Rish Outfield's reviews
Ten years after the original, this film reintroduces the threat of the Shape on Haddonfield, Il., explaining away Jamie Lee Curtis' absence in a fairly satisfying way. This time, Michael Myers wants his niece, and is unstoppable as usual. Young Danielle Harris does a wholly believable job running, screaming, and crying, and Donald Pleasence is great as usual, limping, hobbling, and orating about Michael like a deranged Shakespearean Televangelist. The rest of the cast isn't much to speak of, and the subplots are strictly paint-by-numbers, but no one pays to see these things. An interesting change here is that the police generally believe Dr. Loomis about the Myers threat, though they are no help in the long run. There are many standard horror cliches here, but the scares are genuine and the ending is quite a shocker. In some ways, this was a better anniversary film than was "Halloween: H20," as it proves a faithful follow-up to the original, yet goes in a decidedly new direction.
Best Scare: Michael's hand shoots out from under a bed, grabbing a would-be victim's ankle.
I'd Recommend It To: Fans of the first film, mostly.

The tyranist's thoughts
To pick the series back up after a totally unrelated film is challenging. They did a fantastic job. I believe that the Jamie character is what sold the movie. She was fantastic. I really didn't care for any of the other characters, but she was great. OK . . . I liked Dr. Loomis. Michael and Jamie are what made this episode, though. Not as good as the original, but better than the rest of the series.