H20 ticks many of these boxes, which isn't surprising, given Scream creator Kevin Williamson wrote the movie's initial treatment and reportedly came back for some uncredited rewrites.

H20 is far from perfect — like just about every Halloween movie after the first, it’s a mere echo of the wonders Carpenter worked with that elemental premise.

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later stalked its way into theaters on August 5th, 1998. ... It’s the very opposite of movie magic. As a Michael Myers stan, ...