Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

Halloween H20:
Twenty Years Later
Halloween H20:; Twenty Years Later
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Steve Miner
Screenplay by	Robert Zappia; Matt Greenberg;
Story by	Robert Zappia
Based on	Characters created; by Debra Hill; John Carpenter
Produced by	Paul Freeman
Starring	Jamie Lee Curtis; Adam Arkin; Michelle Williams; Adam Hann-Byrd; Jodi Lyn O'Keefe; Janet Leigh; Josh Hartnett; LL Cool J; Joseph Gordon-Levitt;
Cinematography	Daryn Okada
Edited by	Patrick Lussier
Music by	John Ottman; Marco Beltrami
Production; companies	Nightfall Productions; Trancas International;
Distributed by	Dimension Films
Release dates	July 27, 1998 (Los Angeles); August 5, 1998 (United States);
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$17 million
Box office	$75 million

Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later is a 1998 American slasher film directed by Steve Miner, and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, LL Cool J, Adam Arkin, Michelle Williams, Janet Leigh, and Josh Hartnett in his film debut. It is the seventh installment in the Halloween franchise. H20 is a direct sequel to 1978's Halloween and 1981's Halloween II, ignoring the Jamie Lloyd story arc of the previous three installments.^[5] It follows a post-traumatic Laurie Strode, who has faked her death in order to go into hiding from her murderous brother, Michael Myers, who finds her working at a private boarding school in California.

Halloween H20 was released in the United States on August 5, 1998. The film received mixed reviews from critics with many saying it was at that point the best of the sequels but still paled compared to the original. It grossed $75 million worldwide against a budget of $17 million, making it the highest-grossing film in the franchise until the release of the 2018 film. A sequel, Halloween: Resurrection, was released four years later in 2002. A remake of the original film would be released in 2007 with a sequel of its own in 2009, and later another trilogy of sequels throughout 2018, 2021 and 2022 that follow only the original film, disregarding all previous entries.

^ "Halloween: H20". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 3, 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
^ "Halloween H20 - 20 Years Later". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on September 8, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
^ "Halloween: H20 (1998)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
^ Cite error: The named reference ww was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Verniere, James (November 1982). "JOHN CARPENTER: Doing His Own 'Thing'". The Twilight Zone Magazine. pp. 24–30. Retrieved December 2, 2023.

[1] "Halloween: H20". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 3, 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2016.

[2] "Halloween H20 - 20 Years Later". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on September 8, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2016.

[boxofficemojo-3] "Halloween: H20 (1998)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2019.

[ww-4] Cite error: The named reference ww was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[5] Verniere, James (November 1982). "JOHN CARPENTER: Doing His Own 'Thing'". The Twilight Zone Magazine. pp. 24–30. Retrieved December 2, 2023.

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