Halloween II (1981) – The Night Evil Worked a Double Shift

Michael Myers never punched out — he just moved to the night shift.

In this deliriously fun deep dive, the Rewind or Die crew clocks in for Halloween II (1981) — the rare sequel that doesn’t even let its characters rest. Adam, Jeff, and Steve break down Carpenter’s Budweiser-fueled script, Loomis’ screaming marathon, Jamie Lee Curtis’ nap-heavy performance, and the empty hospital with the world’s worst staffing plan.

They get into why this movie accidentally invented the “immediate sequel,” how Carpenter went from suburban slasher to world-builder, and how this one film quietly shaped every horror franchise that followed. It’s smart, chaotic, and packed with the kind of delirious VHS-era energy that made you fall in love with horror in the first place.

Because evil didn’t die that night — it just worked overtime.