Halloween: H20

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Summary: Halloween series kicks back in simple style
Review: Halloween H20 is the first Halloween film since the first to include Jamie Lee Curtis and her character of Laurie Strode. This extra addition to the film, adding emotional touches to the plot, automatically makes it an above-average film. Yet what I liked about H20 was the way in which it was not trying to be as clever or as funny as Scream, but rather merely attempted to bring the old, classic style of horror back to the movies.....no sophistication necessary. What results is a very scary film with more jumps than in any other horror film, and a Michael Myers that seems much more realistic and less "robotic" than in Halloween parts 4, 5 and 6. Michael Myers kicks serious arse, while violence is by no means tame. In fact, numerous horror references also show a degree of intelligence to this film.

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Summary: h20
Review: Clever,exciting,scary and very entertaining!Jamie Lee Curtis is great.The best horror-movie through all times!It doesnt matter if you dont like scary movies,you are going to love this masterpiece!

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Summary: Excellent!!
Review: Halloween H20 is excellent! Terror from the first minute! I was shacking in the theater wondering what would happen next! Jamie Lee give the best performance of a mother with a dark past and fighting off alcohol abuse. The part where Michael and Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) stand face to face was wonderful! Michael gave it the special touch adding the head tilt that he gave in the first Halloween! Jamie Lee's character reminded me a little of Neve Campbell in Scream2 when she went back to fight of her fear. Surprisingly Kevin Willaimson who wrote Scream, Scream2, and IKWYDLS co-wrote this film! I couldn't get this film out of my head! I still can't! I went and saw it 12 times before it left the theaters! Who cares about the price! By the movie! TERROR FROM THE START!!

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Summary: SO overrated...
Review: It seems that the only reason people say that this is the best Halloween sequel, and that it matches the style of the original, yadda, yadda, yadda, is because Jaime Lee Curtis revives her role as Laurie Strode. It is WAY overrated, and it truly boggels me why so many people give it *** stars and up. It's not scary AT ALL, and it doesn't even LOOK like it's taking place on Halloween. And it's just BORING. But I really can't give it under two stars. It's just not THAT bad. I wouldint reccomend it unless you feel you must watch every Halloween movie.

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Summary: The first horror sequel thats ever lived up to the original!
Review: Before i watched this movie i thought it was gonna be another good installment in the series but nothing special. It didnt even pass my mind that it could be as good or almost as good as the original. It was! I found this to be one of the best horror sequels ever! It is my favorite in the Halloween series , tieing with the first. If you liked the first i strongly recomend this one!

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Summary: Finally a Sequel that Lives up to the original
Review: I have this Halloween movie, and I love my favorite out of the whole series, i watch like 100 times, very smart halloween sequel and alot of exciting moments 5.0/5.0 9/10 Get this Halloween sequel

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Summary: H20
Review: Halloween H20 is the seventh movie of the Halloween series and is in my opionion the best since the first one mainly due to the return of Jamie Lee Curtis. The only down side is that there is no Dr Sam Loomis due to the unfortunete passing of Donald Plescense. In case of confusion, H20 is not really linked to H4, H5 and H6 and is more linked to John Carpender's opening two Halloween movies.

The story is based of Laurie Strode, now named Keri Tate having faked her death. She is now head mistress of a high school in Summer Glen, California. She is still suffering the trauma of her ordeal in 1978 and as Halloween approaches is having nightmares and seing reflections of her maniac brother Michael Myers. But of course, Myers tracks her down and Strode is now in a desperate situation to save herself and her son John.

This is a good movie, without being overly good. It's well acted and well script and the story line is excellent. I would not recommend this film for anyone who hasn't seen the first two movies. I also like the fact that the movie goes back to basics like the first two movies rather than all the rubbish about the 'thorn' constellation in the last movie.

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Summary: Another Late 90s Slasher Flick
Review: I was a teenager in the late 90s and if youre aware of the pop culture back then, youll notice that theyre trying to imitate almost every movie formulas that were popular in the 80s.Theres nothing special about this one.Its the same plot,a group of friends,a killer,theyre being killed one by one,then they try to kill the killer,Jason "dies",the leads are still alive and everyones's relieved,is Jason coming back?Who cares?Even Jamie Leigh Curtis and Janet Leigh doesnt help.Stick to the classics.

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Summary: A JLC Pet Project - 4 stars
Review: A very "tight" movie - can't recall a single bit of "fluff" - action/story moved right along.

They could have made this longer - even by adding "fluff" - without hurting the over all quality.

A good scary movie - and one where you don't feel exhausted after watching it.

I especially like how Laurie Strode sees her brother stalking her in reflective surfaces or even broad daylight; She closes her eyes and takes a breath (or several) to make the hallucination go away - the viewer keeps watching wondering when she's going to try this and find out that he's really finally tracked her down!!

I give this only 4 of 5 stars for the following reasons:
* They briefly teased us into thinking JLC's boyfriend was posing as MM to mess with her mind and then stopped. Would have been awesome if they could have developed this area more and kept us guessing longer.
* LL COOL J played the security guard - what a waste of a good story character. They could have had any 'unknown' take this part and make something good of it - he just created a distraction to the point where I was glad someone shot him.

Wonderful detail and references to other horror movies woven into the fabric of this film - watch the Bonus material!
(The Bonus material is very interesting with the exception of the interviews with the German accent guy who is beyond boring!)


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Summary: 20 Years Later, and the Filmmakers Still Haven't Learned
Review: This movie should have been the best in the series of sequels. The very idea was outstanding simply because it brought Jamie Lee back after 20 years. What fan wouldn't want to see that?

Laurie Strode is now an alcoholic authority figure at a prep school, where her son is being a delinquant. Michael decides it's time to kill her again, so he heads off to the school. Strodes' son, meanwhile, has strayed from a field trip and is having a hush-hush Halloween party with his friends on campus. You know what happens next.

...Or do you? Though the premise was almost perfect, the movie ends up becoming a non self-referential 'Scream' knock-off. Unlike the original and (occasionally) the earlier sequels, this one does not rely on suspense. Rather, it relies on "jump scares" that become tiring after the first 20 minutes. The opening sequence generates some chills and the very end of the film was really the only scene that did something interesting and somewhat surprising, though it's now ruined based on the 8th installment giving the character of Laurie a horrible fairwell and continuing the story with an uncreative angle.