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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?

Overview

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Director:
Dwight H. Little
Writers (WGA):
Danny Lipsius (story) &
Larry Rattner (story) ...
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Release Date:
21 October 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Thriller more
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
Awards:
2 nominations more
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(7 articles)
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 (From Fangoria. 19 January 2009, 8:00 AM, PST)

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Not bad . . . more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Halloween 4 (Philippines: English title)
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Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Ultra Stereo
Filming Locations:
Midvale, Utah, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Leaves had to be imported and squash was painted to look like pumpkins. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Michael's full name is Michael Audrey Myers yet in the mental hospital when someone is typing his name on a form they write Myers, Michael M (possibly character error). more
Quotes:
Dr. Samuel Loomis: Why wasn't I notified?
Dr. Hoffman: About what?
Dr. Samuel Loomis: You know damn well about what! You let them take it out of here!
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Soundtrack:
Halloween Theme more

FAQ

How old is Michael Myers?
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14 out of 17 people found the following comment useful:-
Not bad . . ., 2 December 2003
Author: jaywriterXIII from USA

. . . considering Halloween 4 came some eight years after the previous Myers-inclusive Halloween, considering Carpenter had even less influence, considering the plot took a slightly different direction, considering most other franchises really suck before they even get to 3 sequels.

The problem I have with most horror sequels is the fact it switches over to new characters every film, and none of the characters really get much sympathy. I dunno if I ever cared about anyone in Friday the 13th. But in the Halloweens (1,2,4,and 5), they've always taken the time to get to know the main characters first and stick with them for at least one sequel. Also in Halloween, we had a staple character besides Myers - Donald Pleasence - who returned to battle Myers every time until his untimely death.

I really liked the Jamie Lloyd character (I mean, getting decent actors in horror is difficult enough, but getting a good child actor in horror? Look at Child's Play! We struck gold with Danielle), her storyline, and the rest of the new characters for Michael to stalk. Oh yes, and of course, Donald Pleasence.

Alan Howarth parts with Carpenter, and takes the score solo, playing some fun twists to the main Halloween and the stalking theme, giving Jamie a theme appropriately derivative of Laurie's theme and intermingling all the themes in various places for an original sound with music that's been with us for 2 movies now.

Hopefully the viewer won't remember the end of Halloween 2 well enough to recall Laurie shooting Michael's eyes out, and him stumbling around slicing blindly as blood ran down his mask--wait, this is horror, everyone's accustomed to inconsistency with horror. Nevermind. Besides, compared to the plot holes of Curse of Michael Myers and then H20 neglecting Halloween 4 & 5, who cares about that minor detail.

Despite the new look, new characters, new tweaks, Halloween 4 can't escape the fact that it is a sequel slasher and so despite everything that's new (that works) . . . it's all the same. That's where my problem with the film lay, and that's why I can't rank this up there with some of my favorite horror films of all time. It's a good Halloween sequel, but there are better, more original films, within this series and especially in other series. Oh well.

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