The Story of Halloween H20: 20 Years Later - A Retrospective 

Corrections for The Story of Halloween: H20 ... - John Carl Buechler was not a founding member of KNB effects - The picture of the knife in the Fun Fact is the wrong knife

I much prefer the Laurie in this movie than the 2018 version. It was more realistic that she’d be traumatised and an alcoholic than living in the woods shooting rifles with a hidden trap in her basement. H2O is very of its time but very fun and well acted.

Whoever thinks this movie is terrible hasnt seen the next one lol

Josh was 19 when a Halloween film catapulted him to stardom. Jamie was also 19 when the same happened.

A 56 minute retrospective on an 86 minute movie, I love it. Awesome work as always mate, keep it up.

This is my Laurie

I look at the series as only having three movies, Halloween, Halloween II, and Halloween H20.. where the shape is finally killed. Every series needs a definitive ending.

H20 was so good at the time when Janet Leigh drove up in the psycho car and offered "Lori motherly advice", the whole theatre erupted in clapping and shouts and went wild. I watch Halloween and H20 back to back. I ignore all the others. I've seen them all but none matter at all to me but those two. And yes I saw the original in the theatre and it was beyond horrifying. Great video!!

This is the first horror movie I ever remember watching as a kid. It scared the shit out of me and I had to turn it off, but rewatched it again a little later and made it all the way through... A horror fan was created that day.

While I definitely enjoyed the parts of Halloween 2018, I definitely prefer H2O. My preferred Laurie Strode trilogy is the original Halloween, Halloween 2, and Halloween H2O. The moment Laurie locks the gate behind her to confront Michael and screams his name and the theme music starts playing gives me chills every time. It's my absolute favorite moment of the entire franchise.

This was one my favorite Halloween movies! Love the great cast, actually one of my favorite casts out of all the films, and was similar in the scare factor that Halloween 1 and 2 offered. Loved the set design and the fact the Janet Leigh played in the film along side her daughter. I thought the whole film was a 8 out of 10.

Perfect way to start off the year than with an awesome retrospective of the movie that honestly made me a fan of horror movies, everytime I watch the scene when Laurie/Keri grabs the fire axe and screams "Michael", I instantly get chillbumps.

I watch the 1978 original & H20 back to back every Halloween. It's became a tradition

I love H20. I feel like it was a great rap up to the story of Laurie. Showing her coping with PTSD and how that affected her relationship with her son in between the scares was really compelling to me.

Enjoyed this so much. H20 Is one of my favorite sequels, but I like Laurie Strode’s HALLOWEEN 2018 return the best. It realistically shows the trauma these events could cause a person in real life (or at least in my mind)🤷🏾‍♂️

Great video. Never bought the whole ending of H20 that it was really the paramedic with a crushed larynx. All he had to do was use the hand he reached out to Laurie with to pull off the mask to reveal the true identity. And why would he even reach out to Laurie in the first place. Not a clever compromise as everyone thinks.

H2O is really good IMO. The whole storyline and characters are good, the school setting worked well and had its own creepiness. Laurie rox, Jamie Lee and Janet Leigh are goddesses!

Nancy Stephens is great in H20, even though she dies rather unceremoniously in H20 and Halloween Kills, her death in H20 is better handled than in Kills, which was a solid disappointment

A perfect retrospective on a wonderful Halloween film, I think I still like this one just a little better than the 2018 one

H20 has a special place in my heart in being the first R rated movie I saw in the theaters. I was 15 at the time.

I still think they should have ended the franchise with this one. It had the perfect ending with Laurie cutting Michael's head off.

This movie is so much more fun than 2018. Its certainly among my favourite of the sequels. And H20 is an awful but also oddly endearing nickname. It has so much more personality that Horror Movie (Year Goes Here).

I have great memories of taking my mom to see Halloween H20 in the cinema. She was a huge Michael Myers (and John Carpenter) fan. I thought this was a great sequel.

Fun fact: Michael Myers' performers Chris Durand and Tom Morga (the first half of "HALLOWEEN 4") did stunt work for "THE LOST WORLD: Jurassic Park" with Tom Morga being the stunt double for Jeff Goldblum.

This movie came out on my 12th birthday and I remember begging my mom to let me see it. I initially left disappointed because he didn’t kill enough people lol but adulthood eyes showed me all the Easter eggs I missed as a kid. I really love this film. I think this film is Jamie Lee Curtis best portrayal of Laurie Strode. I don’t care for scared Laurie from the first two films or Survivalist Laurie from the latest two films. It’s not flawless but it ranks above most of the sequels to me.

