Halloween 2, John Carpenter (1981)

 Halloween 2, John Carpenter (1981)

Info from IMDB

Box Office:

Budget:

 $2,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

 $7,676,836 (USA) (1 November 1981)

Gross:

 $25,533,818 (USA)

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1981) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia-EMI-Warner (1981) (UK) (theatrical)
• Castle Home Video (1999) (UK) (DVD)
• GoodTimes Home Video (USA) (DVD)

About the film opening:

• exposition telling you where it is set; haddonfield illinois, October 31,1978, happy non diegetic music in the background
• panning shot from a low angled shot to a high angled shot, to show the viewer the location
• Music stops when entering the house, where what looks to be the scream queen is talking to 2 children
• High pitch music again whilst you can see 'michael' in the background.
• Music stops when the Dr enters the house.
• When he's shot the music starts again, this raises tension once again.
• When dialogue has finished between the Dr and the next door neighbor the titles start.
• Michael doesn't have a weapon in this scene and the scream queen doesn't get killed.
• The opening is set at night, this happens in basicly all of the halloweens