You see this poster for “Halloween II” (1981)?  This is more entertaining than the actual movie.  Haddonfield, IL is a pretty boring town, and the introduction of a serial killer doesn’t much change that.

My fellow horror fans might stone me for that kind of blasphemy.  But one of my deep, dark secrets is that I’m often underwhelmed by classic horror films.  This film picks up at the same moment of the same night as the original “Halloween” (1978) – which was itself, upon revisiting, thinly plotted and quite slow.  Why not make them the same movie?

I’d give this film a 2 out of 10 for a creepy premise and one scary sequence involving a hot tub.  I think that’s probably generous.