Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)

Trancas International

Miramax Films

## Overview

On October 29, 1998, Michael Myers (Chris Durand), burglarizes Dr. Sam Loomis' (voiced by Tom Kane) retirement house in Langdon, Illinois. Loomis' former colleague, Marion Chambers (Nancy Stephens), who took care of Dr. Loomis until he died, arrives and discovers that the file on Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), who is presumed dead in an automobile accident, is missing. Michael murders her, her teenage neighbor Jimmy (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and his friend Tony (Branden Williams), before leaving the house in Jimmy’s car with Laurie's file.

In Summer Glen, California, Laurie, having faked her death to avoid Michael, lives under an assumed name "Keri Tate", having a career as the headmistress of Hillcrest Academy, a private boarding school. Laurie is also in a relat

ionship with Hillcrest guidance counselor Will Brennan (Adam Arkin). However, Laurie is far from happy, as the tragic events from 1978 still haunt her; she lives in fear that Michael may return for her. While a woman and her daughter are at a rest stop, Michael steals their car. At the academy campus, the students leave to attend a school trip to Yosemite, leaving only Laurie, Will, security guard Ronny Jones (LL Cool J), Laurie's son, John, (Josh Hartnett) and his girlfriend Molly Cartwell (Michelle Williams) and their classmate Charlie Deveraux (Adam Hann-Byrd) and his girlfriend Sarah Wainthrope (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe), who are having a Halloween party in the school basement.

Later that night, Laurie reveals her true identity to Will while Michael arrives at the school. He quickly murders Charlie and Sarah, before attacking John and Molly, who are rescued by Laurie and Will, and Michael and Laurie come face to face for the first time in twenty years. Will accidentally shoots Ronny, who had been patrolling the hallway, when he mistakes Ronny's shadow for Michael, and Michael kills Will while Will and Laurie are examining Ronny's body.

Laurie manages to get John and Molly to safety, and realizing that she'll never be safe from Michael as long as he's alive, decides to confront Michael head-on. Laurie stabs Michael numerous times and pushes him over a balcony. She prepares to stab him again, but Ronny, who survived the shooting, stops her. The authorities arrive at the scene and load Michael into a coroner's van, but Laurie, knowing that Michael is still alive, steals the van to kill him for good. Michael awakens and attacks Laurie, who slams on her brakes, sending Michael crashing through the windshield. As Michael rises again, Laurie hits him with the van, before sending them both tumbling down a steep embankment. Laurie, having fallen out of the van, discovers Michael pinned between the van and a tree. Michael reaches for Laurie, who feels a moment of pity for her brother, before she finally decapitates him with an axe.

## Cast

* Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode/Keri Tate
* Adam Arkin as Will Brennan
* Josh Hartnett as John Tate
* Michelle Williams as Molly Cartwell
* Adam Hann-Byrd as Charlie Deveraux
* Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as Sarah Wainthrope
* Janet Leigh as Norma Watson
* LL Cool J as Ronald "Ronny" Jones
* Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Jimmy Howell
* Chris Durand as Michael Myers
* Nancy Stephens as Marion Chambers-Whittington
* Lisa Gay Hamilton as Shirley "Shirl" Jones (voice)
* Matt Winston as Matt Sampson
* Beau Billingslea as Detective Fitzsimmons
* Branden Williams as Tony Alegre
* Tom Kane as Dr. Sam Loomis (voice)
* Larisa Miller as Claudia
* Emmalee Thompson as Casey