Halloween II - TV Cut

When you've seen the theatrical cut as many times as I have, this version seems a bit bizarre in comparison. Many scenes are re-arranged and there's a lot of alternate takes used as well as additional scenes, which come at the cost of less graphic kills and some completely removed kills. Some characters just disappear after a certain point, and if this is the only version you've seen, it might cause a bit of confusion.

A notable difference is that this is only presented in full screen. The film begins with the intro credits immediately and the titles are squished into the frame. The recap doesn't feature the erroneous 7-shot 6-shooter, but it omits little bits and lines here and there.

Basically any scene with blood is trimmed or removed entirely. The bit with Alice and Mrs. Elrod is altered, Mr. Garrett's exploration scene uses footage of Myers chase with Laurie from much later in the movie, the darkness of the hospital is more thoroughly explained as an electrical disturbance, the marshall's death has Myers wrestle him off the ground and it doesn't make much sense at all as to why he dies with blood on his body, the explosion makes Jimmy fall, and then there's the ambulance alternate ending...

This isn't even the half of it. The first movie was tame enough to show on tv as mostly the same movie with a few added scenes, but this movie is edited vastly different. The theatrical version is superior, but I definitely appreciate all the added scenes and alternate takes.

A few scenes that simply don't work now are Janet complaining about Bud (not) using profanity, as well as Loomis's shots fired at the end. They fixed the 7 shots in the beginning, but he only shoots Myers twice in the clinic (plus his warning shot in the car), so he should have three bullets left, but he points at Michael and the gun goes click. He must have gotten too lazy to load all the chambers this time around.

The TV cut is available on the Shout Factory 2-disc dvd.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082495/alternateversions

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A lot of the entries in this series have alternate versions, but I feel that this version is the weirdest.

H1 has the extended TV cut.
H3 may or may not have an uncut version. Clarification anybody?

H6 has the producer's cut and a rumored Director's Cut.
H20 has the FX TV cut.
H8 has alternate endings that were intended for a theatrical gimmick.

RZ's H1 and H2 both have director's cuts, which demonstrate that he had no clear vision as to what he wanted out of these movies.

I guess H4 and H5 are the only one-cut movies out there.

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