In 1998, Halloween H20 saved the sputtering horror franchise, thanks to a great cast and excellent scares, but it was never given the praise it deserves.
By the late 1990s, the Halloween franchise was looking about as dead as one of Michael Myers’ victims. It had been a while since the glory days of the original or the sequel, which were released at a time when slasher movies reigned supreme at the box office. Halloween III: Season of the Witch was notable for not following Michael Myers at all, with the filmmakers hoping to turn the Halloween franchise into an anthology series.
The return of Jamie Lee Curtis Finally, after being absent from four films, Jamie Lee Curtis returned for Halloween: H20. This not only sent a message that H20 would be a return to form, but it also showed the series still had star power. In the movie, Curtis reprises her role as Laurie Strode, who was killed offscreen in a plane crash in Halloween 4. In H20, she reveals she faked her own death in order to escape Michael Myers for good.
The school’s design also added to the suspense. Built into a series of mission-style buildings, the school was a winding maze of hallways, dormitories, classrooms, and cafeterias. It had a level of thought and intricacy that the Halloween franchise hadn’t seen in a long time. In fact, aside from the first kills of the movie that take place before the opening credits, the real action doesn’t start until about 46 minutes and Michael’s first kill isn’t until 58 minutes in. A good chunk of H20 is about building the story and the characters, making it much more impactful when Michael finally shows up.
Strode could have left with her son, escaping and giving herself another year of freedom. But instead, she chose to stay. In order to give herself her life back and to ensure her son’s safety, she knew she couldn’t just run away once again. Older, wiser, and bearing more responsibility, Strode took on a new role in H20.
Was it all for nothing? Sadly, after breathing fresh life into the franchise, the series once again managed to destroy itself with 2002’s unbearably boring Halloween Resurrection which featured a lackluster cast that couldn’t act and killed Curtis off in the first 15 minutes. It was supposed to be shocking to see the franchise kill off its star in the first scene, but in reality, it was an omen of what was in store … bad decisions.
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