I love fictional school setting in this film. Halloweens 4 and 5 have the best atmosphere of all the films, setting-wise. It actually looks like the Midwest and INCORPORATES HALLOWEEN. (Seriously, I hate how obvious it is in the original that adding the holiday was just a gimmick. Everyone is babysitting, but none of the kids are trick-or-treating? GTFO!) But aside from those 2, the Canfield-Moreno Estate provides a backdrop that is equally gorgeous and spooky. It's convincingly isolated, and the gates, hallways, and dumbwaiter all make for great set pieces. The Canfield-Morena Estate is also used as Roman's mansion in Scream 3. The courtyard seen in H20 is where the pool is located. It's covered up in H20 and looks like a cement yard.

Halloween H20 is the best from all the movie franchise! Really good plot and a decent confrontation between Laurie and Michael.

H20 gets overlooked now as a Scream clone, but it was SO refreshing at the time! I wanted to stand up and cheer when it was over.

The work that has gone into this video is brilliant, Layton! Bravo, Sir!

Thank you so much, Layton. This incredible video. I love your look at the Halloween films through the retrospective.

I love how thorough this is! I can tell you put a lot of work and soul into making this. H20 is one of my favorite movies. It makes me so happy when people make these kinds of videos ❤️

oh, wow! i’m a HUGE halloween fan. i thought i knew everything about this franchise. thank you so so much for not repeating what’s already out there!!

Woke up a little while ago and happy to take this in... Happy New year

was so excited when the trailer for this video dropped, love a good long retrospective on a halloween movie. great way to start the year

Another awesome video man, you never disappoint! I have always loved H20!

Once again you knocked it out of the park! Excellent work Layton. Cant wait for the next one..

Wonderful job, you always pick the best movies to cover. Love it.

I love this channel's retrospectives. I usually think I know everything there is to know "Halloween" related, but I always learn stuff I've never heard of on every one of these videos

Happy new year everyone

Wow! These are great and super interesting! I love these retrospectives of the Halloween films. Keep it up.

Great job on this one, Layton.

I love all of your long retrospectives. You do a great job and hope you keep doing more. 👍

Now this is what a call a great belated Christmas present.

Hey I love Halloween H20! Yes it has its downfalls and issues but it was great seeing Jamie Lee Curtis back in her prominent role as a more mature Laurie Strode! I only wish H2O had tied in the previous storyline with her daughter Jamie Lloyd as it has suggested in the earlier draft before release! It would have acknowledged that Laurie did infact have a daughter before faking her own death and assuming a new identity! I was very confused at the time when the film was released. But today it is definitely a beloved movie that lives in my horror collection!

Man bro this channel gold. I could listen to you talk about anything for hours

If you consider the series a trilogy of H1, H2, and H20, it's fantastic. I loved the ending.

I’ve been waiting for this for such a long time. Perfect way to start the year

Dan Farrands' "H/>LLOWEEN 6 Part II: Michael Myers, Lord of The Dead" should have been made into a graphic novel, considering the same was done with his original vision of "HALLOWEEN 8" which featured Laurie Strode as the new Michael Myers.

The work you do in these retrospectives is truly amazing. Thank you

This was a really good retrospect of H20. Have to check out your previous videos. Thanks for the share and Happy New Year.

YES!! THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK! Yes!

Oh... excellent way to start the new year! Dude...your videos kick ass, thank you and keep them coming. Hope you and yours had a great holiday period and wishing you all the best for 2022 (things can only get better....right?)

You don't upload often but then again...Quality takes time! Happy new year Layton 😀

It's good to have you back with another high quality video. And a Happy New Year to you.

Another brilliant video. I always look forward to your content.

I love these! Can’t imagine the work that goes into these.

Awesome stuff man. I really enjoyed it. Love the editing

Your videos are fantastic, dude. Amazing effort on research, editing and overall presentation. Keep up the great work!

been waiting for new content, would like to see one on Back to the Future trilogy. great job

Your inspiration for these retrospective. I love how thematic they are❤️

As a fan of the series and someone who has ADHD, this held my attention from start to finish. I appreciate the love you've put into this. 🤗

What a wonderful new year present. Thank you Layton. Happy 2022 everybody 😄

Laurie Strode is much more well-adjusted in H20 than in Halloween (2018).

This is an awesome video, def just subscribed to your channel and can’t wait to watch more of your retrospectives!

A nothing short of OUTSTANDING Retrospective, Mr. Layton! You deserve so many more subscribers and view counts, it's not even funny. Truly, thank you.

what a great, fun and informative video, loved every second

This was an awesome watch, glad this got recommended!

All I gotta say is your documentary was amazing! Great job and happy new year!

