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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

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The apparently comatose Michael Myers (George P. Wilbur) is being transferred from one hospital to another, but he wakes up when the ambulance crew talk about his surviving niece, Jamie (Danielle Harris). After slaughtering his attendants, Myers sets out to find his one living relative who is, fortunately, being cared for by a kind and resourceful foster sister named Rachel (Ellie Cornell). Meanwhile, the ever-cautious Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) remains on the killer's path.
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Halloween 4: The Return Of Michaels Myers may bring the series' masked killer back into the fold, but fails to offer the visceral scares and inventiveness of the original.

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Chris Stuckmann ChrisStuckmann.com 11/01/2019
C+
You can tell that it felt very rushed and things were kind of clobbered together to make this movie at the last second. Go to Full Review
Aja Romano Vox 10/19/2018
I need to state for the record that Donald Pleasence is a truly great actor... But he also loved to chew the scenery, and the middle period of the Halloween franchise gave him plenty to sink his teeth into. Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety 08/27/2007
Fourth entry in the Halloween horror series is a no-frills, workmanlike picture. Go to Full Review
Jack E. Wilkinson United Press International Jun 8
Generally a basic slasher flick but with some spooky moments and a minimum of onscreen gore. Go to Full Review
Kat Halstead Common Sense Media Oct 27
3/5
This fourth installment takes all the elements of the iconic first film and splices them together in what feels like a rushed-off imitation. Go to Full Review
Bryce Hanson Horror Movie Talk Sep 23
7/10
This is the first Halloween movie where I kind of get it. Once they allow Michael Myers to poke a hole in a skull with his thumb… the series has turned a corner. Now he’s not just a guy with a knife, his hands are knives too! Go to Full Review
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Billy T @RT06929990 3d The movie had lots of great action in it. Michael was brutal in it. It was good to see Donald Pleasence back as Dr Sam Loomis. Danielle Harris was exceptional in her first movie role as Jamie Lloyd. A bit of Halloween 4 trivia. Rachel was given only 1 outfit to a sweater and jeans to wear the entire 36-plus days in a row of filming. They were never washed or cleaned due to the extremely tight shooting schedule and budget. In later filmed scenes like the rooftop and woods scene, her clothes, especially her jeans, were dirty and smelled of body and butt sweat odor. Rachel smelled in Halloween 4. She still gave a good performance. See more bluemanorlandofan2026 T @RT92190981 3d One of my favorite Halloween films, Daniel Harris' had great acting in this film, this movie had a great ending, no one expected and has the best Halloween atmosphere, an atmosphere better than Halloween 2 and 1 See more diogo13 T @Tua_mera 5d Gosto de algumas sequências isoladas. A forma que o filme sujo as mãos no final, e como expõe a loucura pós traumática e geracional envolvendo o Loomies e a garotinha é bem forte. Até o modo como a direção evita estímulos muito fortes revelam uma ideia de envelhecimento bem boa para a franquia. Uma pena que tudo isso acaba sendo traduzido para um longo extremamente sem fôlego. Cenas de terror são interrompidas e picotadas depois de um suspense construído, e a falta de variedade de planos de câmera e fotografia pouco estilizados só destaca um tom genérico de todo o projeto, em que qualquer respiro de criatividade é bem calculado. Vira um beta de Halloween Ends feito sob encomenda. See more Jonathan L @RT64752907 Jul 6 The movie is decent but just too slow and not enough scares. See more Andr Filipe D @pixel_bsb Jun 28 I liked the movie. Compared to the previous one, it is definitely a return to form. Although the film doesn't explain what happened to Laurie, it wraps up the story well. It isn't better than the first one, but it is a good continuation of the franchise. See more Katie S. @RT38049882 Jun 1 This movie is awesome it's great to see Michael Myers back since he wasn't in the third movie the acting is great the story is great a really good movie not as good as the first one but definitely better than the second movie See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis The apparently comatose Michael Myers (George P. Wilbur) is being transferred from one hospital to another, but he wakes up when the ambulance crew talk about his surviving niece, Jamie (Danielle Harris). After slaughtering his attendants, Myers sets out to find his one living relative who is, fortunately, being cared for by a kind and resourceful foster sister named Rachel (Ellie Cornell). Meanwhile, the ever-cautious Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) remains on the killer's path.
Director
Dwight H. Little
Producer
Paul Freeman
Screenwriter
Alan B. McElroy
Distributor
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Production Co
Trancas International Films Inc.
Rating
R
Genre
Holiday, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 21, 1988, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 17, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$17.9M
Runtime
1h 28m
Sound Mix
Surround