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Halloween II

  • Is it age appropriate?

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 17, age appropriate for kids over 18; suggested age 17.
  • Is it any good?

    1.0
  • Common Sense says

    Ultra-gory sequel/remake is brutally violent, badly made.

Themes in this movie include:   physical abuse, revenge

Why We Rated This not for kids

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    No positive messages to be found here -- it's a dark, bloody gore-fest that's all about killing and pain.
  • Role models :

    There are no positive role models in the movie; authority figures are either arrogant or ineffectual, and the villian of the piece is a brutal sociopath.
  • Violence:

    Constant, bloody, hyper-realistic violence, including slashings, shootings, stabbings, strangling, bare-handed neck-breaking, and more. The film's killer stabs people repeatedly with bone-breaking force, severs windpipes with broken glass, and strangles and snaps people's necks with his bare hands. Victims howl with pain and terror and spit blood; arms are broken with enough force that the bone snaps through the skin. A man's head is obliterated by a series of stomps; his mangled body is dangled for all to see. In another scene, a naked woman is smashed into a wall until her head is obliterated. Characters are literally covered in blood after assaults, and murder victims are seen with their eyes stabbed out and a butcher's knife protruding from their skull. All of this is depicted with excruciatingly realistic makeup/special effects, with grisly detail.
  • Sex:

    Topless go-go dancers cavort at a costume party/concert. Constant sexual discussion and language -- ambulance attendants discuss necrophilia; a young couple makes out and discusses various extreme sexual acts. A strip-club owner goes to have sex with one of his dancers, but they're brutally murdered before that happens. 
  • Language:

    Non-stop stream of profanity, including "f--k," "motherf--ker," "s--t," "damn," "Jesus," "a--hole," "dick," "piss," "oh my God," "p---y," 'balls," "ho," and "c--k," among much more.
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Characters drink (beer, wine, liquor) to excess and smoke cigars and cigarettes. One character gets roaring drunk.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Halloween II

Parents need to know that this sequel to 2007's Halloween remake is brutally violent, grotesquely explicit, and terrifyingly violent. There are innumerable scenes of killing, and it says a lot about the movie's savagery and viciousness that they're still grim even though it's not particularly well made. Expect sex scenes and non-stop stream of extreme profanity, too, but it's really the violence -- with young women covered head to toe in blood, slashed to ribbons, whimpering, and crying for aid -- that makes Halloween 2 truly unpleasant.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about the movie's realistic, brutal violence. What purpose does it serve, if any? What's the point of it?
  • What separates a "good" violent horror film from a bad one? When do these movies go too far?
  • What separates an inspired horror remake from one that seems created just to make money? What kind of cultural impact did ow-budget genre classics like the original Halloween, Friday the 13th, and A Nightmare on Elm Street have?

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  1. Kid Reviewer Age 11
    I rate this title on for age 11 and give it 5.0

    i love halloween movies preety much any horro movie

  2. Kid Reviewer Age 11
    I rate this title on for age 11 and give it 5.0

  3. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0

    it is going to be the greatest movie ever

  4. Adult Reviewer
    I rate this title on for age 17 and give it 3.0

    after reading the previous reviews im really shocked at the age of the kids going to see this film does rated 18 mean nothing these days those ratings are there for a reason like come on the first review says they took their 7 yr old that is so wrong on such a high scale at the age of seven i was still watching disney films and so r my kids i never let them go above a pg rating as all films re rated for a reason

  5. I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use

    My 14 Year Old Son Wanted To Go At Midnight But I Said No But For 2 Weeks He Locked Him Self In His Room After He Ate His Dinner And I Took Him To See Halloween 2 And My 7 Year Old Was Crying So I Took Him Too. Heres My Review!

    Halloween 2 Was A Brutal Horror Movie That Had Graphic Violence, Sexuality, Vulgar Language, Some Drinking And Brief Nudity. Halloween 2 Was A Good Film And My Kids Loved It!

  6. I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate language

    Too Bloody For Kids And NON STOP LANGUAGE!

    This Movie Was A Brutal Slasher Movie. Halloween 2 Had Parts That Made Me And My Kids Jump Out Of Our Seats!

  7. I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Inappropriate language
    • Drinking, smoking, or drug use

    Rob Zombies First Halloween Was More Bloody Then This.

    I Took My 13 Year Old Son To See This And He Loved It. Halloween 2 Had Nonstop F Bombs, Dark Blood, Loud Sounds And Some Drug Use And Nudity.

  8. I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0
    • My highlights are:
    • Positive messages
    • Good role models

    Slaughter a kid

    this movie is good to watch

  9. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Illinois
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 3.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language

    This is one of the single most brutal movies ever made. For instance, a character's face is smashed (literally to a horrid pulp), countless characters are hacked and imapled, and there's a horrifying nightmare sequence. Not only that, but the sex is raunchy and the language us foul. But in all fairness, this is a pretty good film. It did it's job of scaring us well; but there in lies the problem. The horror in the first film was well-done; it was scary, brutal, and bloody without going over-the-top. It was more realisitc, and there is the key to good old fashion horror. This film was too supernatural and nightmarish. Too over-the-top in its violence and death sequences. The job was done, but not done well.

  10. Teen Reviewer Age 16
    Lives in New Jersey
    I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give it 1.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language
    • Negative message
    • Negative role models

    What happened Rob Zombie??

    I was SOOOO excited to see this movie. Once i heard that the release date was august 28th i just could not wait. I loved the first one and rob zombie was one of my favorite film makers, so i had to see thhis movie. Im sorry to say that i am extremely dissappointed. There was absolutely NO storyline or plot whatsoever in this movie. It seemed like Rob Zombie was just tring to see how many times he could yell motherf--ker in one scene and how many people he could kill in the span of an hour and a half. Also he kept coming up with this idea that Micheal kept seeing his mom wlkin around with this horse, but he didn't explain anything about it then you see the two of them at the end and the movie just ends. Every kill the victim seemes to get stabbed like 30 times (There dead already!!!!!) and every stab sounds like a glass bottle breaking. It was just Waaay to loud. So yeah this movie sucked and unless your a die hard halloween fan you still should not even bother to watch it.

  11. Parent Reviewer
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 1.0

    My kid loved it!

    Kids need to learn about Michael Myers sooner or later.

  12. I rate this title on for age 15 and give it 2.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate language
    • Negative message
    • Negative role models

    Poorly made, even for those who are old enough to see it

    This movie is a horrible remake. On top of the fact that it is barely scary, just full of unnecessesary violence, gore, and swearing.

  13. Teen Reviewer Age 15
    Lives in Indiana
    I rate this title iffy for age 16 and give it 4.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language

    I dont care if a lot of people didn't like it, i thought it was very good. Made me jump a lot in the movie. Sex is not really major in this one like it was in the 1st, lot of female nudity and crude discussion of sexual content, but thats it. The thing you mostly need to worry about is the violence. Tons of disturbing images that the main character laurie dreams and micael myers is stabbing people repeatedly, smashing their bodies into mirrors and stuff, him eating guts from inside a dog (very gross), and etc. This movie is really good but really gross and has really disturbing images throughout. not for anyone under the age of either 15 or 16.

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