Halloween H2O: 20 Years Later [Includes Digital Copy] [SteelBook] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray]

Director: Steve Miner Steve Miner

Overview

This is the seventh movie in this horror series and a 20th anniversary follow-up to John Carpenter's Halloween (1978), arguably the most influential horror film of the '70s, a film that set the standard of horror for the next two decades and catapulted the career of Jamie Lee Curtis. Newspaper clippings review the murders 20 years earlier by Michael Myers, including one stating that Laurie Strode (Curtis) died in a car accident. Actually, she faked her death to hide from Michael, changed her name, and became headmistress at a Southern California boarding school attended by her son, teen John (Josh Hartnett). On Halloween, with most of the school staff and students away on a Yosemite camping trip, John plans a "romantic" evening with several of his classmates -- his girlfriend, Molly (Michelle Williams); Charlie (Adam Hann-Byrd); and Sarah (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe). Laurie, meanwhile, has her own date with school counselor Will (Adam Arkin); on their date, she reveals some of the secrets of her past life to Will. Meanwhile, masked Michael (Chris Durand) evades security guard Ronny (LL Cool J) -- and the nightmares begin anew. Curtis' mother, Janet Leigh, appears in a cameo role as the school secretary. The music score by John Ottman features orchestral variations on the 1978 score composed by Carpenter.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/26/2023
UPC:	0191329250686
Original Release:	1998
Rating:	R
Source:	Miramax
Language:	English
Format:	Blu-ray
Sales rank:	8,127

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jamie Lee Curtis	Laurie Strode/Carrie Tate
Josh Hartnett	John Tate
Michelle Williams	Molly,Tony
Adam Arkin	Will
LL Cool J	Ronnie
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe	Sarah
Janet Leigh	Norma
Adam Hann-Byrd	Charlie
Joseph Gordon-Levitt	Jimmy
Nancy Stephens	Marion
Larisa Miller	Claudia,Actor
Emmalee Thompson	Casey
Matt Winston	Matt
Beau Billingslea	Fitz
David Blanchard	Waiter
John Cassini	Cop No. 1
Jody Wood	Cop No. 2
Lisa Gay Hamilton	Shirl
Chris Durand	Michael
John Ottman	Composer
Jeremy Sweet	Composer
Marco Beltrami	Composer

Technical Credits

Robert Zappia

Matt Greenberg

Debra Hill

John Carpenter

Steve Miner	Director
Robert Zappia	Screenwriter
Matt Greenberg	Screenwriter
Paul Freeman	Producer
Moustapha Akkad	Executive Producer
Ross Brown	Casting
John Hartigan	Special Effects
Donna Keegan	Stunts
Christine Sheaks	Casting
Debra Hill	Screenwriter
John Carpenter	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Michael Myers, the psycho with nine-plus lives, miraculously returns, this time 20 years after the original Halloween massacre. While the film plays reasonably well, taking some visual cues from Wes Craven's Scream films, there are a whole lot of jagged edges. The most glaring is Myers' ludicrous road trip, in which the killer makes it from Illinois to Southern California in less than 24 hours. The original scream queen, Jamie Lee Curtis, also returns and puts up a respectfully convincing performance in the lead role. The film is terse and to the point, aided by some swift direction and visual bells and whistles. The original Halloween still stands as a seminal horror film, and H20 pays adequate respect to the masterpiece. Though its story concept has had more makeovers than most Hollywood debutantes, this culminating act is certainly not the worst in the series.

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