Halloween 2

Halloween II is a 1981 American slasher film and the second installment in the Halloween film series. Directed by Rick Rosenthal, written and produced by John Carpenter and Debra Hill, it is a direct sequel to Carpenter's Halloween, immediately picking up where it had left off. Set on the same night of October 31, 1978, Michael Myers follows survivor Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) to a nearby hospital while Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence) is still in pursuit of his patient.

Stylistically, Halloween II reproduces certain key elements that made the original Halloween a success, such as first-person camera perspectives, and the film picks up right at the end of the cliffhanger ending of the original film. The sequel was a box office success, grossing over $25.5 million in the United States. In terms of the response from film critics, the film has received mixed reviews both during its initial run in theatres and since; several commentators criticized the film's generally uneven pace, certain plot holes and muted character performances, while praise was received to the film's genuinely scary moments that captured the spirit of the first film.

Originally, Halloween II was intended to be the last chapter of the Halloween series to revolve around Michael Myers and the town of Haddonfield,[2] but after the lackluster reaction to Season of the Witch (1982), the Michael Myers character was brought back six years later in The Return of Michael Myers (1988).

Plot:
On October 31, 1978, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) is taken to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital after being attacked by Michael Myers (Dick Warlock), who steals a kitchen knife from the home of an elderly couple and kills a teenage girl (Anne Bruner) living next door.

Meanwhile, Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence) and Sheriff Leigh Brackett (Charles Cyphers) continue searching for Michael. Loomis chases after teenager Bennett Tramer, who is dressed like Michael, but an oncoming police car suddenly crashes into the teenager, killing him in the process. Sheriff Brackett leaves the manhunt after he learns that his daughter Annie was one of Michael's victims.

At the hospital, paramedic Jimmy Lloyd (Lance Guest) develops romantic feelings for Laurie, much to the chagrin of head nurse Mrs. Alves (Gloria Gifford). Michael discovers Laurie's location via the radio, due to his crimes reaching the media, and makes his way to the hospital. Once there, he cuts the phone lines, disables the cars, and kills the hospital employees. Jimmy and Nurse Jill Franco (Tawny Moyer) search the hospital for Laurie, who is trying to evade Michael; Jimmy finds Mrs. Alves' corpse and slips in a pool of blood on the floor, losing consciousness.

Elsewhere, Loomis is informed that Michael broke into the local elementary school. As he investigates, Loomis's colleague, Marion Chambers (Nancy Stephens), and a Marshall (John Zenda) come to escort Loomis back to Smith's Grove on the governor's orders. Along the way, Marion informs Loomis that Laurie is Michael's sister, but that information was kept secret. With the realization that Michael is after Laurie, Loomis forces the Marshall to drive back to Haddonfield.
Just after finding Laurie, Jill is killed by a scalpel-wielding Michael, who then pursues Laurie through the hospital. Laurie escapes to the parking lot and hides in Jimmy's car. Regaining consciousness, Jimmy exits the hospital and gets in the car to seek help, but he passes out again on the steering wheel horn, alerting Michael to their location. Loomis, Marion, and the Marshall get to the hospital just in time to save Laurie. As Marion attempts to contact the police, Michael kills the Marshall and chases Loomis and Laurie into an operating room. Michael stabs Loomis in the stomach, wounding him, but Laurie shoots Michael in the eyes, blinding him. Loomis and Laurie fill the room with ether and oxygen gas. Loomis orders Laurie to run and sacrifices himself by igniting the gas, which blows up the operating room with him and Michael inside. Michael emerges from the room, engulfed in flames, before he collapses and finally dies. The next morning, Laurie is put in an ambulance and driven to safety.