital scene is actually Laurie's/Angel's dying thoughts.]]

''Halloween II'' is the second (and final) entry in Rob Zombie's remake duology. The next film in the franchise, 2018's ''Film/{{Halloween|2018}}'', is a direct sequel to the original.

!!''Rob Zombie's Halloween II'' contains examples of the following tropes:

* BadassBeard: Michael has grown a huge, curly one after 2 years of no maintenance.