Halloween H20 Is a Fascinating Moment in 90s Meta-Horror
2018 is a big year forHalloween.John Carpenter’s iconic slasher film celebrates it’s 40th anniversary this October. That same month,David Gordon Greenreboots the franchise anew with a sequel that rewrites Laurie Strode’s history, shelving everything after the end of the first film. But lest we forget, it’s also the 20th anniversary of anotherHalloweensequel that pulled the same trick, 1998’sHalloween H20, which arrived in theaters 20 years after the original (hence that horrible title) and broughtJamie Lee Curtisback to the franchise for the first time since 1981’sHalloween IIby ignoring all the sequels that came after....