Preview: H2 (2009)

Synopsis:

A sequel to Rob Zombie's horror franchise reboot.

• Poster: C; C; C-

Review:

A simple, brooding photo that captures the essence of Michael Myers. You don't need to know what it's called, you know in an instant. But the choice of black-and-white seems unusual and it's not really that inventive.

The black-and-white-and-orange theme grows on you a little, but the knife raised on a figure we cannot see does little to really explain the tagline "Family Is Forever".

Absent is the black-and-white of the original two posters and instead, the entire image is run through an orange filter, giving it a pumpkin-like quality that the producers may not really have intended as it doesn't look that interesting.

• Trailer: C; C

Review:

Satanic symbols and supernatural rot flow through the images in the trailer like a polluted river. The trailer takes too long to get going and really doesn't do much in the way of impressing its audience.

The first theatrical trailer isn't much better than the original. It hacks through so many people that you wonder how many or left in the film or at least how much bloodshed there is going to be. That may tantalize fans of violent slasher, but it's not a motivational tool for others. And recasting Lori Stroud with someone other than Jamie Lee Curtis feels like sacrilege.

Oscar Prospects:

None.

Release Date:

• August 28, 2009

Full Review Synopsis:

Pushing the Halloween series further from its roots, Rob Zombie's first sequel to his remake of the popular John Carpenter slasher, is a muddied mix of symbolism and excessive violence.

• Full Review: Halloween II

-Wesley Lovell (April 26, 2009) Original

-Wesley Lovell (June 28, 2009) New Trailer; New Poster

-Wesley Lovell (July 12, 2009) New Poster; Buy the Posters Enabled

-Wesley Lovell (April 4, 2010) Added Review Link