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Michael Myers has seen better days.

Eclectic horror director Rob Zombie wants you to ring in the new year with a fully loaded Blu-ray release of his sequel to a remake of a classic.

(Try saying that three times fast.)

Halloween II, the second Zombie entry into the venerable slasher franchise, is set to hit US shelves on January 12th and UK shores sometime in February. After a successful re-release for Halloween, Sony has set its sights on making the title one of its marquee releases for Q1.

A direct sequel to Zombie’s remake of Halloween, Halloween II picks up one year later as Laurie Strode struggles with the psychological repricussions of the original film and cinema boogeyman, Michael Myers, ready to pick up where he left off.

Despite a more hostile reception from critics than his first stab at the franchise, Halloween II went on to become one of the highest grossing installments in the series.

And the Blu-ray is no barebones release – touting an audio commentary track featuring Zombie himself, deleted and alternate scenes, gag reel, casting footage, film specific material, MovieIQ and BD Live support.

More importantly, hopefully it indicates we’ll get a decent release of the 1981 sequel, Halloween 2, directed by Rick Rosenthal and written by John Carpenter.