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Watching Halloween 2 for the first time in ages again, I noticed how haphazard this series is.
- Laurie Strode is revealed as another sister of Michael's, "sent away" by Mr & Mrs Myers after Michael killed his first sister
- She survives Halloween 2, while Dr Loomis is clearly no more after the huge explosion in the hospital. Michael, too, is seen burning to a crisp at the end - flames even roaring from the eye-sockets of his mask
- After the (welcome) plot detour of Season of the Witch, Mike is back - a little crispy, but otherwise intact (!). Dr Loomis also returns with a few scars to show for his engulfment in flames. But Laurie has been killed in a car crash with her husband, leaving her daughter to be pursued this time around
- Loomis eventually carks it (they had no choice this time, since Donald Pleasance died), but, Laurie is back - her death apparently "faked".
On top of these contrived plot developments - the desperate moves of greedy franchise producers of course - Michael has been shot, sliced and diced to ridiculous levels. Up 'till the end of Halloween 2 we could just about buy a semi-indestructiable monster of a human being... but what are we up to now, number 9?
...aren't you lot starting to feel a little patronised by having this same bogeyman repackaged and resold to you time and time again?
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