Halloween H20: 20 Years Later also known as
Halloween: H20 is the 7th film in the
Halloween film series. Initially released in the
United States on Wednesday,
August 5,
1998, it was released in several European countries as well as
Singapore,
Australia, and
Mexico in the months that followed.
This is the first film about the
Michael Myers character to not feature
Donald Pleasence. Pleasence had died shortly before the release of
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers thus off-setting one of the key components of the series. This chapter is meant to be a direct sequel to
Halloween II. The "H20" in the title refers to the film taking place in continuity (as well as the sequel and having been made) twenty years after the original.