Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

It has been twenty years since Michael Myers escaped from Smith's Grove and returned to his hometown of Haddonfield to kill his long-lost sister, Laurie Strode. After an explosion at Haddonfield Memorial Hospital caused by Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael's body disappeared and was presumed dead. On October 29, 1998, Marion Wittington (née Chambers), Loomis' former colleague who took care of him until his death, returns home to the house they shared in Langdon, Illinois, only to find that it has been broken into, discovering that the file on Laurie Strode is missing. Marion seeks help from her teenage neighbor, Jimmy, before he and his friend, Tony are killed by Michael, who slashes Marion's throat. Michael drives away in Jimmy's car, as the police arrive on scene. In Summer Glen, California, Laurie lives under the identity of "Keri Tate", having faked her death to stay hidden from Michael. She lives with her son, John, and is the headmistress of Hillcrest Academy, a private boarding school, where she is supported by her secretary, Norma Watson, and guidance counselor Will Brennan, with whom she is in a relationship. Despite the new life she has built for herself, her traumatic encounters with Michael cause her to suffer from chronic nightmares and become an alcoholic, living in fear that her brother will one day find her. Back at the academy, most of the faculty and students are preparing to leave for a trip to Yosemite. Laurie has forbidden John to go, worried that something will happen to him. Meanwhile, Michael, having gotten a flat tire, is forced to steal another vehicle from a woman and her daughter who stop by a highway rest area leaving them unharmed but stranded. When John and his friend Charlie sneak off of campus, Laurie has a heated argument with John about how her fears affect his life. John's girlfriend, Molly Cartwell, is also unable to attend, prompting Charlie Deveraux and his girlfriend Sarah to forego the trip so that they can all have a Halloween party on campus. Reflecting on their argument, Laurie changes her mind about not letting John go on the trip, though he ultimately decides to remain behind with Molly, Charlie, and Sarah, unbeknownst to his mother. After most of the teachers and students have departed, security guard Ronny Jones spots and investigates Michael's stolen truck at the main gate, inadvertently letting Michael sneak onto the campus. Following Norma's advice, Laurie reveals her true identity to Will, before reflecting that John is now the same age she was when Michael first came after her. Attempting to call John, she discovers the phones are down and that he never left campus. Laurie joins Will and Ronny to search for John and his friends, while Michael kills Charlie and Sarah. Molly and John barely escape, before reaching Laurie, who comes face to face with her brother for the first time in twenty years. Will accidentally shoots Ronny, mistaking his shadow for Michael, before Laurie witnesses Michael kill Will himself. Laurie, John and Molly make a run for her truck, but knowing that Michael will never stop hunting her, Laurie decides to face him, arming herself with an axe. Stalking each other throughout the campus, Laurie stabs Michael several times and shoves him off a balcony through a table in the cafeteria below. Before Laurie can finish him off, Ronny, who survived being shot, stops her, believing Michael to be dead. The authorities arrive a short time later and the entire school becomes a crime scene. Michael's supposed dead body is loaded into a coroner's van, but Laurie suspects he is still alive. Predicting Michael's tricky nature, grabs her axe and hijacks the van to kill Michael for good. When he awakens and breaks out of the body bag, Laurie slams on the brakes sending him crashing through the windshield and down an embankment. Laurie then rams the van into him, pinning him down to a downed tree. Laurie approaches and calls out to Michael, staring him down for a moment of pity. After he tries reaching towards her, Laurie decapitates him with the axe. As sirens approach from the distance, Laurie sighs in relief.