Similarities in Rick Rosenthal’s HalloweeN II & Halloween: Resurrection
Both Halloween II (1981) and Halloween: Resurrection (2002) share the same director, Rick Rosenthal. However, these films have several other common elements. To begin with, Laurie Strode outsmarts Michael Myers in both films in the same way. She convinces Myers that she’s asleep in a hospital bed, when it fact Laurie has put a bunch of pillows…
Michael Myers Techniques: Two-Hand Head Crush
HalloweeN’s Michael Myers usually prefers to use really long kitchen knives to dispatch his victims. However, the Myers Techniques article series will profile other ways in which Myers has brought death to people. This first entry will look at instances when Myers has attacked someone using his Two-Hand Head Crush method. Michael Myers first used…
The Evolution of Dr. Loomis of HalloweeN (1978-1995)
Dr. Loomis, as played by the great Donald Pleasence, went through several characterizations over the course of five Halloween films. Halloween (1978) presented us with a serious and restrained Dr. Loomis. He gave his take on Michael Myers’ nature with memorable lines and speeches. Hearing Loomis, a man of science, speak of evil and the…