tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post1287892853374164563..comments2024-03-28T16:47:27.333-05:00Comments on Acidemic - Film: Mr. Sandman (Slight Return): HALLOWEEN II (1981) Erich Kuerstenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-33478150486792549772012-11-01T09:46:07.161-05:002012-11-01T09:46:07.161-05:00Thanks Doug, I admire your ability to discern a ve...Thanks Doug, I admire your ability to discern a vein of appreciation for the film in this post's otherwise mopey nostalgia and anti-80s repulsion. <br /><br />I remember seeing Halloween 3 on TV around Halloween, or did we rent it, either way it was so boring I lost my mind and could barely pay attention. I may like it better now. <br /><br />And Ivan, that's a good point about if it was an Italian rip off rather than an official remake, that's how I feel about EXORCIST 2 - THE HERETIC! <br /><br />I'll check out that quiz, but it looks way out of my depths, especially as far as non-Corbucci and Leone westerns. Erich Kuerstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-69997164579735632062012-11-01T08:29:25.683-05:002012-11-01T08:29:25.683-05:00I love this write-up, and I'm a fan of the seq...I love this write-up, and I'm a fan of the sequel. (I even had the book.) It is definitely more over the top than the first, but I feel like it is an actual continuation that works ... unlike part four on (and I'm a fan of the third film, with part of it being filmed close to where I live). I have some great memories of this film, and they oddly mirror many of your own thoughts. As always ... good stuff.Doug Brunellhttp://www.amazon.com/NOTHING-MEN-ebook/dp/B005NTW7IQnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-68158153820030292682012-10-31T12:33:08.491-05:002012-10-31T12:33:08.491-05:00EK: Cool review; I saw H2 opening day at the Villa...EK: Cool review; I saw H2 opening day at the Village Quad; that weekend I picked up a 45 of The Chordettes crooning the tune. <br />H2 is one of those sequels that, had it been made as a rip-off instead (like those Italian rips of Alien or The Exorcist), with Kristy McNicol and David Warner in as the leads (with a cameo by Borgnine as the sheriff), it would be much better remembered: "Hey dude, remember that Halloween rip-off "Hospital of Blood"?" "Oh, yeah, Lamberto Bava, pretty good; lots of cool gore..."<br />BTW, I pity the kids today: in Midwood and Sheepshead Bay back then, the teens went apeshit--eggs, bottle rockets, rocks, just pure aggro. Hmmmm... maybe I don't pity the kids today...<br />BTW, I have initiated a film quiz (<b><a href="http://lernerinternational.blogspot.com/2012/10/welcome-to-favorite-thats-not-silver.html" rel="nofollow">centering on your favorite films that aren’t “______”</a></b>) at my blog—I’d love to hear your opinions if you have the time—<br />Happy Halloween<br />Thanks, <br />IvanIvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16443946766217092846noreply@blogger.com