Halloween H20: 20 Years Later 4K 1998

Another October 31st, 20 years have passed since those terrible events, 20 years full of peace and quiet, but no such luck. Michael is on the loose again, how he survived is unclear, but the fact remains. Michael has come for her. And no one and nothing can stop him but Laurie Strott herself.

By that time, Laurie has gone from a small and fragile girl to a woman with obvious mental deviations and delusions of persecution. The events of parts one and two have not gone away for her, and she is understandable. She is forced to live with a constant fear of the past, which, incidentally, is not unreasonable. The best part is that the main character already has a grown-up son who is tired of her constant obsessions. The first half of the film is a dramatic story about a mentally unstable mother and her beloved son, whom she fears losing. By the way, not the most interesting part of the picture, which certainly doesn't fit Carpenter's plot in any way.

But it gets better from there. About halfway through, the real thrashing begins in the best traditions of the genre: The silent killer slashes throats, descends from the canopies, destroys people who get in his way like a snow leopard, silently and in cold blood.

But as stated earlier, it is as if Laurie has been waiting for this moment all along, and when it arrives, the woman deliberately leads everyone out of the building and here the interpersonal warfare begins: One-on-one, brother against sister, maniac against victim. The imaginary victim engages in battle with the serial killer, overcoming all his phobias. Now the character of Jamie Lee Curtis does not look like a helpless person, now it is more like Ripley from the movie "Aliens".

The downside is that we don't get the feeling of the film's integrity after watching it, as if we were told only a part of the story, withholding the most interesting moments. On the whole - not too bad, but I expected better.