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Podcast: Retro Blood
Episode: Lights Out: Halloween H20 – 20 Years Later (1998)
Description: It’s Halloween season on Lights Out, and James Kline & J.H. Alison are heading back to 1998 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the original Halloween with the first big reboot of the franchise — Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later!
The boys dive deep into how this movie resurrected Michael Myers for a new generation and whether it still holds up today. They discuss the chaotic history behind H20’s creation — how the success of Scream changed the tone, why Jamie Lee Curtis returned as Laurie Strode, and how the Weinsteins reworked the script from a direct-to-video sequel into a f...