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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Steve Miner released in USA on 5 august 1998 with Jamie Lee Curtis
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 5 august 1998
Length 1h29
Directed by Steve Miner
OriginUSA
Themes Serial killer films
Rating58%
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later is a 1998 American slasher horror film and seventh installment in the Halloween film series. It was directed by Steve Miner and starred Jamie Lee Curtis, LL Cool J, Josh Hartnett, and Michelle Williams. The film was released on August 5, 1998, to mark the 20th anniversary of the original Halloween (1978).
The story was developed and created by Robert Zappia. The screenplay was written by Robert Zappia and Matt Greenberg. It is a direct sequel to John Carpenter's Halloween and Halloween II and retcons the events that transpired in the fourth, fifth, and sixth installments, rendering them as non-canon in this film. Set twenty years after the events of the first two movies, H20 centers on a post-traumatic Laurie Strode living in fear of her murderous brother, Michael Myers, who attempted to kill her all those years ago. When Michael eventually appears, Laurie must face evil one last time, while the life of her teenage son hangs in the balance.
The film also features many nods and homages to the original film as well as Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and Scream (1996), two of the most critically acclaimed slasher films in history with an influential connection to Carpenter's 1978 film; Psycho inspired the original Halloween and Scream was inspired by the original Halloween. In addition, Janet Leigh, Jamie Lee Curtis's real life mother, who portrayed Marion Crane in Psycho appears in the film as Norma Watson.
The film received mixed reviews from critics, praising the script, direction of Steve Miner and the performances of Jamie Lee Curtis and Josh Hartnett, but received criticism for certain plot points (such as ignoring some of the previous films) and its short running time.
Synopsis
Twenty years after the events of Halloween and Halloween II, on October 29, 1998, Marion Chambers (Nancy Stephens), Dr. Sam Loomis' former colleague, returns to her house in Langdon, Illinois, to find it has been burglarized. Her teenage neighbor Jimmy (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) searches the house and finds nothing. While waiting for the police in her house, Marion discovers a file is missing, the one on Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), Michael Myers' sister who escaped the attacks two decades earlier. She also realizes that someone has been in her house and immediately rushes back over to Jimmy's house, where she finds him and his friend dead. Michael Myers (Chris Durand) appears, and attacks Marion before slitting her throat, killing her. The police arrive as Michael leaves the house with Laurie's file.Actors
Jamie Lee Curtis
(Laurie Strode / Keri Tate)
LL Cool J
(Ronald 'Ronny' Jones)
Josh Hartnett
(John Tate)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
(Jimmy Howell)
Michelle Williams
(Molly Cartwell)
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