Oct 30, 2026 · 1 hr 36 min · 14 segments
Stew and Smith are back with another episode of the It Doesn’t Hold Up podcast discussing Halloween: H20 from 1998 But does it hold up? Email – itdoesntholduppodcast@gmail.com Instagram…
Stuart ShepardHostMichael SmithHost
This is the story of Laurie Strode, who has faked her own death to go live a new life in California.
It always bothers me when films do this, because in America, this was released in August 1998, so to hit the summer market.
Why not release this movie at Halloween? I think the Blair Witch Project did the same thing in America as well.
Well, Blair Witch I can kind of see a little bit more, but even that is sort of autumnal.
It's like when you release a Christmas film in November and wonder why it doesn't do well.
maybe, but if they release a Christmas film over the summer, that's just daft.
But because we've done 1998 a few times, what are we doing for our scene scene?
This is the story of Laurie Strode, who has faked her own death to go live a new life in California.
It always bothers me when films do this, because in America, this was released in August 1998, so to hit the summer market.
Why not release this movie at Halloween? I think the Blair Witch Project did the same thing in America as well.
Well, Blair Witch I can kind of see a little bit more, but even that is sort of autumnal.
It's like when you release a Christmas film in November and wonder why it doesn't do well.
maybe, but if they release a Christmas film over the summer, that's just daft.
But because we've done 1998 a few times, what are we doing for our scene scene?
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