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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) -- 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?
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5.6/10   10,301 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Danny Lipsius (story) &
Larry Rattner (story) ...
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Release Date:
21 October 1988 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Ten Years Ago HE Changed The Face Of Halloween. Tonight HE'S BACK! more
Plot:
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? full summary | full synopsis
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2 nominations more
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(11 articles)
MattFini's Halloween Top 10 Lists: Best Sequels
 (From Dread Central. 28 October 2009, 4:33 PM, PDT)

50 Influential Scream Queens: Part 2
 (From Fangoria. 27 October 2009, 10:57 PM, PDT)

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Scary, and full of suspense more (317 total)

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Halloween 4 (Philippines: English title)
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88 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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In the original script, Rachel hit Michael with the truck five times. While shooting they reduced it to three and in editing it came out as one. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The blue sedan Dr. Loomis parks at the pumps outside the gas station is different than the one that blows up minutes later in the same location during a fire. The vehicle he parks is a 1982-1983 Chevy Malibu with four headlamps and one kind of grille. The vehicle that explodes in the fire is a 1980-1981 Malibu with two headlamps and a different grille. more
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[at Ridgemont; a loud, distant shriek]
Man Attendant: Jesus!
Security Guard: Jesus ain't got nothin' to do with this place!
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Halloween Theme more

FAQ

How old is Michael Myers?
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16 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
Scary, and full of suspense, 15 October 2002
Author: jesslb from Springfield, Illinois

Scary, Scary, Scary! And FAR superior to part 5 The Revenge Of Michael Myers. I love the scene where Kelly Meeker brings the coffee to who she *thinks* is the deputy sitting in the rocking chair. SCARY stuff. That scene ALWAYS scares the crap out of me. This movie is loaded with suspense, and it has an absolutely SHOCKING, although unexplained ending. Just hearing Dr. Loomis saying "no, no, nooo..." then crying can spook you out! The truck scene towards the end is very scary and suspenseful as well. The scene where he bashes his head through the windshield still makes me jump.

Also, the heroines in this movie are almost as good as Laurie and her girlfriends in the first movie. Ellie Cornell is superb as Rachel (I was very sorry to see her get killed off in the next movie), and the relationship between her and her stepsister Jamie is wonderful.

For a Halloween movie, I'd definitely give it a 9 out of a 10!

(I always wondered and hoped that there really was a Haddonfield here in Illinois!)

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