And as far as I'm concerned, he did a journeyman job.

John and Debra and I sat down and, and we sort of talked a little bit about the script.

And, you know, I think from the very beginning, um, what they wanted and what I responded to was the idea that somehow Halloween II could follow a moment later.

So it would feel when you saw the film that it, it was a continuation of Halloween.

And so that was the overriding goal, I think, was to, uh, if you liked Halloween, you're gonna like Halloween II 'cause it's really a continuation.

So stylistically and in terms of the story development and all of those things, it wanted to feel very much like the continuation.

I had actually just gone and met, um, this other, uh, kinda youngish guy who, uh, uh, was producing a movie.

Quite frankly, I was surprised that Halloween II came out as well as it did, and that it enjoyed the success that it did