Halloween H2O (1998)
Average Rating: 5.5/10
Reviews Counted: 55
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 26
Halloween: H2O is the best of the many sequels, yet still pales in comparison to the original Halloween.
Average Rating: 5.6/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 6
Halloween: H2O is the best of the many sequels, yet still pales in comparison to the original Halloween.
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Movie Info
Laurie Strode, now the dean of a Northern California private school with an assumed name, must battle the Shape one last time and now the life of her own son hangs in the balance.
Jul 27, 1998 Wide
Oct 19, 1999
Miramax
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Cast
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Jamie Lee Curtis
Keri Tate, Laurie Strod... -
Adam Arkin
Will, Will Brennan -
Josh Hartnett
John, John Tate -
Michelle Williams
Molly, Molly Cartwell -
Adam Hann-Byrd
Charles 'Charlie' Dever... -
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
Sarah, Sarah Wainthrope -
Janet Leigh
Norma, Norma Watson -
LL Cool J
Ronald 'Ronny' Jones, R... -
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Jimmy, Jimmy Howell -
Nancy Stephens
Marion, Marion Chambers... -
Branden Williams
Tony, Tony Allegre -
Chris Durand
Michael Myers -
Beau Billingslea
Detective 'Fitz' Fitzsi... -
Matt Winston
Detective Matt Sampson -
Larisa Miller
Claudia -
Emmalee Thompson
Casey -
Tom Kane
Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis
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All Critics (57) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (30) | Rotten (30) | DVD (16)
While Carpenter's film was all about economy and a skilful use of empty space, Miner's busy compositions have a cluttered feel that is echoed by superfluous orchestral music.
I'm currently stuck watching the revival of a movie form that appalled me the first time around, then disappeared from view after a torrent of thoughtless re-workings that resembled bloody tape loops.
...Steve Miner is no Carpenter.
Halloween: H20 is as stylish and scary as it is ultra-violent. It brings back a stunning Jamie Lee Curtis in the role that made her a star and it's a work of superior craftsmanship in all aspects.
Now that they have produced something vaguely enjoyable, hopefully the film makers will let the series rest in peace.
I imagined Miss Leigh telling her friends, 'They wanted me to do a cameo in the remake of Psycho, but I said, hell, I'd do Halloween: H20 before I'd lower myself to that.'
Unquestionably the best of the Halloween followups...
It's somewhere around minute 58 - that's in a film that runs 80 minutes before credits, folks - before anything particularly interesting happens.
H2O successfully captures the foreboding mood of Carpenter's 1978 original before eventually settling for the obvious. And at 86 minutes, it's just too short.
Brilliant and witty. Those are two words that will not be used to described this film, nor, I suspect, its target audience.
The horror genre is not my forte in either taste or interest, but I have to admit, I enjoyed sitting through Halloween: H20.
The selfish pea brains who brought their bright-eyed infant to...this violent horror movie deserve a private, late-night visit from the uncompromising Michael Myers.
Then Michael shows up and blah blah blah.
If you're a Halloween fan, you're probably over 30, and this film will suit you--you need your sleep.
The biggest mystery about Halloween: H20 is why the filmmakers bothered to send it to theaters.
I thought the original Halloween was overrated, the 2 or three cheapie sequels I've seen were even worse, and this new entry is still crap.
...a welcome resurrection for which fans will undoubtedly be grateful.
Audience Reviews for Halloween H2O
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- Will Brennan: What do we do? What dowe do?
- Laurie Strode/ Keri Tate: Try to live!
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- Norma Watson: Oh. Miss Tate. I didn't mean to make you jump. It's Halloween. I guess everyone's entitled to one good scare.
- Laurie Strode: I've had my share.
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- Jimmy Howell: Are you coming?
- Tony Allegre: Nah, l-l better stay here and protect her.
- Jimmy Howell: Oh-ho ! Right, dude. Good.
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- Sarah Wainthrope: Oh, it's so lame. No, no, no. It's worse. I, I went there two summers ago with my family. Loathsome! No, it's worse. It'll come to me. Wretched! You know? Okay, think-think, campfires, s'mores - Repugnant! That's it, repugnant. I would rather have my eyes pierced.
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- Laurie Strode: (it's just her and Michael left at the school) - Michael!
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- Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis: I met him fifteen years ago. I was told there was nothing left. No reason, no conscience, no understanding, even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, good or evil, right or wrong. I met this six-year-old child, with this blank, pale, emotionless face and the blackest eyes, the devil's eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized that what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply, evil.
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Foreign Titles
- Halloween: H20 (DE)
- Halloween H20 - 20 Years Later (UK)


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