Halloween II (2009)

Horror
2 stars
Plenty of carnage, not enough of a story. The movie starts out with the aftermath of a killing spree and two screaming survivors but never really develops the characters enough to care about them. The screaming never ends as the movie focuses on one survivor (Scout Taylor-Compton) with her horrible dreams and visions as the end of October approaches. I got really sick of her baby-voiced screaming and whining. While my memory is not the best, the storyline didn’t seem to flow properly from the previous Halloween in 2007 (which was far better). This time they even added a couple of ghosts – Michael Myers’s mother and his younger self – which didn’t make a whole lot of sense and was pretty dumb. Also, Myer’s psychiatrist (Malcolm McDowell) is now a much hated book author who apparently exploited Myer’s previous victims for profit but those details are never fully explained either. As usual, a few losers that have nothing to do with the plot get axed for fun. Brad Dourif costars as the sheriff (“Billy” from One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and the voice of Chucky). If all you want to see is carnage and a few topless chicks, go for it. I was definitely disappointed.