Didn't realise this was almost an hour long when I started it and thought I may not manage it all, but I watched every second. Great video

I recently watched the In Search of Darkness and Cannon films documentaries, and this channel is easily as informative and fun as those! I'm only sad that I binge watched everything so quickly, but these will definitely stand up to rewatches

Excellent video essay! Keep up the great work! :)

Great work. Thank you. Going to watch more of your videos. Hope to see more coming. 🤙🤙🤙

You’re the best in the biz in my book, sir! Well done.

This is a fantastic documentary. I appreciate your work!

Another bang up job Layton. I love the amount of effort you put into these documentaries and I appreciate the level of professionalism displayed here. You would think DVD companies would hire you to add another layer of knowledge and interest to classic film releases. Once again, thank you!!

i loved the "Hobbling" reference when mentioning Jamie Lee Curtis's stunt double broke her foot. Perfect!

So well researched, I love this content

This was my first very own horror film I owned on VHS I was around 12 at the time, loved it 👌🏼

Love your retrospective , can't wait to explore your channel 😀

Wonderful video! H20 Was one of my favorite time goin to the movies with my brother. Miss you bro.

Thank you for this video!!! I have been a fan of the original Halloween ever since I first saw it as a child. Throughout my film career I thought it would be so much fun to actually get to work on one of them, then I got the call to come and contribute some special makeup effects to the franchise. It was one of the most fun experiences working on a film! Everyone on the cast and crew were absolutely wonderful to work with and and see my name on the screen credits for this has been one of my happiest moments. My name is Thomas Surprenant, check the credits . I have so many great memories from that show,and thank you again for making this video!!!

A really interesting video! H20 is one of my favorite of the series, and there was a lot to learn about! 👌

Any day a new Layton video is released, is a great day!

I’ve been waiting for this❤️❤️❤️

Another excellent video. Cheers!

Love all these videos!!! One nitpick though, the CGI mask was originally the "Alien mask", not Buechler's slightly reworked H6. This is evident by the hair and the much smaller, far less detailed ears on the mask. You cant miss the ears on the H6, lol.

Not even half way thru watching this and I’m already hooked!

GREAT Job on my FAVE of the Franchise (directly after the Original of course 😜) As a massive fan, Im VERY Saddened to see Josh Hartnett as her son COMPLETELY cut out of the new Movies👎🏻. I need to find a video that explains why that happened. This movie was such a great take off of the 1st and has a place in my heart. Maybe because I turned 21 the year it came out and lived in both Northern Ca as well as LA. Im SHOCKED the School and surrounding town were NOT Filmed up North! They NAILED that Sonoma/ Napa vibe. This made my morning to see! Thank you

Absolutely love this retrospective !!!!

My attention span is pretty dreadful these days but this retrospective was absolutely bloody brilliant. I was fully engaged and loving every damn second. Brilliantly researched, narrated, edited. I didn't want it to end! You have a huge talent. I genuinely expected to see your channel have over 100k subs because it would be thoroughly deserved. Well done, mate. I can't wait to look though your channel to see what other slasher delights you have here. 🙌💯

Happy New Year Layton and thanks for another great video. I only watched this film again recently.

loved this 1 man! watching all of the horror retrospectives as I type this!

Jamie loved Kevin and really wanted him to work as the main writer because she loved Scream and how it paid respect and homage to Halloween without doing a complete redo of it like most horror movies did after the original, Kevin also wrote in a great scene which included Sarah doing a paper on the Haddonfield murders including the murder of Jamie Lloyd which would trigger Laurie's PTSD leaving her vomiting and weeping in the ladies toilet but the other writer didn't want any inclusion of the other movies and it was scrapped, I think it would've been so much better to have included the story of 4, 5 and Jamies death in 6 to make it like a Sophies Choice type of thing and Laurie could only take one child so she took John making John and Jamie twins, Jamie was only 15 in H6 and this movie is only 3 years later so it's not that farfetched of an idea but they went the route they did which was still a great movie but I get more Scream vibes when I watch it not Halloween vibes

Love you! Keep doing these for different franchises!

Great review & retrospective as always. Keep 'em coming...

Amazing video! I just finished watching there movie and it was nice getting behind the scenes info on it.

As always you make excellent documentaries of our beloved franchise

Awesome retrospect on, in my opinion a wildly underrated entry in this franchise 🎃💯

Fantastic! These retrospectives are wonderful. Your piece on The Terminator came up in my feed - and I’m happily taking a trip down memory lane, thanks to your amazing work. Kudos!

Yet another excellent, highly-informative retrospective - great work, thank you!