tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591038.post8392686473350138821..comments2024-02-25T04:20:09.570-08:00Comments on When the Dead Walk the Earth: Halloween II (1981) & Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)Jeff McMahonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455194268519396055noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591038.post-6736427655366874632007-09-05T21:35:00.000-07:002007-09-05T21:35:00.000-07:00I think I enjoy the suspense more than the shocks....I think I enjoy the suspense more than the shocks. The shocks kind of make me laugh and take me out of the moment which drains the suspense. I suppose the release is intentional, but still.<BR/><BR/>I think the original Halloween had little in the way of those kind of jolts but they became common in the years between the first and second films.<BR/><BR/>Just a personal taste.Craig Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00924813294666616097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591038.post-89350980926255174272007-09-04T21:04:00.000-07:002007-09-04T21:04:00.000-07:00The drunk guy who gets clobbered by a police car, ...The drunk guy who gets clobbered by a police car, which then crushes him into a van, causing him to explode, is one of the most jolting moments in the movie, and the peak of the movie's haywire, chaotic energy. The crispy cadaver later on is just icing on the cake, as it were. I wouldn't call any of that excessive, though - seeing stuff like that is one of the pleasures of the genre.Jeff McMahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455194268519396055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591038.post-74517050759229047302007-09-04T18:36:00.000-07:002007-09-04T18:36:00.000-07:00I haven't seen it for years and years, but a lot o...I haven't seen it for years and years, but a lot of Halloween II is very memorable to me (no, I've never seen III or any of the other sequels). As you say, the beginning is encouraging. I liked the bit of business with the drunken guy in the costume they think is Michael Meyers, though having him burned to death is a little excessive and obviously an excuse to later jolt the audience with his Craig Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00924813294666616097noreply@blogger.com