Review of Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) by Billie P — 16 Feb 2016
Halloween H20 is the final chapter in the original trilogy inaugurated in 1978, back when we first got introduced to Michael Myers and when we first met Laurie Strode as the hero of this film. Now, it has been 20 years sense Myers has menaced his sister Laurie. Everyone suspects Myers might be back.
This film is the final showdown between Laurie and her brother. We see the way Laurie has been haunted by what happened to her 20 years ago, and the way it affects her relationship with her son and her love interest. The film grounds the story of Myers and his confrontation with Laurie in reality, making Michael someone with very superhuman strength but who nevertheless can be stopped.
The truth is that this film is not that great and doesn't quite deliver on the process of reunion that we would like. It is too much a product of its time, influenced heavily by the other slasher films of its time like Scream (1996) and I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997). Even the movie poster looks like those films. In any case, not a bad movie, and worth seeing, but only on the heels of the other two films.
This review of Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) was written by Billie P on 16 Feb 2016.
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later has generally received mixed reviews.
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