Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)

Directed by: Steve Miner
Screenplay by: Robert Zappia and Matt Greenberg

Genre: Horror | Thriller
Running Time: 86 Minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Viewed: Owned DVD

This summer, terror won't be taking a vacation.

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Comments: I always liked the fact that at the beginning of Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Part 4, Troma asks the viewers to forget about the previous two films, as they weren't very good. Unfortunately, no such forward is given in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, and it's a bit into the film that we realize we are supposed to forget about the fourth, fifth, and sixth installments of the franchise (I guess you could throw the third in there as well). There's no mention of Laurie's other daughter, Jamie, nor her granddaughter. I guess those things occurred in Imaginationland. Unfortunately, forgetting those films really doesn't matter as Halloween H20: 20 Years Later isn't much different. Most were subpar (I did enjoy Halloween 4), as is this film, the sixth sequel. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later barely feels like a Halloween film; it feels more like the other late '90s slasher films that caused a reemergence of the genre (Scream comes to mind). However, it is a fitting end to the franchise, and the series finally could be put to rest with a definitive and happy ending. So naturally, they made another one.