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Jamie Lee Curtis, Josh Hartnett, Michelle Williams

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.

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R, 86 min.

Directed by: Steve Miner

Release Date: December 31, 1998

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DVD Release Date: October 19, 1999

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  • SirPant
    September 30, 2009
    SirPant
    Same old cliché formula, shocking since it was spoofed in Scream two years previous. Nice to have Curtis back and there are some nice scenes for horror fans, namely the Psycho nods and the nurse from the first film but other than that, it?s same old same old. Did like the ending ...( read more)though!
  • lyndsiekivell
    May 11, 2009
    lyndsiekivell
    Kinda stupid and very typical Michael Meyers movie.
  • 76Majikat
    March 1, 2009
    76Majikat
    Having only seen the first ever Halloween, I?ve not been able to see the development of story in terms of sequels, but it was fairly easy to bridge the gap. As for the film itself, it is predictable like many in it?s genre, but was a fairly entertaining watch.
  • jmanard52
    May 9, 2008
    jmanard52
    Why do they keep making these?
  • powerofmylove
    April 17, 2008
    powerofmylove
    I had an obsession with Josh Hartnett so umm yeah I loved the movie plus who doesn't love the halloween movies?? Yeah thought so
  • ythelastman89
    November 18, 2009
    ythelastman89
    It just never could live up to the expectations. When you wait almost 20 years for a third part with Jamie Lee Curtis, it better be good. This was so/so, therefore it failed. It was way too short and left no room for character development or a plot. Josh Hartnett and Michelle Wil...( read more)liams were about the only fun part about it. Michael is hardly in it at all and Laurie really isn't either. It's just a sup-par sequel, but it could've been great with some tweaks here and there.
  • bronzlox1
    November 16, 2009
    bronzlox1
    This was infinitely scarier when I was 17. I still like it though. I'm big into Halloween. Oh and Josh Hartnett is hot.
  • blackheart218
    November 12, 2009
    blackheart218
    LL DID A GRATE JOB AND I STILL WANT JAMIE LEE CURTIS...
  • hannamaye1
    November 6, 2009
    hannamaye1
    another pure evil that just unbelievably hard to kill...wth?
  • SteveHorrorFan
    November 2, 2009
    SteveHorrorFan
    "I am not responsible for you. That's it, I've had enough. I can't take it anymore mom. He's dead. Michael Myers is dead. "

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    This is the best Halloween sequel besides the second movie. I just wanted to get that out of the way. If you were to watch any Myer...( read more)s movies other than the first two, follow this films intentions and forget all the lousy installments in between. Because you have to admit, it was getting to the point of self parody (although it achieved that title in Resurrection), you couldn't take Michael seriously any more. The stories suffered the sequel curse, they just went downhill into absurdity, adding new characters to the family and unneeded plot twists. But, lucky for the fans a director with a little bit of slasher background stepped up to the plate to take a swing at the series.


    Directed by Steve Miner (Friday the 13th parts 2 & 3), and written by Kevin Williamson (Scream), H20 was really a breath of fresh air not only for Michael Myers, but for horror movies in general in this period. One of the best things about this film is it's a return to form. Michael Myers was intended to be the shape. The boogeyman lurking in the shadows. This is how he appeared in the first two films, but then transformed into a hulking Jason clone from parts 4 and on. Sure, he's not the same dark figure as in the first, but he's still an anomaly and not supporting a pair shoulder pads (more on that later). This movie isn't about relentless blood shed like the latter sequels in slasher franchises, but aims for suspense. This is perhaps why it has one of the better plots since the first, the screenplay is gold compared to earlier installments. Although it has some impressive kills, it doesn't rely of that alone. For once you root for the victims, maybe it's just jamie lee Curtis's character of Laurie Strode, but you actually want to see them prevail and beat Myers and escape. Oh, and does Michael ever take the beating here. He's constantly being knocked down and out - just enough for the victims to escape his grasp, but how often do you see the killer being knocked around? But there's enough scenes that retain Myers strength. He's not completely unstoppable, just pure and simply evil remember?


    Once again, Michael Myers is at his best here. You delve deeper into his psyche, but don't learn to much about him. He still remains the mysterious figure he as ment to be, but you learn about what he thinks. He's smart. He knows what he wants and how to get just that. Not only that, but his appearance is for once truly frightening. This has been an issue through out the series. It seems as if Michael's visage has become worse, cheeper and less terrifying as they went. I understand that after films become huge successes that people manufacture costume pieces so little boys and girls can walk around pretending to be Michael Myers and the like...but that doesn't mean the film sequels should use those costume pieces. Here, Michael's mask is great. A return to the original style. I liked the more open eye holes they did for this mask, as it plays up the more human side of Myers this entry went for.


    H20, which is short for Halloween: 20 years later is defiantly one of the strongest sequels to date. It doesn't hold up as good as Halloween 2 (well, I guess I gotta say the original Halloween 2 now), but besides that this is the one to watch. Do like they tell you, skip out on all that about Laurie's daughter and that nonsense about the Mark of Thorn cult, the real story lies on Halloween day 1978, and Halloween day 1998. I'm saying this as a huge fan of the series and of Michael Myers (been sporting the mask and overalls every halloween).

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  • XXBABYSHAWTYXX
    February 11, 2008
    XXBABYSHAWTYXX
    its some scary shit xx
  • gypsywitch2006
    May 11, 2007
    gypsywitch2006
    halloween h20 is a good movie but i think (and this is just my thought on the movie ) could have been a little bit more like the on the edge of your seat type of movie over all it's not bad.
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