We'll be scared, yup. Director Steve Miner pulls out all the stops to create mayhem. But H20 goes awry. It is nothing more than formulaic shlock. Miner and his screenwriters, Robert Zappia and Matt Greenberg, let the characters mouth platitudes, the Curtis character's emotional complexities aside.
Teens still die for talking about sex.
Girls are punished more severely than boys. Adults still pay the ultimate price for stupid mistakes. The outcome of absolutely everything is still painfully obvious long before the movie shoves it in our faces. Sequels still suck. Halloween Film Archive Canada's Top Movies 1.