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358. Halloween II (2009) – All-o’-Ween (#—)

Posted on December 16, 2023 by Darren

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.

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357. Halloween (2007) – All-o’-Ween (#—)

Posted on December 9, 2023 by Darren

This year, we are running a season looking at the films in the Halloween franchise. So this week, Rob Zombie’s Halloween.

One October, the small town of Haddenfield is shocked by the brutal murder of young Judith Myers. The culprit? Her younger brother Michael. Committed to a psychiatric institution under the care of Doctor Samuel Loomis, Michael escapes fifteen years later to continue his reign of terror. This time, he has got young babysitter Laurie Strode in his sights.

At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

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New Escapist Video! On the Enduring Appeal of Michael Myers…

Posted on October 19, 2021 by Darren

So, as I have mentioned before, I am launching a new video series as a companion piece to In the Frame at The Escapist. The video will typically launch with every second Monday’s article, and be released on the magazine’s YouTube channel the following week. This is kinda cool, because we’re helping relaunch the magazine’s film content – so if you can throw a subscription our way, it would mean a lot.

With the release of Halloween Kills, it seemed like a good opportunity to take a look back at the larger Halloween franchise. In particular, the enduring and lasting appeal of Michael Myers as a character. What is it that makes Michael Myers such an icon of horror cinema?