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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)

August. 05,1998
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5.8
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R
| Horror Thriller

Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in Northern California under an assumed name, where she works as the headmistress of a private school. But it's not far enough to escape Myers, who soon discovers her whereabouts. As Halloween descends upon Laurie's peaceful community, a feeling of dread weighs upon her -- with good reason.

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Beanbioca
1998/08/05

As Good As It Gets

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AutCuddly
1998/08/06

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

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ThedevilChoose
1998/08/07

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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Curt
1998/08/08

Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

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adrian-ortiz70
1998/08/09

Great sequel to the original, it's true what they say great things come to those who wait.

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IssaGuy
1998/08/10

Since I've been torture with part 6, H20 is so fun like it's a fun fast pace movie. Good story, good acting, good pacing, and fun! They could of end it here but nope they decide to make another one and I have to say that one suck too. In my opinion this is the only good Halloween film of the 90s. This is a good sequel, go see it now!

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zkonedog
1998/08/11

Once the new millennium dawned, many films (Rocky, Rambo, Lord of the Rings, Batman, etc.) went the "homage" route to their predecessors, while also establishing a new sense of continuity in the process. "Halloween H2O" beat them to the punch by a few years, but ultimately ended up being a complete flop.For a basic plot summary, "H2O" sees Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) living in California after having faked her death to escape the wrath of Michael Myers. When Laurie's son John (Josh Hartnett) turns 17, the same age Laurie was when attacked in 1978, Myers is again "activated" to seek out the Strode family and destroy it.The one good thing I can say about this movie is that it tried. It really did. It tried to put a more fitting conclusion to the Halloween saga after pretty much relegating the events of sequels 3-6 to non-cannon material. However, the writing/directing/producing failed miserably in the task.For starters, this is perhaps the most predictable film I have ever viewed in my life. Viewers know that Myers will come back (otherwise why even make the movie?) to torment Laurie, so the first hour of character-development is rendered moot because you already know what will happen. It doesn't help that the supporting cast is so bland as to make you not care one way or another when they get knocked off.Also, much like Anthony Perkins' performance in the later "Psycho" movies, I don't quite know what to make of Jamie Lee Curtis here. On one hand, she seems to be paying tribute (with a decent effort) to the franchise that gave her an acting career. On the other, though, it sort of reeks of desperation that she's doing the sixth Halloween sequel.Thus, it pretty much boggles my mind to think that writers Debra Hill and John Carpenter (the masters of the original) would phone in such an uninspired effort. I would like to think that a better story, with more heart and suspense, could have been told. Perhaps, though, there was just nothing creatively left from a franchise chugging along on one week of the year's profits...the week leading up to October 31.

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ThiefOfStars
1998/08/12

As the title of the movie suggests, H20 takes place twenty years after the events of the original movie and is a direct sequel to the first two movies ignoring the 4th, 5th and 6th instalments of the franchise. Jamie Lee Curtis reprises her role as Laurie Strode, who unable to cope with the memories of her ordeal on Halloween 1978, faked her death, changed her name to Keri Tate and became the headmistress of a private Northern Californian school.As Halloween approaches she becomes increasingly anxious which affects her relationships with new love interest and counsellor at her school, Will Brennan and her seventeen year old son, John (Josh Hartnett).John is tired of his mother's stifling, overprotective ways so when she forbids him from going on a camping trip with his friends, they instead decide to stay behind and have a private party of their own inside the school on Halloween night.The people around Keri are quick to dismiss her fears and write them off as paranoia, but little do they know that Michael Myers has come out of hiding, found out Laurie's new identity and is making his way from Illinois to California to finish what he started twenty years earlier...H20 came out post 'Scream' which was the movie attributed to the revival of the 'slasher' style horror movie, after it's decline in popularity in the early nineties and the influence is definitely there. From the opening scene that throws you into the heart of the action, it's willingness to defy/revamp horror clichés and it's vaguely meta/self-aware approach.

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