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Halloween: H20 (1998)
20 years ago, HE changed the face of Halloween. Tonight, he's back!
Oh my God, how could he? He didn't did he? Yes he did. H20 is rated higher than Night of the Living Dead. Why? It's not because H20 is the better film, I simply enjoyed it more. Night of the Living Dead is is up there more for the impact and importance it had then anything else.
What could have and should have been the last entry into this series, is ruined by what follows. Resurrection is trash, H20 is good trash.
Halloween: H20 isn't a good film, but as a horror film and as an entry in the Halloween series, it's one of the better flicks.
The best looking Myers since the original, the most intimidating since the original and the most fun since the original. Keep in mind, I haven't seen Halloween II. H20 is fun, the deaths are goofy but Curtis gives it her all here. 20 years later, she has moved on...barely. She still has nightmares and visions of The Shape. Well...he's back. Tracking her down, as he does, and killing those in his way. H20 is pure popcorn entertainment.
Should
Halloween: H20 have been the last
Halloween movie? Probably. I really actually haven't watched
Halloween: Resurrection all the way through, but I saw the opening scene where Laurie Strode dies... and it was so horribly done that I just didn't care about
ANYTHING ELSE that went on in the rest of the movie. I've seen bits and pieces. I really ought to give it a proper watch. It's the weirdest
Halloween movie to me -- even more weird than
Halloween III -- and it's mainly weird because of my strange relationship I've had with it.
The Rob Zombie movies are alright to me, though. I'm fine with their existence, but I could live without them.
I
DO NOT AGREE with your feelings about
H20, though. Most of them, anyway. Yes, it's campy fun. No, it is not the best
Halloween movie since the original. And no, it is definitely not the best Michael Myers has looked since the original.
I don't hate
H20. I loved this movie to death when it first came out. I saw it twice at the movies -- the second time was at a drive-in theater. But I quickly realized it wasn't THAT great.
It's horribly too short (even for my standards!) and the whole thing just comes off as looking really goofy and dumb -- which brings me to Michael's mask -- which I think looks idiotic. Bearable, but idiotic.
Halloween 4 and
Halloween 5 are so much better.
Halloween II is better. I love
Halloween II. You must see it. The original, that is, not the Rob Zombie film.