History YMMV / HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater

* ContestedSequel: The film itself is somewhat polarizing. It was very well received by fans at the time of its release, and critics mostly agreed that, at the very least, it was the best ''Halloween'' sequel up to that point. It was praised for its simple and classy approach, its self-aware nods to the original film, the return of Laurie Strode, the excellent performances, and the unique focus on Laurie's struggle with trauma and alcoholism. Years later, some fans accused the film as being far too derivative of ''[[Film/Scream1996 Scream]]'', like almost every other slasher film of the late '90s. Also, some fans don't find Michael Myers remotely threatening or menacing because of the harsh beating he faced at the hands of Laurie Strode, and accuse this film as taking the edge off the character, which wasn't undone until Rob Zombie's reboot. Still, there are some fans that swear by this film as their favorite sequel, even with the better-received [[Film/{{Halloween2018}} 2018 sequel]] taking a similar approach.

** This film chooses to ignore the continuity of the last three, focusing entirely on the Laurie Strode part of the story. The next time Jamie Lee Curtis would return to the franchise - with ''[[{{Film/Halloween 2018}} Halloween]]'' 2018 - it would go a step further with every film after the first being ignored.

** Michael's reactions to being hit are impossible not to laugh at. There's, of course, his eyes bugging out in response to Laurie's GroinAttack. And earlier than that, after John punches him and Molly strikes him over the head, one might be forgiven for thinking they switched out his regular mask for one that's scowling in anger.

* ValuesDissonance: Will being the therapist and having a sexual relationship with Laurie is depicted as utterly consensual and okay. In many nations, any relationship a doctor has with a patient, even if it is consensual, immediately results in the doctor losing their license, and in some countries, can get a sexual assault charge thrown at them since it is seen as an abuse of power.

* BrokenBase:
** Ignoring the continuity of the last three films. Some find it disrespectful to the franchise, while others are happy that the inferior films aren't considered canon. A third camp feels that this doesn't contradict anything that happened in the last three - as Laurie is mentioned to have faked her death - so the Jamie Lloyd films can still be considered canon even if the film doesn't acknowledge them.
** The film itself is somewhat polarizing. It was very well received by fans at the time of its release, and critics mostly agreed that, at the very least, it was the best ''Halloween'' sequel up to that point. It was praised for its simple and classy approach, its self-aware nods to the original film, the return of Laurie Strode, the excellent performances, and the unique focus on Laurie's struggle with trauma and alcoholism. Years later, some fans accused the film as being far too derivative of ''[[Film/Scream1996 Scream]]'', like almost every other slasher film of the late '90s. Also, some fans don't find Michael Myers remotely threatening or menacing because of the harsh beating he faced at the hands of Laurie Strode, and accuse this film as taking the edge off the character, which wasn't undone until Rob Zombie's reboot. Still, there are some fans that swear by this film as their favorite sequel, even with the better-received [[Film/{{Halloween2018}} 2018 sequel]] taking a similar approach.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Michael's CG mask in the scene where he confronts Charlie.

** The film itself is somewhat polarizing. It was very well received by fans at the time of its release, and critics mostly agreed that, at the very least, it was the best ''Halloween'' sequel up to that point. It was praised for its simple and classy approach, its self-aware nods to the original film, the return of Laurie Strode, the excellent performances, and the unique focus on Laurie's struggle with trauma and alcoholism. Years later, some fans accused the film as being far too derivative of ''Film/Scream1996'', like almost every other slasher film of the late '90s. Also, some fans don't find Michael Myers remotely threatening or menacing because of the harsh beating he faced at the hands of Laurie Strode, and accuse this film as taking the edge off the character, which wasn't undone until Rob Zombie's reboot. Still, there are some fans that swear by this film as their favorite sequel, even with the better-received [[Film/{{Halloween2018}} 2018 sequel]] taking a similar approach.
* {{Fanon}}: Some fans theorise that Jimmy from ''Halloween II'' might be John's father. Mainly because his death isn't confirmed[[note]]He's last seen passing out from a concussion in the car[[/note]] and he's outright confirmed to be alive in the TV ReCut. What's more is that Jamie in the previous three films has the [[OneSteveLimit same last name]] as him. This has led to some WildMassGuessing that Jimmy and Laurie got together, eventually faked their deaths out of paranoia and eventually split up.

** Sarah's desire to become a BigBeautifulWoman and her decidedly [[TheLadette un-ladylike]] behaviour is amusing if one is familiar with Jodi Lyn O'Keefe's other famous role - as the AlphaBitch Taylor Vaughn in ''Film/ShesAllThat''.

** This film chooses to ignore the continuity of the last three, focusing entirely on the Laurie Strode part of the story. The next time Jamie Lee Curtis would return to the franchise - with ''{{Film/Halloween 2018}}'' - it would go a step further with every film after the first being ignored.

