We continue to look back in retrospect at the Halloween franchise films that we have loved, or at least found entertaining, before they cease to exist with the release of the new Halloween II on October 19th. We continue our fond remembrance of the Halloween franchise with Halloween H2O...
Its been 20 years since the events that happened in the original Halloween. In this installment of the franchise Michael Myers has been on the run or just in hiding but he is returning. Jamie Lee Curtis is back as Laurie. She has moved far from Haddenfield. She is in constant fear that Myers will return. Now the headmistress of a boarding school in northern California with here 17 year old son who has no interest in the legend of Michael Myers. The school is on the verge of a annual camping trip and Laurie will not let her son go due to her fears, but of course, he has a girlfriend... well, we were all that age. Michael finds his way to Northern California and once again the hunt begins.
Josh Hartnett plays Lauries son, and even though his mom says he can go camping, he decides to stay and not tell her. Him, his girl and a few others want to have a Halloween party since Laurie has never let her son. L. L. Cool J plays the schools security officer, but I was really not sure if he was playing the cook from Deep Blue Sea. I'm not wanting to say this movie is the worst movie in the franchise, but it the worst one I can remember. I know its a slasher flick but when you go from a small low budget to the big Hollywood treatment most of the time it winds up hurting the production more than helping, especially with horror movies. Myers systematically goes on a killing spree and there is a decent kill count but it still falls very short of the original. The third act feels like it was an after thought and the final confrontation was one of the biggest WTF moments I have ever seen on camera. I would like to give this a recommendation because its a good film, but all I will say is if you want a laugh or two this might be the sequel for you. As always please check out all the films I review and make up your own mind.
I give Halloween H2O a 4 out of 10
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