Halloween H20 – Twenty Years Later (Dimension Collector’s Series)
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| Halloween is one of the great modern horror films, but as a franchise its track record has been spotty at best, painfully bad at worst. Halloween H2O: Twenty Years Later, directed by horror vet Steve Miner (Friday the 13th parts 2 and 3, House), won't displace John Carpenter's original but it might help you forget the films in between. Miner certainly has: the film begins as if sequels 3 through 6 never happened. Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis, reprising her role for the first time in almost two decades) faked her death and is now a single mom and headmistress of an exclusive California private school. She's also a secret alcoholic who lives in fear of her homicidal brother-bogeyman Michael Myers. Guess who decides to show up for a family reunion? The film begins with classic horror-movie exposition (the deserted college campus, Michael's escape, Laurie's waking nightmares) accomplished with some humor and style, but it's all setup for the second half, a driving roller coaster of stalk-and-slash thrills. There's little of the self-conscious genre referencing of Scream and at times the film is a little far-fetched--it is a slasher movie about a knife-wielding homicidal maniac who won't stay dead, after all--but Curtis transforms Laurie from a shrieking victim into an empowered, determined horror-movie heroine who's learned a thing or two from the previous films. Adam Arkin, Josh Hartnett, and TV cutie Michelle Williams (Dawson's Creek) costar, and the script received uncredited polish from Scream writer Kevin Williamson; Curtis's mom, Janet Leigh, pops up in a cameo. --Sean Axmaker |
No details are available for this product Best Horror movie i've seen |
| Review Date: January 7, 2000 |
| Reviewer: , Cali |
| This was an excellant movie. IT kept on surprising you, and the end was VERY GOOD. I would definantly recommend this movie to friends. The only bad thing about the movie is they what they did to Timmy! (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the neighbor in the beginning) I though Timmy's charecter was great, and he definantly DID NOT deserve an ice skate in his face! Anyway, it was a very good movie, if you haven't seen it, see it now! |
| One of the Better Ones |
| Review Date: March 3, 2006 |
| Reviewer: , |
| Halloween H2O was a Perfect End to Michael Myers I Liked this Better than "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" I Mean Michael Myers will always be My Favorite Killer The Ending was great Michael for once like he did with Jamie in "Halloween 5"
Shows his Human side to Laurie before she puts him to rest However it is ruined because of "Halloween Resurrection" I would reccomend These ones Halloween Halloween 2 Halloween 4 - The Return of Michael Myers Halloween 5 - The Revenge of Michael Myers Halloween H2O Stay away From Halloween 3 Halloween - The Curse of Michael Myers Halloween Resurrection |
| Great! |
| Review Date: July 7, 2000 |
| Reviewer: Chris Garner, U.S. |
| Michael Myers is finally dead (they chopped his head off, and if that doesn't kill him...nothing will)! In one viewpoint Laurie Strode can now stop having nightmares of Michael but on the other viewpoint it would have been more scary to have him escape death (once again!) and just know that......MICHAEL LIVES! Great suspense and atmosphere, like the ground breaking original. ~Recommended Highly~ |
| THE BEST HORROR FLICK EVER MADE! |
| Review Date: December 30, 1998 |
| Reviewer: madquake22@aol.com, USA |
| This is the best horror movie ever made and Michael Myers delivers his best and so does Jamie lee curtis.This halloween is the best than all of the others! |
| Jamie Lee Curtis is better than ever. |
| Review Date: September 28, 1999 |
| Reviewer: , |
| "Halloween: H20" may not be the scariest of the "Halloween" movies, but it is the most action-packed. This movie never stops, from start to finish. The film opens with a great introduction that showcases the reappearence of Nancy Stephens as Marion Chambers, giving the film the kind of historical touch that was necessary for it to work. As the opening credits roll, we sit in awe as the camera scrolls over twenty years of history and mixes with John Ottman's musical score to promote a genuine eerieness. From there, we are transported to Summer Glen, California, where we find Laurie Strode--now Keri Tate--having a nightmare that wakes her son, John. As the movie moves quickly and flawlessly along, not only are we kept in suspense about when Michael and Laurie will meet, but we are kept interested in the psychological profile of Laurie Strode that slowly unfolds throughout the film, showing us exactly how the grim events of twenty years ago effected her. As the hours of October 31st pass, we are kept entertained by John's friends, and my favorite supporting character, Ronny, the security guy, played by LL Cool J, who is attempting to be a romance writer and reads his books to his wife over the phone. The film's funniest moments belong to LL Cool J. The action of the film starts when a strange van is parked out in front of the Hillcrest Prep School gates. With the majority of the students gone camping at Yosemite, the school is virtually empty. The hallways are dark, and it sets the scene perfectly. The film is gripping all the way up to its fantastic ending. Jamie Lee Curtis is back in form with her performance in this film. She impressed me very much. I began to finally accept her as an actress and not as the kind of sexpot portrayal that movies like "True Lies" brought out of her. This film may not be the scariest film ever made, but as an all-around effort in filmmaking, is does John Carpenter proud |