Halloween H20 4K Ultra HD Review

THE MOVIE — 3/5

Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode (JAMIE LEE CURTIS) finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in Northern California under an assumed name, where she works as the headmistress of a private school. But it’s not far enough to escape Myers, who soon discovers her whereabouts. As Halloween descends upon Laurie’s peaceful community, a feeling of dread weighs upon her — with good reason.

Quick Hit Review: Halloween: H20 might not be a great Halloween movie and instead feels like a I Know What You Did Last Summer-like slasher (Kevin Williamson served as an executive producer), this is one that I still have found relatively entertaining horror film that has its moments and is certainly one I’d rather watch versus the recent trilogy. Jamie Lee Curtis is great in her return as Laurie Strode and Josh Hartnett was alright in his feature film debut. The film was helmed by Steve Miner who is primarily a TV series director and it kind of shows as this one does lack any unique style.

SPECIAL FEATURES – 0/5

This release comes housed in a Steelbook packaging and has a clear slip cover. Inside is a redemption code for the Digital HD copy. Unfortunately, no features were included.

VIDEO – 4¼/5, AUDIO – 4½/5

Halloween H20 slashes onto 4K Ultra HD and is presented in its original 2.35 widescreen aspect ratio and a 2160p high-definition transfer. There’s no mention on the back cover of any restoration so it’s possible this is the transfer that was part of the Shout Factory box set. But in any case, I found this one to look fine but not exactly extraordinary. Detail is fine especially on close-ups but not overly sharp while colors are on the darker side and black levels are stark with no obvious hints of artifacts or aliasing.

The included DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track is strong with clear dialogue coming across the center channel while there is some good depth with the various kills alongside the music and score.

OVERALL — 2¾/5

Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later I thought was an entertaining movie and although it does have that late 90s slasher vibe revitalized thanks to Scream, it’s still a decent enough Halloween film, and one better than the more recent reboot trilogy.