Twenty years after Michael Myers first broke out of Smith's Grove sanitarium and embarked on his murderous rampage to kill his sister, Laurie Strode, he now returns to kill again. Laurie, who faked her death shortly after the terrifying events of Halloween 1978, has been living in California under the name Keri Tate. There she works as the dean of a local school. Every year she suffers through Halloween, desperately hoping that her brother Michael won't find her. But he has...
Michael has found his way to the school where Laurie is working over-night watching over a small group of students, including her son, who have stayed behind while their classmates go on a camping trip. She is kept company by her boyfriend, Will, who is a teacher at the school. Now nobody is safe as Michael prowls the school groups looking for victims. After 20 years Laurie will now have to face the ghosts of her past and square off against her psychotic brother in order to protect her sons life, and her own.
Halloween H20 is the first film since Halloween 2 to star Jamie Lee Curtis and her character, Laurie Strode. The film practically ignores the existence of the other sequels and instead focuses entirely on the Laurie vs. Michael dynamic of the original two films. Sadly this is also the first Halloween film not to feature Dr. Loomis on account of the actor, Donald Pleasence, having passed away.
On the other hand the film does see the return of John Carpenter as a writer. None of the sequels beat the first two films, and it is hard to really list them from best to worst. But this film is a strong addition to the Halloween series with good writing, acting, and dialogue as well as just barely enough jumps, scares, and grisly kill scenes. Its dramatic and abrupt ending might have one think that this was the end of the legendary slasher franchise... not so much.
4 hockey skates to the face out of 5Rated R for terror violence/gore and language.
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