Unfortunately, what was promised to be a revitalization turns out to be another disappointing entry in this long-dead series. Despite an uncredited treatment and script polish by "Scream" creator, Kevin Williamson, this film offers no new elements, and much worse, no scares. It is plagued by a routine formula of familiar setups and is filled with so many false-start type tricks, that when Michael Myers finally comes lumbering around, there seems little to do with him to foster genuine fear. Janet Leigh is wasted in an aren't-we-clever cameo that adds nothing to the movie. She and daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis, aren't serviced by this dull script, and I'm surprised to see this mostly good cast in such a tired effort. I expected much more from the concept. If Curtis wished to reward fans of the genre by revisiting the same ground twenty years later, she should have agreed to a better script and/or perhaps coaxed the original director, suspense master, John Carpenter, to return as well. Finally, in another poorly conceived attempt at wit, we have a stupid subtitle: "H20." This only seems to confuse people who would expect some tie-in to a water theme instead of the twenty years later abbreviation.
Review of Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
