Halloween H20 - Twenty Years Later (1998)
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Halloween H20 - Twenty Years Later (Dimension Collector's Series)
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| Directed by | Steve Miner |
| Cast | Jamie Lee Curtis, Josh Hartnett, Adam Arkin, Michelle Williams, LL Cool J, Adam Hann Byrd, Janet Leigh and LL Cool J. |
| Theatrical Release | August 5, 1998 |
| DVD Release | October 19, 1999 |
| Running Time | 86 minutes |
| MPAA Rating | R (Restricted) |
| UPC Code | 717951001795 |
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p.s. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! October 31, 2008
| Laurie Strode Is Back And Michael Myers Wants Her Dead! |
Jamie Lee Curtis is finally back as Laurie Strode!!!! This is definitely the highlight of "Halloween: H20," which takes place exactly twenty years after the original "Halloween." Pretend that parts four through six occur in parallel time. Better yet, write them off as being one long dream like the viewers had to do when Bobby Ewing was killed by Catherine Wentworth's car on "Dallas."
Having faked her own death, Laurie has changed her name to Keri Tate and is the headmistress of a private high school in Northern California. She is overprotective of her son, John Tate, because she fears Michael will find them. Where has Michael been for twenty years?
Alas, horror legend Donald Pleasance is dead. However, Nancy Stephens has returned to reprise her role as nurse Marion Chambers Whittington, the one who was with Dr. Loomis the night Michael Myers escaped from the sanitarium on Halloween eve of 1978. Michael breaks into her home office and learns where Laurie is hiding. Naturally, his goal is to kill her and anyone else within easy reach. He still has an insatiable appetite for bloody carnage and the ability to withstand multiple gunshot wounds.
Jamie Lee Curtis has aged well; her character is stronger, quicker, and wiser than twenty years ago. She does an excellent job of hiding from and outsmarting her brother. It was a treat to see Curtis with her real life mom, Janet Leigh of "Psycho," who is one of the teachers. She should've fallen prey to Michael, but she leaves school before the murders begin. The last time I recall Curtis and Leigh together was in "The Fog." Also rounding out a cast of stars is LL Cool J ("Deep Blue Sea" and "Rollerball") as the security guard, Josh Harnett ("Faculty" and "30 Days of Night") as John Tate, Michele Williams ("Species" and "Dawson's Creek"), and Alan Arkin ("Knots Landing" and "Northern Exposure") as the guidance counselor who is secretly dating Laurie though he doesn`t know her true identity.
A higher body count would've made this film more fun. The school is practically deserted because of a fieldtrip to Yosemite Park. I would've had about one hundred students in the school; at least a dozen are massacred before the alarms are sounded; and mayhem ensues as the school is evacuated on a cold, stormy night. Think "Halloween" meets "Terror Train."
The secluded mountain school provides a chilling atmosphere for this holiday slasher. It would be fun to watch "Halloween: H2O" along with the original "Halloween," "Halloween II", and "Halloween: Resurrection." This film is highly recommended for fans of Jamie Lee Curtis and Michael Myers.
October 31, 2008
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