Halloween II (1981)

## Overview

On October 31, 1978, Michael Myers is shot by his psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis and falls off a balcony. He survives and escapes into the night. Wandering the alleys, he steals a kitchen knife from an elderly couple and kills the teenage girl next door. Meanwhile, Laurie Strode, who narrowly avoided being killed that night, is taken to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital while Loomis continues his pursuit of Michael, accompanied by Sheriff Leigh Brackett. Loomis mistakes costumed teenager Ben Tramer for Michael, resulting in Ben being hit by a police car and burning to death. Upon learning his daughter Annie has been killed by Michael, Sheriff Brackett blames Loomis and abandons the search, leaving Deputy Gary Hunt to take his place.

At the hospital, paramedic Jimmy begins to fall in love with Laurie, but head nurse Virginia Alves l

imits the time he spends with her. After hearing a news broadcast revealing Laurie's location, Michael makes his way to the hospital, where he cuts the phone lines and disables the cars. Wandering the halls in search of Laurie, he kills the security guard, the doctor, and several nurses throughout the night. In her hospital room, Laurie dreams about the time she learned she was adopted, and remembers she once visited a young Michael at the sanitarium. Jimmy and nurse Jill Franco search the hospital for Laurie, who is trying to evade Michael.

Jimmy finds the body of Mrs. Alves before slipping in a pool of her blood and knocking himself unconscious, giving himself a concussion. Meanwhile, Loomis is informed that Michael broke into the local elementary school earlier. He discovers clues connecting Michael to Samhain and the occult, which might explain his apparent indestructibility. His colleague Marion Chambers arrives to escort him back to Smith's Grove on the governor's orders and under the enforcement of a US Marshal. On the way, she tells him that Laurie is Michael's younger sister; she was put up for adoption after the death of Michael's parents, with the records sealed to protect the family.

Realizing that Michael is after Laurie and being told she was brought to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, Loomis forces the Marshal at gunpoint to drive back to Haddonfield. Jill finally finds Laurie, only to be killed by Michael, who then pursues Laurie through the hospital. She manages to escape to the parking lot and hides in a car. Jimmy soon arrives and tries to drive the car to safety, but passes out again on the horn, alerting Michael. Loomis, Marion, and the Marshal reach the hospital just in time to save Laurie. Loomis shoots Michael until he falls down, seemingly dead. While Marion calls the police, the Marshal tries to check Michael's pulse as Loomis warns him to stay away, knowing he isn't dead. Michael then reawakens and slits the Marshal’s throat with a scalpel.

Loomis and Laurie run into an operating room, where he gives her the Marshal's gun before being stabbed by Michael. Laurie shoots Michael in both eyes, blinding him. As he staggers around trying to find them, the two fill the room with flammable gas. Loomis orders Laurie to run before igniting the gas, immolating himself and Michael in an explosion. Laurie watches as Michael, engulfed in flames, emerges from the fire before finally collapsing. The next morning, she is transferred to another hospital, traumatized but alive.

## Cast

* Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode
* Nichole Drucker as Young Laurie Strode
* Donald Pleasence as Dr. Sam Loomis
* Charles Cyphers as Sheriff Leigh Brackett
* Lance Guest as Jimmy
* Pamela Susan Shoop as Nurse Karen Bailey
* Hunter von Leer as Deputy Gary Hunt
* Tawny Moyer as Nurse Jill Franco
* Ana Alicia as Nurse Janet Marshall
* Nancy Stephens as Marion Chambers
* Dick Warlock as Michael Myers / The Shape / Patrolman #3
* Adam Gunn as Young Michael Myers
* Nick Castle and Tony Moran as Michael Myers
* Gloria Gifford as Nurse Virginia Alves
* Leo Rossi as Budd Scarlotti
* Ford Rainey as Dr. Frederick Mixter
* Jeffrey Kramer as Graham
* Cliff Emmich as Bernard Garrett
* John Zenda as Marshal Terrence Gummell
* Anne Bruner as Alice Martin
* Lucille Benson as Mrs Elrod
* Catherine Bergstrom as Debra Lane
* Anne-Marie Martin as Darcy Essmont
* Dana Carvey as Barry McNichol
* Billy Warlock as Craig Levant
* Nancy Loomis as Annie Brackett (corpse cameo)
* Brian Andrews as Tommy Doyle
* Kyle Richards as Lindsey Wallace
* Jonathan Prince as Randy Lohnner
* Jack Verbois as Ben Tramer