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Halloween II

Wikimedia disambiguation page

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 4, 2025
Entity authorityQ1175296
Source-derived summary

Halloween II may refer to:

Halloween II (1981 film), the first sequel to Halloween (1978)

Halloween II (1981 soundtrack), the soundtrack to the 1981 film

Halloween II (2009 film), the sequel to Halloween (2007)

Halloween II (2009 soundtrack), the soundtrack to the 2009 film

"Halloween II" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), 4th episode 2nd season

"Halloween II", a song by The Misfits from the 1981 "Halloween" single

"Halloween II", a song by Samhain from the 1986 album Samhain III: November-Coming-Fire

Halloween II: The Blackest Eyes, a 2001 comic book written by Phil Nutman from Chaos!

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Halloween II” as wikimedia disambiguation page. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Halloween, Wikimedia and disambiguation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1981, 1978, 2009, 2007—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Halloween, Wikimedia and disambiguation providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Halloween II”, the useful work is to connect “wikimedia disambiguation page” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 4, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1175296. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1981, 1978, 2009 and 2007.

Critical limits

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How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

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This entry incorporates text from Halloween II” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.