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Mike Hale, New York Times: Halloween II is full of in jokes and references but nearly devoid of wit. Read more
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture: Zombie isn't a storyteller, he's a wallower. And because his movies take place in a culture of violence and sadism, there's nothing for Michael Myers to do except echo what's already there and slaughter weaker sadists. Read more
Keith Phipps, AV Club: Let's float a notion: Rob Zombie is the greatest horror-movie director never to make a great movie. Read more
Tom Russo, Boston Globe: With his new sequel, Zombie spends less time paying tribute and more time getting inventive, with mixed results. Read more
Amy Nicholson, Boxoffice Magazine: Zombie's viewpoint is clear: he's taking Michael's inexorable killing spree to its brutal extreme, and he wants us to feel every blow. Read more
Cliff Doerksen, Chicago Reader: This umpteenth feature about the unstoppable masked killer Michael Myers could be the work of any journeyman, give or take a few hundred gratuitous pop-culture references. Read more
Adam Markovitz, Entertainment Weekly: Most of its 101 minutes are filled with routine slasher scenes and flecks of pop-Freudian hokum about why the infamous Michael Myers (Tyler Mane) is such a murderously unhappy guy. Read more
Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly: Zombie has talent to burn, but he's slumming here, and one suspects that he knows it. Read more
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: Zombie walks the walk, you can't deny it. And he's found the medium where he can let his freak flag fly highest. Read more
Kyle Smith, New York Post: [Halloween II] offers up a rush of fiercely imagined nightmare images. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: It's not even as scary as his Halloween remake, and that one was perfunctory, at best. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: This one represents Rob Zombie's "vision." That being the case, he's blind. Read more
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle: This movie isn't horrible, but it seems like a waste for Zombie to keep revisiting someone else's world. Read more