Halloween II

Halloween II (2009)

Timing: 1:45 (105 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2009-08-28

Country

United States

Production

Dimension Films, Trancas International Films, Spectacle Entertainment Group

Genre

Horror

Budget

$15 000 000

Revenue

$39 421 467

Website

http://www.halloween2-movie.com

Director

Rob Zombie

Actors

Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sheri Moon Zombie, Brad Dourif, Danielle Harris, Brea Grant, Howard Hesseman, Angela Trimbur, Mary Birdsong
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Scenario

Rob Zombie

Producer

Rob Zombie, Andy Gould, Malek Akkad, Mike Elliott, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Andrew G. La Marca, Matthew Stein

Operator

Brandon Trost

Composer

Tyler Bates

Artist

Audition

Monika Mikkelsen

Editing

Glenn Garland, Joel T. Pashby, Ed Tapia
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• Above Lori's bed hangs a photograph of the notorious murderer Charles Manson.
• Director Rob Zombie offered a cameo role in the film to John Carpenter, but he declined.
• Deg Ferch played young Michael Myers again, but he had to be replaced and the scenes with him reshot, as the actor had noticeably aged and no longer looked like a child.
• At the very beginning of filming, Rob Zombie shot some footage and sent the reels for development, but at the airport, security mistakenly x-rayed them, of course exposing them, so everything had to be reshot from scratch.
• "Weird Al" Yankovic agreed to appear on screen only on the condition that he choose his own costume.
• Filming was difficult because director Rob Zombie constantly argued with executive producers Bob and Harvey Weinstein. One particularly egregious incident occurred on the very first day of filming, when the shooting schedule was reduced by two weeks, causing Zombie to furiously rip several pages of text out of the script that he would now be unable to film.
• The film was originally scheduled to be released on Halloween 2009, but the release was suddenly and without warning moved up two months – to August. The post-production schedule fell apart, which in turn reduced the editing schedule by several weeks.
• The first film in the franchise was shot in California, but the decision was made to shoot this film in Georgia, where the weather turned out to be gloomy and humid, making filming extremely uncomfortable. The shooting schedule and locations had to be constantly changed due to sudden downpours. For example, the scene where Laurie emerges from the hospital onto the parking lot in the rain was not in the script – nor was the rain itself.
• At the end of the film, director Rob Zombie "killed" almost all the characters, including Michael Myers and Laurie (although Laurie dies only in the director's cut of the film), to ensure that no one would make any further sequels. Nevertheless, the film company "Dimension Films" began to insist on a third film in the franchise, which Zombie categorically refused, and left the project altogether. The film did not live up to its financial expectations and was poorly received by critics and fans, which raised doubts about the feasibility of filming a sequel. Several years later, "Dimension Films" and "The Weinstein Company" finally relinquished the rights to "Universal Pictures" and "Blumhouse", resulting in the 2018 slasher film "Halloween" by David Gordon Green.
• "Weird Al" Yankovic agreed to appear on screen only on the condition that he choose his own costume.
• The first film in the franchise was shot in California, but it was decided to shoot this film in Georgia, where the weather turned out to be gloomy and damp, making filming extremely uncomfortable. The shooting schedule and locations had to be constantly changed due to sudden rains. For example, the scene where Laurie emerges from the hospital into the parking lot in the rain was not in the script – nor was the rain itself.