Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

Horror has returned to Haddonfield.

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Release Date: Oct 21, 1988
Rated: R | Runtime: 88 Mins | Language: English
Director: Dwight H. Little
Stars: Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, George P. Wilbur, Michael Pataki, Beau Starr, Kathleen Kinmont

Summary

The legend of that creepy masked-man, Michael Myers, comes to life once again in this fourth installment of the successful horror franchise. This time, it's Michael's niece, Jamie, who can't seem to escape her crazy uncle. With Michael on the loose, Jamie enlists the help of good old Dr. Loomis to stop the murderer. This time, though, there seems to be no end to Michael's madness.

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What to Expect

Michael Myers is back! And if we're being honest it's a bit surprising considering he got shot THIRTEEN times, including taking bullets into BOTH eyeballs, and was burned alive at the end of Halloween 2.

Loomis is back too! Even though he literally blew himself up in the same room as Myers. You would think he would at least look something like Freddy Krueger by now, but nope, he just has a little smudge on his cheek.

So, both are invincible. Accepted. Moving on.

Halloween 4 is basically the same movie as Halloween 1. Myers breaks out of the mental hospital, kills an auto mechanic for his uniform and drives to Haddonfield to kill his niece. Last time he tried to kill his sister, but she's gone so he targets her daughter instead. Loomis catches wind of Myers' escape and chases after him. Many of the scenes mirror scenes in the original. It even manages to recreate the iconic scene of Myers as a little kid in the clown costume. Only t Read more...

So, both are invincible. Accepted. Moving on.

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Critic Reviews:

Although not as tense as its predecessors, Halloween 4 is nonetheless a grown up film, eschewing many of the cheesy traits of its genre stablemates and almost maintaining a standard that had been set some ten years earlier.

– Classic Monsters

Despite the tone of the preceding 1,500 words, I’m not saying that “Halloween 4” is a bad “Halloween” sequel, or even a bad movie. A fair portion of its odd nature can be attributed to the time it was made, and trends that were popular then.

– Culture Crypt

Halloween 4 didn’t get my enthusiasm years ago, but my recent viewing turned me around. The escalation into action territory in the third act proves Dwight H. Little’s mettle for later endeavors like Marked for Death and Rapid Fire.

– Cult Spark