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Summary: HALLOWEEN H20
Review: HALLOWEEN H20 brings back Jamie Lee Curtis in her famous role as Laurie Strode. It appears that after HALLOWEEN 2, Laurie faked her death in a car accident, changed her name to Karie Tate, and moved out of Haddonfield. Now, she has a son named John, and she is a headmistress at a private school. But Halloween is just around the corner, and someone is coming to pay Laurie a visit that is long overdue...it seems that her maniacal brother, Micheal Myers has managed to track her down once again for another terrifying family reunion.
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Summary: Best One YET! But one thing bothers me
Review: I think this was a great movie and Jamie Lee Curtis did such a good job of reviving Laurie Strode! But one thing bothers me...if michael was finished off at the end of H20...how can he reappear in the rumored Halloween 8? Maybe it wasn't him??
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Summary: A triumphant return!
Review: Jamie Lee Curtis makes a welcome return to the "Halloween" series, giving a terrific performance. Laurie Strode is now living under the name Keri Tate, and is the headmistress of a boarding school in Northern California. A functioning alcoholic, she's also the overprotective mother of a teenage son (Josh Hartnett)who wants his independence. Also on hand is suave school security guard LL Cool J and mom Janet Leigh, who turns up as her secretary-"Psycho" fans might recognize the car she drives. Boyfriend Alan Arkin tries to understand Laurie/Keri, and things are made abundantly clear on Halloween night as brother Michael Myers comes calling once again. Myers isn't especially scary in this installment, and his heavy breathing is missing from the soundtrack. Nonetheless, it will make you forget some of the earlier awful sequels. I do think it was a mistake for Dimension Films to save a buck and to use some of the "Scream" soundtrack (did they think we wouldn't notice?) and not more of the music from the first two films. Otherwise, far and away the best sequel since "Halloween II". The DVD cover boasts an audio commentary with Jamie Lee Curtis and director Steve Miner, but it isn't on the DVD itself...
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Summary: A Conclusion Patterned in Myth
Review: Michael Meyers was from another realm- a place of dark natural forces. His strength, stamina, and ferocity terrorized the little hamlet of Haddenfield, Illinois for three genrations. And he always returned on Halloween to stalk his last victim- Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis). To fully appreciate the finale to this modern horror epic, one is advised to watch each Halloween film in succession (but you can skip Haloween III because it has nothing to do with the others). Only then can you fully understand the metaphysic of the Druid sandman and the fear he instills in Laurie Strode. The entire sequence of events comes to a hero's journey finale in Halloween H20 when Laurie Strode decides to no longer run from her fears, but to face Michael Meyers head-on. In the finale, Jamie Lee Curtis is beyond actress- we see in her emotions, in her veins and in the sliver of passion which shakes her body, that for her the resolve of this journey had become an actress's reality (she does not like starring as a victim in horror films- she candidly has stated that to the press many times: but lo and behold, Halloween 8 due out this autumn!). Only those who do not understand the hero's journey may see this film as just another slasher fiction. But for those who have followed the heroine in all of her trials and fears, to see her for the first time turn in a resolve to live free or die, is exhilirating and incredibly meaningful. God bless Donald Pleasance (Loomis)- his spirit lives!. As for Jamie Lee Curtis- bravo, and thanks for doing this. You are acting a role that Joseph Campbell would be proud of.
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Summary: Not Half Bad
Review: I first saw H20 at the drive-in theatre,but snuck in behind a school instead of paying!So I didn't really see it well and gave it a thumbs down. However,when I re-watched it on Showtime,it was alot different. The acting by Arkin and Williams wasn't as poor as I originally thought and Curtis was believable too. Some parts were suspenseful while others were slow-moving. I did not like how they copied the first Halloween with such lines as "I guess everyone's entitled to one good scare.". But the mother and son parts were dramatic and admirable. The scariest part was when the little girl went to a public restroom with her mother.You knew Michael was around somewhere.. The killer wears the same old jumpsuit and carries the same old kitchen knife.The previous Halloween (The Curse of Michael Myers) is better largely because it's more original. Michael uses a variety of deadly weapons and we also know more about his Pagan roots. H20 dropped all of these concepts and sort of fell back to the simplicity of parts 4 and 5. But H20 has better acting and more likeable chacters than those two. Overall,not a bad installment,but certainely not an upgrade. Let's hope Halloween 8 will be more original.
