1998 film by Steve Miner
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later is a 1998 American slasher film directed by Steve Miner, and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Adam Arkin, Michelle Williams, Adam Hann-Byrd, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Janet Leigh, Josh Hartnett in his film debut, LL Cool J and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. It is the seventh installment in the Halloween franchise and a sequel to Halloween II (1981), ignoring the Thorn Trilogy story arc of the previous three installments. 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 fifth highest-grossing film in the franchise. A sequel, Halloween: Resurrection, was released in 2002.
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