Review of Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) by Allen R — 13 Oct 2013

Now we come to a horror series that, in my opinion, long overstayed its welcome in the sequel and remake department. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later is probably one of the best attempts at a true sequel while at the same time being entertaining in and of itself.

This time around, we get to know Laurie Strode (who has been in hiding) and her son, spending time in their lives before the eventual build-up to the clash between Laurie and Michael. Unfortunately, this film doesn't really bring anything new to the table, despite bringing back Michael's sister.

Michael isn't all that interesting in this one either and, to be fair, hasn't really been interesting since the original film. This is also yet another retroactive sequel that takes place after the events of the first two films and ignores sequels 4-6.

This could have been a great opportunity to tie together the continuity of the series, but they decided instead to make the selling point and ultimate focus of the film the battle between Laurie and Michael.

I also believe that someone should have taken this series away from Moustapha Akkad around this time because after the success of this one and the definitive ending that it had, nothing could have been any better afterwards.