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8.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 44 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 44
  2. Negative: 3 out of 44

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  1. ScottN
    Jun 7, 2009
    10
    I went to see this movie in the theatre expecting it to be pretty awful. After all, how many of you expect the 7th movie in a horror series to be any good? Anyway, I came away pleasantly surprised, and this is now probably my 2nd (or 3rd at worst) favorite in the entire series. Really a nice wrap up to the whole Laurie/Michael storyline, and this is where it ends in my mind. Don't be fooled by Resurrection and the fact that Jamie Lee is in it - that movie is a farce and Jamie Lee's appearance is nothing more than a shameful cameo.. H20 is suspenseful, well written, and well acted. Good job!! Expand
  2. JoJo
    Apr 19, 2004
    10
    Fully Sick, Hallowen H20 Rocks, I love how he comes back and just walks the school, For 1 REASON, To Kill His SISTER. In Ressurection, Why the hell wouldn't the girl tell the god damn police she saw Michael through the window. I wouldn't do it. I mean He walked its halls, he dreamt in its bedrooms, he killed in that house. Fully Sick.
  3. GilbertMulroneycakes:ANewBeginning
    Nov 1, 2003
    7
    It works. It's effective. It's tense. It does the necessary. And it's probably the best of a pretty poor bunch of sequels. Surprised to note on this site that Carpenter didn't come back after all - nuts, my Resurrection spiel's going to make me look like a hideous fool now. I'm sure he poked his nose in somewhere, though. Ah, the hell with it. Point is, this is a good movie, if not a great one; if it's greatness you're after, watch the first. But then you knew that already. Collapse
  4. KatrinaG.
    Oct 28, 2003
    10
    It is scary because you don't know where he is all the time and it can get scary and suspenseful great movie i give it a thumbs up.
  5. bobby-joeb.
    Feb 3, 2005
    9
    Pros: great acting, every moment is scary, screenplay actually makes sense (unlike most other horror's these days) cons: the bastard just never dies does he? Some sadly predictable moments my thoughts: One of the best contemporary horror movies out there. if its a scare you want this movie suplies.
  6. ChristianS.
    Aug 8, 2009
    9
    Tied up with 1981's Halloween II, the second best in the series. Jamie Lee Curtis is back and it gets better. The whole film is very suspenseful and creepy from start to finish.
  7. patrick
    Jun 11, 2005
    10
    Yay!
  8. GeorgeW
    Jan 14, 2008
    10
    This is a great film. One of the best thrillers ever made. It's actually much better than the first, in my opinion. This film is quite thrilling, the music made it thrilling actually. The best thing about it is that it scares us rather than showing us gore and stuff like that. Oh yes, the gore is minimal, there's also no sex/nudity. Great film!
  9. Nov 6, 2010
    9
    very nice sequel to the original
  10. SFN
    Jan 8, 2011
    10
    this is movie is awful, it falls flat on its face so much, the storyline where micheal tracks his sister down and now stalks her at a school is terrible, the actors are GOD awful!!! except jamie lee curtis, the whole movie was just a big waist of time i will admit that their are some good parts but thats it, not worth the time
  11. Jul 30, 2011
    3
    wow. can we get any gayer? YES! its called halloween resurrection! i cant even believe jamie lee curtis signed on to this abomination of a film. not only does michael myers' mask make him look like he has down syndrome, but nothing about this movie is scary. NOTHING.
  12. Aug 12, 2011
    7
    This movie will always have a place in my heart as it is the first horror movie I ever saw. I saw it before the other Halloween films and so I thought it was the greatest thing I'd ever seen. Truthfully, it is not a bad horror movie. Hartnett and Williams are a lot of fun to watch and Jamie Lee Curtis never disappoints. The problem is that nothing beats the first Halloween and to even try is a fruitless endeavor Expand
  13. Dec 22, 2011
    3
    It was ok. Still a little too generic for my taste and the acting was pretty horrible too. The kills werent all that good either. Takes far too long to get into as well. Just another generic addition to the series.
  14. Mar 11, 2012
    10
    Amazing movie! A direct sequel to "Halloween II." This (like other "Halloween" movies) doesn't get enough credit for bringing something new to cinema. I love it!
  15. Dec 9, 2012
    7
    For all its weaknesses, I give this movie major points if only for trying to undo some of the damage to the series from parts 5 and 6; the director is clearly trying to shed some of the franchise' bad habits by de-canonizing the ridiculous "mark of Thorn" timeline. The return of Laurie Strode is strictly good news, as we can finally expect a more fitting conclusion to her story than an off-screen car crash Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 20 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 20
  2. Negative: 3 out of 20
  1. 50
    He can take a licking and keep on slicing. In the latest Halloween movie, he absorbs a blow from an ax, several knife slashes, a rock pounded on the skull, a fall down a steep hillside and being crushed against a tree by a truck. Whatever he's got, mankind needs it.
  2. For horror film devotees eager to know how this unseasonable visit from the darker spirits of autumn rates, frankly, it's more marketing trick than moviegoer treat.
  3. The 20th-anniversary sequel to the groundbreaking horror film-and the sixth in an increasingly awful series about the bulletproof murderer Michael Myers-is a styleless and predictable affair.