** There's a deleted scene where Laurie learns from one of her students about the death of Jamie Lloyd, the daughter she abandoned to go into hiding for the duration of parts 4 through 6. Laurie excuses herself from the class, goes into a bathroom and promptly vomits.
** Will accidentally murdering Ronald. Will has just seen Micahel and he knows Michael is a homicidal psychopath. He sees someone walking towards them, and proceeds to shoot five bullets at them. Then it turns out he just murdered a student. He is left in utter horror, and Laurie is clearly weeping.
** Seconds later, Michael comes out of one of the rooms and impales Will in the side. Given that he is Laurie's love interest, this can be very upsetting.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Laurie if you consider parts 4 through 6 to be canon with this film, because that would mean she willingly chose to abandon her daughter by faking her death so she could go into hiding without thinking of what would happen if Michael ever tried to come after Jamie as well, which means everything that happened to Jamie Lloyd is just as much on Laurie's head as it is Michael's.

** While "[=H20=]" part of the film's title is supposed to be read as "h-twenty", the way it's written is all too easy to misread as "H[[subscript:2]]O", the chemical formula of water, which caused some fans to joke about how it sounds more like the title of some kind of crossover between ''Halloween'' and ''Film/{{Jaws}}''.

** The film itself is somewhat polarizing. It was very well received by fans at the time of its release, and critics mostly agreed that, at the very least, it was the best ''Halloween'' sequel up to that point. It was praised for its simple and classy approach, its self-aware nods to the original film, the return of Laurie Strode, the excellent performances, and the unique focus on Laurie's struggle with trauma and alcoholism. Years later, some fans accused the film as being far too derivative of ''[[ Film/{{Scream1996}} Scream]]'', like almost every other slasher film of the late '90s. Also, some fans don't find Michael Myers remotely threatening or menacing because of the harsh beating he faced at the hands of Laurie Strode, and accuse this film as taking the edge off the character, which wasn't undone until Rob Zombie's reboot. Still, there are some fans that swear by this film as their favorite sequel, even with the better-received [[Film/{{Halloween2018}} 2018 sequel]] taking a similar approach.

** The film itself is somewhat polarizing. It was very well received by fans at the time of its release, and critics mostly agreed that, at the very least, it was the best ''Halloween'' sequel up to that point. It was praised for its simple and classy approach, its self-aware nods to the original film, the return of Laurie Strode, the excellent performances, and the unique focus on Laurie's struggle with trauma and alcoholism. Years later, some fans accused the film as being far too derivative of ''Film/{{Scream1996}}'', like almost every other slasher film of the late '90s. Also, some fans don't find Michael Myers remotely threatening or menacing because of the harsh beating he faced at the hands of Laurie Strode, and accuse this film as taking the edge off the character, which wasn't undone until Rob Zombie's reboot. Still, there are some fans that swear by this film as their favorite sequel, even with the better-received [[Film/{{Halloween2018}} 2018 sequel]] taking a similar approach.

* BrokenBase: Ignoring the continuity of the last three films. Some find it disrespectful to the franchise, while others are happy that the inferior films aren't considered canon. A third camp feels that this doesn't contradict anything that happened in the last three - as Laurie is mentioned to have faked her death - so the Jamie Lloyd films can still be considered canon even if the film doesn't acknowledge them.

** Seconds later, Michael comes out of one of the rooms and impales Will in the side. Given that he is Laurie's love interest

* TearJerker: There's a deleted scene where Laurie learns from one of her students about the death of Jamie Lloyd, the daughter she abandoned to go into hiding for the duration of parts 4 through 6. Laurie excuses herself from the class, goes into a bathroom and promptly vomits.

** While "[=H20=]" part of the film's title is supposed to be read as "h-twenty", the way it's written is all too easy to misread as "[=H
O=]", the chemical formula of water, which caused some fans to joke about how it sound more like the title of some kind of crossover between ''Halloween'' and ''Film/{{Jaws}}''.

* {{Narm}}: The infamous "ice skate to the face" kill when you stop and think about it.

** Some of Michael's reactions to being hit are impossible not to laugh at. There's, of course, his eyes bugging out in response to Laurie's GroinAttack. And earlier than that, when Molly strikes him over the head, one might be forgiven for thinking they switched out his regular mask for one that's scowling in anger.

* NightmareFuel: What Michael does to [[spoiler: Sarah. He repeatedly stabs her in the back, and then strings her up for the others to find. To wit, when the lights are turned on, you could see directly through her body.]]

** One TV Spot review said "Finally a sequel...that lives up to the original".

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel

* TearJerker: There's a deleted scene where Laurie learns from one of her students about the death of Jamie Lloyd, the daughter she abandoned to go into hiding for the duration of parts 4 through 6. Laurie excuses herself from the class, goes into a bathroom and promptly vomits.