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halloween h20 20 years later | Year: 1998 Classification: Horror Directed: - Steve Miner Actors/Actresses: - Josh Hartnett - Jamie Lee Curtis Finally, A Worthy Sequel Thats All Treat It took almost 20 years for Jamie Lee Curtis to return to the role that made her famous, but it was worth the wait. "Halloween: H20" is a great suspense film but doesn't have the psyhcological grip that the original has. For Laurie Strode, life has been a rough road since 10/31/78. The head mistress of a private school in California and the mother of a teenage son, Laurie drinks her life away as a closet alcoholic trying to forget that awful Halloween night of long ago. She better get a grip though, because the past is about to rear its ugly head in the form of Michael Myers, who wants to meet his nephew, and get a little payback. Steve Miner, who directed and created the "Friday the 13th" films, directs "H20" after John Carpenter declined (he once said "How can you make a sequel to a film that doesn't need one?"). The cast is great and is one of the best slasher casts I've seen since "Scream" (especially, Janet Leigh who stars as Curtis' secretary in the film, complete with the style car she drove in "Psycho"). Josh Hartnett makes his film debut here as Michael's nephew and Michelle Williams plays his girlfriend. A Sequal that gets new blood flowing A dying franchise after some awful sequals, 3-6, Halloween H20 brings back life... and death into the series. It brings back everyone's favorite scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis as her highlighted film character of Laurie Strode, the innocent sister of a homicidal maniac with a fetish for mutilated teen carcasses. Unlike Freddy and Jason, Michael Myers is still a worthy stalker, ( though I have to say Wes Craven's New Nightmare was a superb film ). Also along with Jamie Lee's stunning performance and revival, some new blood is drained in. Josh Hartnett is so-so, a reasonable actor ( what the hel's with his hair!!!), Michelle Williams I like, but she didn't have much of a character to experiment with. Jody Lynn O'Keefe (SP?) had a shocking scene and had humorous lines, along with L.L. Cool J who was much better than I had expected, and that Adam Hann Byrd guy, a bad actor and ugh, he didn't fit into this film well. Oh well though.. he died.. so.. onto the next. Adam Arkin was great and his death was well played. But the true shining parts were every moment of screen time with Jamie Lee curtis, her 'Psycho' mother's appearance, Janet Leigh, and the return of the nurse from the first and second. Those moments already give this film a five. Also here's a tip, see one and two definately, 3 through 6.. well yo'll regret it. The first horror sequel thats ever lived up to the original! Before i watched this movie i thought it was gonna be another good installment in the series but nothing special. It didnt even pass my mind that it could be as good or almost as good as the original. It was! I found this to be one of the best horror sequels ever! It is my favorite in the Halloween series , tieing with the first. If you liked the first i strongly recomend this one! Buy Halloween H20 20 Years Later at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Halloween H20 20 Years Later Search with the Priority Search Engine on Halloween H20 20 Years Later This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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