Total number of members who have this title in their. May 01, 2018 the announcement of jamie lee curtis returning to her role has been the main attraction and part of that is due to my affection for halloween h20. In 1978, he broke out to kill his other sister, laurie strode. With the news that we are now only six months away from this new halloween film, it seems only right to revisit halloween h20. At one stage, carpenter was set to make a return to the. An early workprint version had a different score and an altered opening credits montage, as well as a slightly different version of of the dorm room scene, where the girls have so i married an ax murderer playing on the tv instead of in the final version where they. The film was the first since halloween ii to star jamie lee curtis as laurie strode. Watch halloween h20 twenty years later prime video. Actually, she faked her death to hide from michael, changed her name, and became headmistress at a southern california boarding school attended by her son, teen john josh hartnett.
A dimension films release of a nightfall production. Laurie now lives in northern california under an assumed name, where she works as the headmistress of a private school. H20 20 years later 1998, united states, promotional title halloween 7 1998, united states, working title related sites. Halloween h20 deluxe michael myers mask made of latex, 1piece. Josh hartnett made his film debut in 1998, with halloween h20. The workprint version of h20 is already a final version of the film. Halloween h20 is the final chapter in the original trilogy inaugurated in 1978, back when we first got introduced to michael myers and when we first met laurie strode as the hero of this film. H20 was the twentiethanniversary sequel to the 1978 horror classic, halloween. Memorable teens of horror 1 stars early roles in horror movies 1 prolific movie franchises we love 1 horror movie franchises through the years 1 movies and tv shows with numerical titles 1. H20 twenty years later echo of a scream, h20 holds water horror production. The differences in the footage are little and pretty insignificant. Laurie strode is now the head of a california school under an assumed but she struggles. If you had asked me, even only a little while ago if i was interested in a halloween sequel or reboot, i could have confidently said no. I want too say as a horror fan and i have just recently discovered the halloween franchise halloween h20 is the movie twenty years after the events of halloween night 1978 where 16 year old laurie strode is then just a school girl who has escaped a man who was her not known brother it starts off with the micheal myers, who has been missing for.
Halloween h20 20 years later joseph gordonlevitts parts. It was directed by steve miner and starred jamie lee curtis, ll cool j, josh hartnett, and michelle williams. I have taken sources from bluray, dvd and other clips. Mdn celebrates 10 years of documenting your web the mozilla. Hartnett, 41, played john tate, laurie strodes who was using. To be honest they did make a right mess of the previous films, i mean halloween 3 had nothing to do with michael myers. With jamie lee curtis, josh hartnett, adam arkin, michelle williams. Perhaps realising the previous film had become a confusing mess with a plot consisting of evil cults, a convoluted bloodline, adopted children and paul rudd, halloween h20 scraps it all and instead provides an alternative timeline in which the events of halloween 4, halloween 5 and halloween.
On halloween in 1963, michael myers murdered his sister, judith. Based of the films poster itself and its h2o not h20 as the title refers. H20 functions successfully as a homage to other films. What is more interesting is, that the workprint has got a completely different score than the theatrical cut. Laurie strode, now the dean of a northern california private school with an assumed name, must battle the shape one last time, as the life of her own son hangs in the balance. Horror fans will recognized this location two years later in scream 3. Medical science should study michael myers, the monster who has made the last two decades a living hell for laurie strode. The film is a direct sequel to the first two films, ignoring. To be whole and free again, laurie must battle michael myers on halloween, 1998 exactly 20 years after the original nightmare began.
Resurrection 2002 is the eighth and final installment in the original halloween franchise that started with the 1978 original. A few years later, she faked her death so he couldnt find her. Over the course of three movies and 10 years, executive producer moustapha akkad had steered the halloween franchise, crafting an elaborate backstory for michael myers involving laurie strodes daughter jamie, the town of haddonfield and a druidic cult. Just a couple of months later, on 23 july, 2005 the original mdn wiki site launched and has evolved steadily ever since for the convenience and. Today, we finally venture back to the halloween franchise after halloween 6 almost killed me. He tracks her down to a private school where she has gone under a new. Jan 10, 2014 perhaps realising the previous film had become a confusing mess with a plot consisting of evil cults, a convoluted bloodline, adopted children and paul rudd, halloween h20 scraps it all and instead provides an alternative timeline in which the events of halloween 4, halloween 5 and halloween. In the latest halloween movie, he absorbs a blow from an ax, several knife slashes, a rock pounded on the skull, a fall down a steep. Now the headmistress of a private school, laurie strode still struggles with the horrifying memories of michael myers. Aug 11, 2012 halloween h20 20 years later 1998 joseph gordonlevitts parts more about joseph gordonlevitt. Although h20 was a very worthy entry that featured a perfect ending, i think it lacked some elements that could have easily made it better. Your generosity of a small contribution will make a difference.
The movie is set twenty years after the events of the first two movies. Take on the role of the most legendary halloween serial killer ever with this. Oct 28, 2012 halloween h20 was a surprisingly solid slasher for an era, the late 90s, in which the genre was at its lowest ever, dominated by juvenile scream knockoffs. H20, despite its stupid but funny title, is the best sequel of the halloween franchise. Built in 1923, the mansion has a long and unique history, but more recently has served as a location for many television and film productions.
Aug 05, 2018 built in 1923, the mansion has a long and unique history, but more recently has served as a location for many television and film productions. But now, in 1998, michael has returned and found all the papers he needs to find her. Ignoring h20 and resurrection might confuse a few people, but it also lets the filmmakers strip away the pretenses and return to the premise that made. The end result of this new film, entitled halloween h20. Still, there was room for improvement, and improvement is whats provided by the butchers edit. H20 is by far the best halloween film since halloween 2, well the film did ignore the rest and continued from halloween 2. Tonight, hes back on halloween in 1963, michael myers murdered his sister, judith. How halloween h20 saved the halloween series before they. This is the seventh movie in this horror series and a 20th anniversary followup to john carpenters halloween 1978, arguably the most influential horror film of the 70s, a film that set the standard of horror for the next two decades and catapulted the career of jamie lee curtis.
It is the seventh installment in the halloween franchise. Jamie lee curtis portrayal of a deeply traumatized and haunted laurie strode is beautiful. Oh its an improvement over its predecessors, yes, but with the return of jamie lee, the production credits going to such notables and the directors chair going to the goto horrorsequel guy, steve miner, one might have expected a film that. Because i adore trilogies, i enjoy thinking of halloween, halloween ii and halloween h20 as a very satisfying horror trilogy starring laurie strode, michael myers and their terrifying dynamic. It is the seventh movie in the halloween movie series. However, the recent publicity surrounding david gordon green and david mcbrides new. Laurie strode, now the dean of a northern california private. Two decades after surviving a massacre on october 31, 1978, former baby sitter laurie strode finds herself hunted by persistent knifewielder michael myers. So hopes werent high for halloween h20, which was released 20 years ago this summer. The revenge of laurie strode, halloween 7, halloween 7. After the opening credits, we enter lauries nightmare on the ground floor, lingering momentarily at the stairway to the second floor. Directed by rick rosenthal who directed the first 1981 sequel this movie picks up where halloween h20. Jamie lee curtis, josh hartnett, ll cool j, michelle williams, steve miner.