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Halloween H2O: Twenty Years Later is the seventh entry in the Halloween franchise! I must say I have always liked this sequel! It's very intriguing and pulse quickening!. A TRUE edge of your seat thriller/horror film.
Now Halloween H2O obviously released in 1998, around the same time movies like Scream and Scream 2 and I Know What You Did Last Summer, in the late 1990s horror movies kinda had their own trend, the whole "Hip and Scary" Era. Halloween H2O felt a lot like I was watching Scream 1 or 2 but without the ghostface killer. Halloween H2O even had the same soundtrack as the original Scream movie did. I gotta admit that kinda annoyed me with this film because it constantly made me forget I was watching a Halloween movie. Another big change to this installment was the setting, with Halloween H2O we are no longer in Haddonfield, Illinois, this time the terror takes place in Summer Glenn, California, where Laurie Strode (now under the name of Kerri Tate for hiding purposes) is the headmaster of a private school where her 17 year old son, John goes to, (mind you, Halloween H2O is ignoring all of the events of Halloween 4-6, meaning that in this film Laurie Strode never had Jamie Lloyd). Halloween H2O acts as a TRUE third installment to the original Halloween trilogy, this is only the second timeline of the franchise.
There are some really good scare tactics in this film and most of the time you're on the edge of your seat and biting your nails! I've seen Halloween H2O MANY MANY times and it STILL gets me everytime!!! Especially the elevator scene with Jodi Lynn O'Keefe, that scene has always terrified me! If you've seen Halloween H2O you'll know what I'm talking about! It scares me every single times and always makes my heart race! One of my favorite scenes from H2O.
The soundtrack in this movie is pretty good, we still have our beloved Halloween theme by John Carpenter, and then we have most of the soundtrack of this film from the composer of the original Scream, which personally I wasnt the biggest fan of (adding the Scream soundtrack to a Halloween movie) but that's just my opinion about it. There is even a scene in this movie where Michelle Williams (as Molly) and Jodi Lynn O'Keefe (as Sarah) are smoking pot in their dorm room together and on the TV they're actually watching Scream 2. So not only is the Scream 1 soundtrack involved with this film but you also get a nice little scene from Scream 2 in this movie also. Which was actually kinda cool to see, but really could have toned down the Scream 1 soundtrack for this movie and replaced it with more original and new composed music or the usual Halloween soundtrack (but updated for the late 90s).
The cast in this film is pretty damn solid! We have the amazing and wonderfully talent original scream queen, Jamie Lee Curtis, playing the role of Laurie Strode for the now 3rd time, and like always, SHE DOES NOT DISAPPOINT!. I swear everytime Jamie Lee Curtis plays the role of Laurie Strode she gives it her ALL every single time and I love Curtis for it!!!. Aside from the amazing Jamie Lee, we are joined by new faces to the franchise such as, Josh Hartnett as Laurie's 17 year old rebellious son, John. We have Ms. Michelle Williams playing as John's girlfriend, Molly. We have Ms. Jodi Lynn O'Keefe, playing as college student and John and Molly's friend, Sarah. We also have LL Cool J as Ronnie the school Security guard, and Joseph Gordon Levitt as Jimmy (Levitt has a very small part in the first 20 min of this film and his character is killed off almost instanly), we are also joined by one last remaining familiar face of the original two Halloween films, Nancy Stephens as Marion Chambers. Overall I'd say there isnt one person in the Halloween H2O cast that I didn't like, they're all pretty likeable characters played by likeable actors and actresses. So that gives this film a HUGE plus.
One of the things about this film that annoyed me more than ANYTHING else was Michael's mask in this film, I swear his mask changed at least 5 times in this film. In the first 20 minutes of the film it looks like he's wearing the Halloween 2 (1981) mask, and then it looks like he's wearing the Halloween 6 mask when he splits Marion Chambers' throat. There is a scene in the middle of the film where Michael kills the boy looking for the corkscrew and his mask was 100% CGIed. The mask wouldn't stop changing in this film and it's like the makers couldn't decide which mask they liked better. So they had Michael wear 5 to 8 different masks throughout this film and it gets annoying.
Now the ending scene of this film!!!!!, a lot of people say the ending of this movie should have been the ending to the entire Halloween series! In the last 15 minutes of the film, Paramedics put Michael's assumed dead body in a body bag and load him in a van which Laurie steals and takes off with. While speeding down the road Laurie notices Michael is moving in the body bag so she stomps on the breaks and Michael Flys through the windshield window and onto the gravel in front of the van. Michael stands up and Laurie hits him with the van driving over the edge of a cliff and down a hill where Laurie flew out of the vehicle and the van pins Michael between it and a large tree branch. Laurie picks up an axe and walks over to the trapped pinned up Michael Myers, Laurie talks to Michael Gently and even touches his hand while crying. This moment is kinda emotional because in this particular film they still are brother and sister and Laurie knew that. But she came back to her sense and swung the axe at Michael's head, decapitating him. We see Michael's head roll down the hill and stop in front of the camera and hear Laurie's heavy breathing. Then the film ends. This scene was absolutely AMAZING and BRILLIANT!!!!!! BRAVO JAMIE LEE CURTIS!!!!! I wish I was old enough to see this film in theaters back in 1998 because I heard from everyone who saw this in theaters that when Laurie chopped Michael's head off there was a standing ovation!!!!!. I'm gonna carry not being old enough to see this in theaters to MY GRAVE!!!!!. Truly amazing ending to this film!! A lot of people say it should have been the end of the franchise...but then they ruined a perfectly good ending to a series with Halloween: Resurrection which was released 3 years later. Could have done without Resurrection because it completely ruined what this film had going (or ruined what this film had tried to end).
Overall Halloween H2O is a very worthy a solid Halloween sequel and I highly recommend this movie!!! Its extremely thrilling and scary and enjoyable!!!! Give this amazing slasher flick a go! You wont be disappointed. And if you are disappointed I dont know what's wrong with you. :/
My final rating for Halloween H2O: 10 out of 10
score 10/10
jpasols 11 May 2019
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