Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Joey Keogh, this week with special guest Doctor Bernice Murphy, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT.
This year, we are running a season looking at the films in the Halloween franchise. So this week, Rob Zombie’s Halloween II.
A year after Michael Myers’ brutal rampage through Haddenfield, the survivors are still trying to put the pieces back together. Laurie Strode is haunted by nightmares of the attack, while Doctor Samuel Loomis’ book tour brings him back to town just as a lone figure stalks through the darkness. Michael Myers has returned to Haddenfield, and is tearing at wounds that have not had a chance to heal.
At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 5th October 2023.
- Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
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- Joey writes about Rob Zombie’s Halloween II for Wicked Horror, August 2019.
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- Justin Laliberty at Screen Slate argues for Halloween II as “easily the best Halloween film since John Carpenter’s original”, October 2020.
- Ben McDonald at Cineccentric argues for Halloween II as “very nearly the best movie by the name Halloween”, October 2021.
- Dan Jackson at Thrillist argues for Rob Zombie’s Halloween II, October 2021.
- Matthew Jackson at SyFy looks back on the brutality of Rob Zombie’s Halloween II, October 2023.
- Richard Newby write at The Hollywood Reporter about the Rob Zombie Halloween duology, October 2018.
- Rob Zombie talks to The Dead Pit about making Halloween with the Weinsteins, June 2023.
- Jeremy Dick at MovieWeb reports on Rob Zombie’s initial decision not to return to direct Halloween II, June 2023.
- Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo talks to Macabre Daily about their aborted Halloween II, November 2021.
- Rob Zombie talks to Female.com.au about his decision to come back to make Halloween II, 2009.
- Elisabeth Rappe at MTV reports that Rob Zombie has signed on to direct Halloween II, December 2008.
- Malcolm McDowell talks to Coming Soon about playing Loomis in Halloween II, August 2009.
- Rob Zombie talks to Forbes about his experiences making Halloween II with the Weinsteins, September 2019.
- Rob Zombie writes to Blabbermouth.com about the “snow, freezing rain, fire ants, mud and blood” filming Halloween II, April 2009.
- Rob Zombie talks to Stereogum about deciding to work with Blumhous after making Halloween II, March 2021.
- Rosie Fletcher at Den of Geek talks about how Blumhouse changed horror movies, March 2020.
- Tom Nicholson at Esquire reflects on the 2010s in horror cinema, December 2019.
- Laura Bradley at Vanity Fair considers the emergence of “elevated horror” during the 2010s, December 2019.
- Tyler S. Callaway at Vocal Media discusses how Paranormal Activity defined a generation of horror, 2020.
- Timothy Donohoo at Comic Book Resources reflects on how Paranormal Activity changed mainstream horror, September 2019.
- Jason Blum talks to The Irish Times about redefining contemporary horror, March 2017.
- Brad Curran at ScreenRant looks at how Paranormal Activity kickstarted a wave of found footage horror, October 2021.
- Naomi Fry at The New Yorker writes about “the myth of the perfect victim”, February 2020.
- Eliana Dockterman at Time writes about Amber Heard and “the perfect victim”, June 2022.
- Rob Zombie talks to /film about the legacy of the Halloween franchise, May 2009.
- Kyle McWilliams at Mashable places Black Christmas in the slasher canon, December 2022.
- Margot Kidder talks to The Globe and Mail about her infamous breakdown, May 2006.
- Suzy Byrne at Yahoo! writes about Margot Kidder’s career as an advocate of mental health, May 2018.
- Rob Mancini at MTV discusses David Fincher replacing Fred Durst on Lords of Dogtown, January 2003.
- Fred Durst talks to Entertainment Weekly about the influence of David Fincher on his work, May 2007.
- David Basham at MTV discusses Fred Durst consulting with David Fincher for directorial advice, April 2000.
- Merlin Alderslade at LouderSound reports on Fred Durst’s career as a fighting video game character, October 2022.
- Rich Juzwiak at Jezebel looks at Jamie Lee Curtis’ insistence that the new Halloween movies are about “trauma”, October 2021.
- Alison Rumfitt at Dazed Digital reports on how it seems like every modern horror film is about “trauma”, October 2022.
- Valeria Complex at Deadline discusses Smile as a procedural horror about trauma, September 2022.
- Chris Evangelista and Matt Donato at /film celebrate the hospital scene at the start of Halloween II, October 2022.
- The teaser trailer for Halloween II, 2009.
- Jeremy Dick at MoviesWeb looks at Michael Myers’ history of eating dogs, January 2019.
- Rob Zombie talks to GQ about his veganism, February 2021.
- Jim Motavalli at Foreign Policy considers the arguments for an inevitable vegan future, June 2009.
- Rob Zombie talks to Collider about making Halloween II, August 2009.
- Carl Jung writes about horses in dreams in Modern Man in Search of a Soul, 1933.
- Brandon Trost talks to DreadCentral about working with Rob Zombie, April 2013.
- Matt Molgaard republishes his Fangoria review of Halloween II at Addicted to Horror Movies, September 2014.
- Rob Zombie talks to Ain’t It Cool News about Halloween II, August 2009.
- Willow Maclay writes about the films of Rob Zombie at MUBI, September 2019.
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