Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

1988 "Ten years ago he changed the face of Halloween. Tonight, HE'S BACK."
5.8| 1h28m| R| en| More Info
Released: 21 October 1988 Released
Producted By: Trancas International Films
Country: United States of America
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Michael returns to Haddonfield for Jamie Lloyd -- the orphaned daughter of Laurie Strode -- and her babysitter Rachel. Can Dr. Sam Loomis stop him before the unholy slaughter reaches his innocent young niece?

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Gresh854 It's quite humorous when you think about it. Halloween III tried to be completely different from the original Halloween which resulted in pissed off fans, and Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers tried to be nearly the same as the original Halloween but still resulted in pissed off fans like myself. The only difference between Halloween 4 and the original, is that this reimagining is drastically worse. They should've just called this one "John Carpenter's Halloween: Mediocre Edition" if I'm being frank. The newer films simply can't capture the raw and evenly paced direction that at least the first two entries enticed. With that aside, I'm glad they at least beefed up Michael Myers in this one. This is the #1 Myers you don't want to mess around with. Well, that aside Austin Powers.Also, the ending was cute as hell. You'll know what I'm talking about if you've seen the film.
adonis98-743-186503 Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece on Halloween. Can Dr. Loomis stop him? After the confusing and terrible Halloween III the Studio decided to make another Halloween movie and brought back both Michael Myers and Dr. Loomis and as good as that may sound the end result is a film where people get stabbed by shotguns and get crashed by Michael's hands, that's right this time he has become a super villain and has powers for some reason and as insane as both Halloween and Halloween II might have been they still worked thanks to good direction and a plot that made sense at least but this time? It was a simple cash grab. (3/10)
TheLittleSongbird John Carpenter's 1978 'Halloween' is wholly deserving of its status as a horror classic. To this day it's still one of the freakiest films personally seen and introduced the world to one of horror's most iconic villainous characters Michael Myers.Which is why it is such a shame that not only are all of the sequels nowhere near as good but that the decline in quality is so drastic. Ok, the original 'Halloween' is very difficult to follow on from, but most of the sequels could at least looked like effort was made into them. 'Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers' may still be no great shakes but actually is one of the better and more watchable 'Halloween' sequels, better than the previous two sequels and much better than most of the ones that were to follow. Lets start with what is good first. Donald Pleasance and Danielle Harris are very good, particularly Pleasance, who is just as creepy and deranged as Michael Myers himself. Ellie Cornell is sweet without being too much so and doesn't overdo it too much.A few of the deaths are unsettling, especially the first one, and the settings and the music score are suitably eerie. Things are taken more seriously than the previous two sequels and it's not as stupid or illogical while the characters are nowhere near as annoying as before. Praise is given for returning back to its roots somewhat and it feels more of a 'Halloween' film than 'Season of the Witch' which tried to do something different but failed.However, 'Halloween 4' has its issues. Pleasance, Harris and Cornell aside, the acting really isn't worth mentioning, something that was expected but even by 'Halloween' sequel standards it was really terrible. The less said about the even worse script the better, was not expecting much from the dialogue in the first place but again by the sequel standards the cringe factor was high. The characters may not be as annoying here but they are incredibly dull.Praise is to be given for returning back to its roots, as said, but like the second film it is too much of a bland retread with very little, if anything new, with scares, chills and suspense seriously lacking and most of the deaths having little imagination or the shock factor. The ending didn't feel that well rounded off, some of the film is sluggishly paced and directed (but not as inept as in 'Season of the Witch') and the cinematography on the most part is too dark.In conclusion, watchable if no great shakes. 5/10 Bethany Cox
Eric Stevenson After the commercial failure of "Halloween III: Season Of The Witch", the "Halloween" franchise decided to go back to making all of their movies about Michael Myers. I admit this film isn't terrible but it really is bad. Michael Myers returns to kill his niece. Honestly, this movie just come across as being bland. There was nothing interesting about it at all. Like all slasher movies, this was when the series started becoming repetitive. It's Michael killing members of his family and that's about it.The only thing I could really remember as being different was when the niece attacks the woman at the end. Maybe it's just because that was the end! Donald Pleasance as Dr. Loomis appears in this and he basically just gives the same speeches and the same ways to kill Michael that he did in the previous movie. This film is just pointless as Michael obviously isn't dead, but I suppose there's nothing to really hate because it's just another slasher movie, which I'm not a fan of. Those bullies took a liking to the girl rather quickly. **