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Summary: Jamie Lee Curtis makes a welcome return
Review: The first was great, the second was good, but 3-6 were completely rubbish so with this film I was not expecting much. But I was pleasantly surprised to find that H20 is as good as the second film. Basically it completely ignores the stories of the last four sequals and begins 20 years after the first Halloween. With Jamie Lee Curtis making a long awaited return to the series as Micheal's long suffering little sister. The film complete forgets the fact that Lorrie had a Daughter who featured in the Halloweens 4 through 6 and instead gives her a son (Josh Hartnett) who secretly stays at a bording school when his mother thinks he has gone on a school trip.
Of course the "Shape" turns up for some late night classes and terrorizes the young group of partiers.
LL Cool J gives some light comic relief as the security guard who wishes to be a romantic novelist.
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Summary: The best of the lot
Review: I remember watching the original Halloween for the first time with my best friend. It was late at night, and we were expecting some good old-fashioned scares. Unfortunately, we came away disappointed, and we couldn't help feeling the entire movie was pretty lame.
Nevertheless, I persisted through the series, and while the Michael Myers movies were, in all, not bad, nor do I feel they are anything out of the ordinary. I mean, honestly - psycho stalks victims, victims run around screaming, victims die horribly, last remaining victim manages to turn tables on psycho and kill him, usually by pure fluke, and never permanently.
Then Halloween H20 came along, and boy, do I wish I had gone to see this one in the cinema.
Other reviewers have varying opinions, especially where the middle slew of films is concerned. It is a big complaint that H20 basically ignores the existence of film sequels #3 through #6. I admit that I particularly enjoyed sequels #4 & #5, with the introduction of Laurie's niece, Jamie, and her psychic connection to the infamous Michael. But I don't think it detracts at all from H20 to pass over those middle films. (especially #3, which does not even have Michael in it!)
H20 begins in an unspecified town, at the home of the nurse who was Dr Loomis' carer until his death. Although it indicates that Laurie Strode was killed in an accident years ago, Michael Myers clearly believes otherwise. In a nicely chilling opening scene, Michael brutally murders two teenage boys and the nurse after raiding Loomis' old files. No three guesses who he's looking for...
There is plenty to enjoy in this film. We are reintroduced to Laurie 20 years on from her terrifying Halloween night experiences with her psychotic brother, now with a new identity and enough emotional trauma to to put any psychotherapist on the back foot.
She is a single mum and a closet alcoholic, who suffers severe nightmares, and frequent moments of hallucination, seeing images of her brother everywhere.
The premise is simple enough. The school of which she is headmistress is all but empty as 95% of the students head off on a school trip. There are only 7 people in total left in the grounds - Laurie, her boyfriend, school guard LL Cool J, and the four students who didn't go on the camp.
Steve Miner does an excellent job of setting the scene, and manages to pull off a film in the end that is not simply another standard slash & hack.
Somewhere in the middle of her own neuroses, Laurie finds the courage to use what she knows about Michael to try and turn the tables on him. And in all honesty, it gives me chills every time to watch her striding up the driveway, axe in hand, yelling her brother's name.
It's about time we were given a victim who refused to be a victim.
The final scene between the two main (and original) characters was almost touching, although it's a fair bet that had Laurie actually taken Michael's hand, he probably would have dragged her in and broken her neck.
Shame on them for doing what they did in the next film, and devaluing Laurie's brave actions so much. They should have left well enough alone, and ended the series with the outstanding H20.
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Summary: IT WAS PRETTY GOOD
Review: STEVE MINER DID PRETTY GOOD WITH THIS MOVIE JUST LIKE HE DID WITH FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2 AND 3.I KINDA LIKED IT THE WAY IT TOOK PLACE AFTER THE HOSPITAL INCIDENT IN 1978. I GAVE IT 4 STARS CUS MICHAEL MYERS COULD NOT SURVIVE THAT HOSPITAL INCIDENT AT THE END OF PART 2. THERE IS NOOOOOOOO WAY.
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Summary: Halloween: H20
Review: This was the greatest reuniting ever. The fact that Lurie is not 17 anymore and she can't keep runing from him her intire life she has to face him at some point. I just don't understand why that in this movie Halloween's 3-6 never happend.
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Summary: He's Back...Try To Live.
