12 Movies That Tried Too Hard To Innovate (And Sucked Anyway)

7. Halloween II (2009)

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For the sequel to his underrated 2007 remake of Halloween, Rob Zombie largely moved away from the original films altogether and took it all in a different, more psychological direction. Unfortunately, while Zombie's ambition is admirable, with Halloween II things just got a bit ridiculous.

Michael Myers spends most of the film unmasked and having visions of his dead mother with a white horse in a thoroughly silly manner, while the film also introduces a family curse as an explanation for Michael's evil, which was an idiotic and entirely unnecessary piece of backstory.

The film also ruins Laurie Strode and Dr Loomis. Both are far too unlikable and Laurie, by the end, seems to be on her way to becoming a killer because of the curse on her family, which again messes with formula in a way that's just induces eye-rolls rather than actually adding to the film in any way.

This is one of the weirdest slasher sequels you'll ever watch... but not in a good way.

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