Halloween II stalks onto Blu-ray with a deliberately messy 1080p, 1.85:1-framed transfer. Shot on 16mm film stock, Halloween II sports a consistently heavy grain field atop poorly-defined details and soft edges that, combined with the generally dark locations, gives the film a rough, disturbed, gritty appearance throughout. Indeed, fear and unease permeate every frame, and the Blu-ray transfer admirably recreates Zombie's vision with ease. Viewers hoping for every gory detail to be rendered in pristine and clear high definition imagery will be sorely disappointed; much of the film's gruesomeness is lost to shadow, hazy details, and darkness. Colors are muted, even in the few scattered scenes where hues other than black, gray, and brown dominate the frame. Black levels are consistently deep with only a few scenes displaying overly bright shades, but blacks do tend to devour most of the finer details. Faces are generally undefined, Michael's mask appears richly textured and worn but is difficult to see clearly, and other objects simply become victims of the darkness and soft texturing. Rob Zombie's Halloween II is by no means a pretty film from a wholly visual perspective, nor is it meant to be so; still, Sony's Blu-ray disc seems a faithful replica of the director's vision.