Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)

Laurie Strode, now the dean of a Northern California private school with an assumed name, must battle the Shape one last time and now the life of her own son hangs in the balance.

Director:

Steve Miner

Writers:

Debra Hill (characters), John Carpenter (characters)

Stars:

Jamie Lee Curtis, Josh Hartnett, Adam Arkin

11 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jamie Lee Curtis	...	Laurie Strode / Keri Tate
Adam Arkin	...	Will Brennan
Michelle Williams	...	Molly
Adam Hann-Byrd	...	Charlie
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe	...	Sarah
Janet Leigh	...	Norma
Josh Hartnett	...	John
LL Cool J	...	Ronny
Joseph Gordon-Levitt	...	Jimmy
Branden Williams	...	Tony
Nancy Stephens	...	Marion
Beau Billingslea	...	Fitz
Matt Winston	...	Matt
Larisa Miller	...	Claudia
Emmalee Thompson	...	Casey

Storyline

On Halloween in 1963, Michael Myers murdered his sister, Judith. In 1978, he broke out to kill his other sister, Laurie Strode. He killed all of her friends, but she escaped. A few years later, she faked her death so he couldn't find her. But now, in 1998, Michael has returned and found all the papers he needs to find her. He tracks her down to a private school where she has gone under a new name with her son, John. And now, Laurie must do what she should have done a long time ago and finally decided to hunt down the evil one last time.

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Plot Keywords:

halloween | school | evil | michael myers | death | 

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Taglines:

Blood is thicker than Water.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for terror violence/gore and language

Details

Official Sites:

Halloween: The Website of Michael Myers Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 August 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Halloween 7

Filming Locations:

15819 Main Street, La Puente, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$16,187,724 (USA) (7 August 1998)

Gross:

$55,004,135 (USA) (27 November 1998)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dimension Films, Nightfall Productions, Trancas International Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The phrase "Do as I say" is spoken twice by Laurie while escorting the students to safety. This same line was spoken to the children in the original Halloween movie.

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Goofs

(at around 1h 25 mins) Donald Pleasence's name is misspelled at the end of the credits when it says "In Memory of Donald Pleasance".

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Quotes

[to John Tate]
Charlie Devereaux: You're an Oedipal enabler.

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Connections

Follows Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)

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Soundtracks

HAPPY
Written by Sabelle Breer and Rhett Lawrence
Performed by Sabelle
Courtesy of Work Records
A Division of Sony Music Corp.

User Reviews

This movie sucked

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later is one of the worst horror movie sequels in history. Micheal Meyers used to be an effective character but after his fourth film he became a standard horror cliche. The film lacks the great Donland Pleasance and I excepeted more since Kevin Williamson was involved. One can only hope Hallowen 8 is better but I doubt it will be.