Q 01/05

What family tie between Laurie Strode and Michael Myers does Halloween II (1981) reveal, reshaping the whole series?

A) She is his cousin

B) She is his daughter

C) She is his sister

D) She is his niece

Answer · why

C) She is his sister

She is his sister, a twist John Carpenter says he added only because he felt there was little story left to tell. He later called the idea silly.

Q 02/05

Which future Wayne's World star appears in Halloween II (1981) as a silent TV news assistant in a blue baseball cap?

A) Tia Carrere

B) Dana Carvey

C) Chris Farley

D) Ed O'Neill

Answer · why

B) Dana Carvey

Dana Carvey originally had lines as well, but almost all of his scenes were cut. What survives is a brief glimpse of him taking instructions from a re...

Q 03/05

Which sweet 1950s pop hit by The Chordettes is put to eerie use in the slasher sequel Halloween II (1981)?

A) Lollipop

B) Earth Angel

C) Sh-Boom

D) Mr. Sandman

Answer · why

D) Mr. Sandman

Mr. Sandman suits a heroine who spends much of the film sedated in a hospital bed, and reviewers found its innocence turned threatening. A 1998 sequel...

Q 04/05

A boy in a pirate costume arrives at the hospital in Halloween II (1981) with what lodged in his mouth?

A) A razor blade

B) A sewing needle

C) A fish hook

D) A shard of glass

Answer · why

A) A razor blade

A razor blade in his mouth nods to the urban legend of strangers tampering with trick-or-treat sweets, a scare that was making headlines when the film...

Q 05/05

When does the story of Halloween II (1981) pick up, relative to the cliffhanger ending of the 1978 original?

A) One year later

B) The same night

C) Three years later

D) The next morning

Answer · why

B) The same night

The same night: the sequel begins moments after Michael Myers is shot off a balcony and vanishes. Its director wanted the two films to feel like a two...