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Summary: Great sequel
Review: H20 brought the Michael Myers saga back from the dead. Parts 5 and 6 were so horrible, it would be almost impossible NOT to improve on them, but this film is a real standout. Curtis shines in the part that made her a star, Josh Harnett is really good in the part of her son. Jodi-Lynne O'Keefe of Nash Bridges fame, has too brief a role! But I digress. The kilings aren't overly gory and the mood stays suprisingly lighthearted for a slasher flick. The film has atmosphere and is really fun. I think you would like it regardless of your opinion of others in the series.
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Summary: ZZZZZzzzzz....
Review: Predictable slasher directed and written on autopilot. The only thing that makes this film differ from all those awful Friday the 13th clones that appeared in the 80's is that Halloween H20's cast is made up of respected (hmm..well..) actors instead of amateurs. Michelle Williams is cute, but who cares about that, you will just fall asleep during this borefeast and miss her anyway.
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Summary: Michael will live forever!!!
Review: I previously hadn't given Halloween 4,5 and H20 the five star-treatment, sorry about that, truthfully I love all the Halloweens and everything to do with horror, and this one revels back to the first two, with "Mr. Sandman" playing and Jamie Lee Curtis running around where Michael is. It was said this film wasn't that gore-filled, but I saw some gruesome moments. Lots of homages to previous Mikey flicks! Halloween 8 will be here sooner or later!
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Summary: This one is not for true Halloween fans
Review: I'm sure it's been mentioned somewhere before in the previous 200 reviews, but this movie is not for true Halloween fans. It completely disregards Halloweens 3-6. But I can deal with that I suppose cause a couple of those were pretty crappy anyway. It's just that there's something missing in this movie. It's as if this movie was just made for the revival of the teen horror genre that was big at the time not as a continuation of Halloweens 1 and 2. The teenagers are really annoying in this movie. There is no character development. And Michael Meyers is one of the more bland characters in the movie. He isn't scary like he was in others in the series. Yeah, he was your typical 80's killer like Jason and Freddy in parts 1-6, but he had more depth back then. Not only does this movie disregard parts 4-6, it seems to disregard parts 1 and 2. Where is the madness that Michael one had??? That's what made him truly terrifying. I'm really dissappointed in Jamie Lee Curtis for making this movie.
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Summary: BEST HALLOWEEN YET
Review: I AM A HUGE HALLOWEEN FAN. I HAVE ALL THE VIDEOS, AND THIS IS THE BEST ONE YET. JAMIE LEE CURTIS IS EXCELLENT IN THIS ONE. SHE TURNS INTO A LIONESS PROTECTING HER SON AND HIS FRIENDS. BRINGS YOU BACK TO THE 1ST AND 2ND ONE. THE OTHERS IN BETWEEN SEEMED TO HAVE LOST THE STORY AND GONE OFF TRACK. THIS ONE BRINGS IT ALL BACK TOGETHER. WITHOUT JAIME LEE IT WOULD BE LIKE 3-6. DEFINETLY A CLASSIC. AND THE BEST OF THE HALLOWEEN SERIES. IT STARTS OUT SLOW. TELLING HOW MICHAEL SISTER HAS GONE ON WITH HER LIFE, AND THEN ITS NON-STOP ACTION AND SLASING, MICHELLE WILLIAMS FROM DAWSON'S CREEK IS GREAT IN THIS MOVIE. THE WHOLE CAST IS GREAT. DEFINETLY GET THIS MOVIE IF YOU LIKE THE 1ST AND 2ND.
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