Halloween: H2O

UPC: 717951001887

Studio: Dimension

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Graphic Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Language, Profanity]

Summary: This is the seventh movie in this horror series and a 20th anniversary follow-up to John Carpenter's 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. Newspaper clippings review the murders 20 years earlier by Michael Myers, including one stating that Laurie Strode (Curtis) died in a car accident. 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). On Halloween, with most of the school staff and students away on a Yosemite camping trip, John plans a "romantic" evening with several of his classmates -- his girlfriend, Molly (Michelle Williams); Charlie (Adam Hann-Byrd); and Sarah (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe). Laurie, meanwhile, has her own date with school counselor Will (Adam Arkin); on their date, she reveals some of the secrets of her past life to Will. Meanwhile, masked Michael (Chris Durand) evades security guard Ronny (LL Cool J) -- and the nightmares begin anew. Curtis' mother, Janet Leigh, appears in a cameo role as the school secretary. The music score by John Ottman features orchestral variations on the 1978 score composed by Carpenter. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

Category: Horror

Features: Unmasking the horror
Trivia game
Music video

Halloween: H2O

Format: DVD

Release Date: 10/19/1999

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 86 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Halloween: H20
1. Program Start
2. He's Back!
3. Opening Credits
4. Another Nightmare
5. The Rest Area
6. Tensions
7. Romantic Rendezvous
8. Breach in Security
9. Keri Opens Up
10. Student Slaughter
11. Family Reunion
12. Final Showdown
13. One Last Goodbye
14. End Credits

Mike DiBella

Michael Myers, the psycho with nine-plus lives, miraculously returns, this time 20 years after the original Halloween massacre. While the film plays reasonably well, taking some visual cues from Wes Craven's Scream films, there are a whole lot of jagged edges. The most glaring is Myers' ludicrous road trip, in which the killer makes it from Illinois to Southern California in less than 24 hours. The original scream queen, Jamie Lee Curtis, also returns and puts up a respectfully convincing performance in the lead role. The film is terse and to the point, aided by some swift direction and visual bells and whistles. The original Halloween still stands as a seminal horror film, and H20 pays adequate respect to the masterpiece. Though its story concept has had more makeovers than most Hollywood debutantes, this culminating act is certainly not the worst in the series. ~ Mike DiBella, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Moustapha Akkad  Executive Producer 
Steve Miner  Director 
Bob Weinstein  Executive Producer 
Harvey Weinstein  Executive Producer 
John Ottman  Composer (Music Score) 
Kevin Williamson  Executive Producer 
Matthew Greenberg  Screenwriter 
Paul Freeman  Producer 
Robert Zappia  Screenwriter 
Jamie Lee Curtis  Actor 
Adam Arkin  Actor 
Josh Hartnett  Actor 
Michelle Williams  Actor 
Adam Hann-Byrd  Actor 
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe  Actor 
Janet Leigh  Actor 
LL Cool J  Actor 
Joseph Gordon-Levitt  Actor 
Nancy Stephens  Actor 
Branden Williams  Actor 
Chris Durand  Actor 

Country: USA