Halloween H20: 20 Years Later1998

Name: Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Genre: Slasher, Psychological, Survival
Released: 1998-08-05
Rating: 5.7

“This summer, terror won't be taking a vacation.”

Directed by Steve Miner

5.7

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 5.8Rotten Tomatoes 54%Metacritic 52TMDB 6.0

✍ Review

On the charts

#10·Top Horror Movies of 1998

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Year

1998

Runtime

86 min

Box Office

Budget

$17,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$75,041,738

Domestic

$55,041,738

🏆 2 wins & 12 nominations total

The premise

Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in Northern California under an assumed name, where she works as the headmistress of a private school. But it's not far enough to escape Myers, who soon discovers her whereabouts. As Halloween descends upon Laurie's peaceful community, a feeling of dread weighs upon her -- with good reason.

Horror Vault's take

Twenty years after the nightmare that defined her life, Laurie Strode has buried her past beneath a new name and a new career running a California boarding school — but Michael Myers has a long memory. As Halloween night closes in on her tight-knit community, Laurie's hard-won sense of normalcy begins to crack under the weight of a terror she hoped she'd outrun. This entry shifts the franchise's focus inward, leaning into the psychological toll of survival as much as the threat of the masked killer himself. It's a direct, stripped-down showdown between two figures who have haunted each other for two decades.

Content: Violence, Knife Violence, Jump Scares, Underage Drinking, Death Of Characters