Review: This movie is an absolute masterpiece. Filled with so many twists and turns. It made me want more! Michael Myers is back and scarier than ever in this slam-dunk, begging for more slasher! Laurie Strode had moved away and changed her name so her brother wouldn't find her, but he's back, and living is no longer an option for the students at a private school in California. Definitely an A+ and I would recommend buying this DVD if you haven't gotten it already!
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Summary: WAY BETTER THAN RESERECTION
Review: this film was very good compared to most of the other sequals and definelty better than the latest halloween ( reserection). this movie makes reserection look like garbage - i am very happy with this film and all of the other's except reserection. this movie takes place 20 years after the first halloween and laurie strode thinks shes safe now and protected and shes living with her 17 or 18 yr old son and as halloween approuches she totally forgets at first then remembers and when she does its to late - micheal came home again and is after her and her son.- very scary and good performances by josh hartnett ,ll cool j and jamie lee curtis. also a very good and suprising ending, i recomend you buy or rent this but any haloween fan should buy this for thier collection.
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Summary: I loved this movie!
Review: I loved this movie and everyone other Halloween movie that I have seen. I have seen parts of Halloween 3: Season Of The Witch and from what I can tell it seemed pretty stupid. I hate the fact the nobody really likes Michael anymore, I mean he started the horror movie thing for Jason Voorhees and Freddy Kruger. Don't get me wrong I like Jason and Freddy. But I am really big fan of Michael Myers. Jason and Freddy have tooken things from Michael like the mask idea the one Jason wears! And Freddy who always kills people from the house 1428 Elm Street, Michael not only does he just kill his family, but the people who go into his house. I bet a bunch of you people now hate me, but I'm just making a point. But all 3 of the killers and their movies can scare me still.
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Summary: Round Seven
Review: Trying to forget that dreadful halloween night 20 years earlier, Laurie Strode has gone into the witness protection program as Keri Tate, along with her teenage son John (Josh Hartnett). As October 31 approaches, Keri tries to fight off her demon that keeps popping up in her head. While she tries to prepare and have a good time, Michael has found files leading him right to her, after chasing Marion (the nurse from the first and second film) through her house (The best scene in the film, in my opinion). So he heads cross country in a little green fruit truck to California, and the terror begins.H20 is probably the most respectful sequel in the Halloween franchise. A few good chase scenes and jumps make this move worth watching. What I found the most surprising about this film was its lack of gore. There are very few kills, keeping the film more suspenseful. I wouldn't exactly call it a great film, but enjoyable and fun. A nice addition to the Halloween series.
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Summary: H20 Review
Review: Awesome. I mean it was a little confusing but awesome all the same. Jamie Lee Curtis plays Michael Myers's sister very well. It was an exellent blood bath like most of the Halloween movies. It was a little confusing trying to figure out which of the two was the REAL Michael Myers. I liked this movie although I wouldn't recommend it for viewers with weak stomachs.
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Summary: HALLOWEEN hits Rock Bottom!
Review: In a move similiar to "Godzilla 1985", this Halloween film dumps its last three or so sequels and starts over fresh from the second film. Jamie Lee Curtis is back as the heroine from said movies. She has faked her death and is now the headmistress of a private school in California. She has a mischeivous son (played by Josh Hartnett) who is hoping to go on a field trip but Mom's past has made her very protective of her family. Of course, Michael Myers is not dead. He has been waiting twenty years for another chance to murder his sister. He also spends a good deal of time going after her son and his buddies. Not to mention LL Cool J as the token black guy. He's the security guard who has more depth than most because he is trying to write cheesy love novels. The aura of horror once surrounded with Michael Myers is lost. Without acknowledging the other sequels, this whole story seems messy. Myers is not menacing. He feels more like the killer from "Scream" or "Urban Legend" here. It is Curtis who becomes this sort of "Liuetenant Ripley" super female. In the fourth and fifth Halloween films, Michael was this sort of evil force who could not be stopped. He attacked in claustrophobic situations and the story very rarely gave control over to his victims. Here, he is just a man in a mask who seems to get "starstruck" everytime someone from a big movie or TV show crosses his path. Kevin Williamson's involvment in this project is far too obvious. He doesn't seem to have a good understanding of what made Michael Myers scary. "Halloween" worked a lot better when there was legitimate fear of what Michael Myers stood for. Curtis spends twenty years in fear of this indivual, only to transform into a femme fatale after running from him for about a half an hour. It is amazing that Steve Miner who did an excellent job with the early "Friday The 13th" movies can't recapture any of the horror magic that is Michael Myers for this movie.
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