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Michael Myers returns yet again to our screens. Donned in the same mask as the last time he returns to attempt to kill one person…. his sister.
20 years on from the original Halloween Laurie Strode is targeted yet again. Last time she faked her death, changed her name and moved house to try to evade Michael Myers. She now plays the part of a Californian private school teacher.
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Genre: Horror sequel Released: Oct 1999 Rating: 18 Duration: 87 mins. Set in: Los Angeles, California Director: Steve Miner Producer: Paul Freeman
Cast: Laurie Strode/Keri Tate (her new name): Jamie Lee Curtis Sarah: Jodi Lyn O’Keefe Jimmy: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Will: Adam Atkin
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Laurie Strode is actually the headmistress at this private California school. Her memories of Michael Myers have been haunting her for the past 20 years. She has passed this all onto her son, John. On his 17th birthday she realises that that is the exact same age Michael struck her. Needless to say it just happens to be October 31st. John didn’t share in his mothers apprehension though, after all, surely Michael would have striked again sooner? He must be dead mustn’t he?
Most of the school goes away on a trip, but John stays behind along with his girlfriend and his mate and his girlfriend. As far as Laurie is aware though he’s gone along with the rest of the school. Laurie’s fears are proved right when Michael returns.
Michael, after trekking across country to California (and killing a few people on his way!) tries to kill John and his girlfriend. (After killing John’s friend and his friends girlfriend) attempts to finish off Laurie, once and for all.
Does he succeed?
Well anyone with an ounce of sense would simply run (or drive because they have access to a car!) straight to the nearest police station…. However, horror films being horror films…. Laurie decides to go back and face Michael after sending John and his girlfriend off to the police station.
So, once more, Michael gets the chance to kill her.
However, after Laurie stabs him he falls to the floor and positively looks dead. So much so they even have the police there putting him in a body bag.
Is that it?
Well of course not!
Laurie is still concerned (and lets face it, she deserves to be!). She drives off with Michael in the back of a police van. Now of course he obviously isn’t dead after all (we all saw that one didn’t we!).
All I’m going to say about the end of this film is that Michael really does <briefly> make you feel <very slightly> sorry for him(!) Think about the psychological problems this man must have….(!)
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Well I really am not a fan of sequels, and, with Halloween H2O being the sixth sequel I really didn’t think I’d like this. I was pleasantly surprised though. I haven’t yet seen any of the other Halloween films (apart from the original) so I can’t compare it to any of those. I don’t think this film is quite as good as the original Halloween, although it is a newer film so that gives Halloween H2O an advantage over the original film. This film is not as gripping as the original. It is far more predictable than Halloween. *****************************======= ~ In conclusion ~ *****************************=======
Halloween H2O really does stand up well, considering it’s the sixth sequel! Although not *quite* as good as the original it is well worth watching. My personal rating would be an 7.5/10.
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Production Year: 1980 - Horror - Director: Paul Lynch - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen, Casey Stevens, Anne-Marie Martin, Antoinette Bower
Production Year: 1981 - Horror - Director: Rick Rosenthal - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Lance Guest, Charles Cyphers, Jeffrey Kramer, Dana Carvey
I loved reading this reveiw, it even had me giggling..! keep up the good work :)
BadBoy 03.03.2002 23:55
man! the guy wouldnt die. I mean theres only so much falling down stairs and being axed, stabbed and run over one man can take. Brilliant op! see you around .. jmk1
Deni 22.02.2002 23:58
great op,I watched this for the first time on tv the other night,not as good as the first one. cheers Deni
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