Halloween H2O (1998)

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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.

August 16, 2007 Full Review

Derek Adams

Time Out

Top Critic

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.

November 15, 2002 Full Review

Paul Tatara

CNN.com

Top Critic

...Steve Miner is no Carpenter.

April 12, 2002 Full Review | Comments (2)

Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

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.

February 21, 2001 Full Review

Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

Top Critic

Now that they have produced something vaguely enjoyable, hopefully the film makers will let the series rest in peace.

January 1, 2000 Full Review

James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

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.'

January 1, 2000 Full Review | Comments (3)

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

Unquestionably the best of the Halloween followups...

March 9, 2011 Full Review

David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

It's somewhere around minute 58 - that's in a film that runs 80 minutes before credits, folks - before anything particularly interesting happens.

August 24, 2008 Full Review

Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

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.

January 24, 2006

Chuck O'Leary

FulvueDrive-in.com

Brilliant and witty. Those are two words that will not be used to described this film, nor, I suspect, its target audience.

December 6, 2005 Full Review | Comments (2)

Ron Wells

Film Threat

The horror genre is not my forte in either taste or interest, but I have to admit, I enjoyed sitting through Halloween: H20.

April 9, 2005 Full Review

Robin Clifford

Reeling Reviews

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.

July 1, 2004 Full Review

Judith Egerton

Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

Then Michael shows up and blah blah blah.

November 29, 2003 Full Review

Eric D. Snider

EricDSnider.com

If you're a Halloween fan, you're probably over 30, and this film will suit you--you need your sleep.

February 8, 2003 Full Review

John R. McEwen

Film Quips Online

The biggest mystery about Halloween: H20 is why the filmmakers bothered to send it to theaters.

October 15, 2002 Full Review

Margaret A. McGurk

Cincinnati Enquirer

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.

September 10, 2002 Full Review | Comments (2)

Kevin N. Laforest

Montreal Film Journal

...a welcome resurrection for which fans will undoubtedly be grateful.

June 25, 2002 Full Review

Wade Major

Boxoffice Magazine

• 1. Will Brennan: What do we do? What dowe do?
  2. Laurie Strode/ Keri Tate: Try to live!
  – Submitted by Jimmy G (5 months ago)
• 1. 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.
  2. Laurie Strode: I've had my share.
  – Submitted by Rebecca & (15 months ago)
• 1. Jimmy Howell: Are you coming?
  2. Tony Allegre: Nah, l-l better stay here and protect her.
  3. Jimmy Howell: Oh-ho ! Right, dude. Good.
  – Submitted by Creep F (23 months ago)
• 1. 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.
  – Submitted by Creep F (23 months ago)
• 1. Laurie Strode: (it's just her and Michael left at the school) - Michael!
  – Submitted by Creep F (23 months ago)
• 1. 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.
  – Submitted by Creep F (23 months ago)

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