: H20: Halloween 20 Years Later
Author: Robert Zappia
Director: Steve Miner
Halloween is supposed to be some sort of horror classic, but frankly I found it boring and predictable (I watched a year or two ago). I was curious if the 20-years-in-the-waiting sequel would prove better. The results are mixed. This movie is more fun, about the same on the mildly scary level, and similar in its lack of plot. Basically Jamie Lee Curtis’ evil brother is back, this time out to kill her son and his high school friends. Eighty percent of the “chills” are fake (the scary noise turns out to be a cat or friend walking past — lame, lame, lame) and Michael Myers himself is boringly ordinary (though absurdly hard to kill). Doesn’t have the gritty documentary feel of the original, but that’s not saying much. The best bit is the casting of Curtis’ mother, Janet Leigh (of Pyscho fame) in a small part (the car she drives is the same one sunk in the lake in Pyscho).
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