Echovoid_52

Thank you for making Halloween 2 (2009). I’m a huge fan of Carpenters 1978 film, and I think H2 is the best of the series outside the original. It’s a near masterpiece that focuses on PTSD and survivors trauma, and Scout Taylor Comptom’s performance is just incredible. It very much feels inspired by Fire Walk With Me, especially with the white horse semiotic. I have to ask, are you a Twin Peaks fan?

Copying this from another post I made on this film:

I wasn't a fan of Halloween 2007 at all. Halloween 2 (2009) is a near masterpiece, and I hold it only second to John Carpenters original film.

I'm in love with it. SlantMagazine awarded it as #6 in the "The 25 Best Horror Films of the Aughts" and #63 of the 100 Greatest Horror Film of All Time." I think it currently holds a 4.9 on IMDB and 20% on Rotten Tomatoes, which I find ridiculous.

I think the best course of action anyone can do is watch this film throwing out every notion of what a Halloween film should be. While it is horrific, it's more like a surrealist character drama about the post traumatic stress and bi-polar disorder a survivor faces when a near victim of homicide. Scout Taylor Compton's downward spiral is extremely bleak and tragic, but strangely watchable.

The cinematography by Brandon Trost is incredible. Shot on 16mm, the look of the film is beautiful and insanely gritty and dirty. It's the only film that really carries a heavy Halloween atmosphere. The traditional Halloween score doesn't make an appearance either, which the movie's all the better for. It simply doesn't fit and would feel out of place with the tone of the movie if included. It's also damn emotional! I won't spoil anything here, but there's some heavy emotional scenes that hit me pretty hard while watching.

I don't think it's perfect, but it's pretty damn close. One of my favorite films that the majority seemed to hate, or not even give a chance. If you hated the first remake, I recommend checking this out. The first remake was too scared to break the formula and constantly had one foot in Zombie's universe and the other in Carpenters. I find that the film is a mess and it has no idea what it's purpose is or what it wants to be. Halloween 2 (2009) never gets merit for it's greatness because people are two busy bashing it for what it's not. This is a horror film less about the return of a monster than the wounds the monster left the first time. It's a dark, surreal, psychological character study that focuses more on human drama rather then the standard slasher tropes that have come before, especially the ones from past Halloween films.

Also, Watch the Directors cut which is considerably better then the Theatrical version. I could honestly talk all day about it. It's got a small cult following at the moment.