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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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Mike Emery Austin Chronicle Jul 22
Pleasence returns as Loomis, ranting and raving as he does best, but the whole effort is trite and unoriginal. Go to Full Review
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
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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Joaquin U @Joaquin1 41m Entertaining. It really was the Donald Pleasence franchise until his passing in 1995—he’s the main act. Not alone, though, with Harris making a notable debut and delivering a convincing character as a child actress. The rest of the cast is serviceable. The script is so‑so, and the direction lacks rhythm. It has its moments, but not much in the way of thrills or scares. The fact is, this return kicked off many more returns for the killer, shifting him from lunatic to supernatural monster to pop icon. Worth a watch, if only for the sake of horror cinema history. See more Colin W @RT07146018 2d I give it 4 stars. The atmosphere was good. The mask and shoulder pads were a bad look. Considering what the first 2 Michael's looked like. Danielle Harris did superb in her first feature movie as Jamie. Rachel was good, but a piece of trivia about Rachel is. Rachel smelled in Halloween 4 because due to a tight budget and a tight grueling filming schedule, Rachel was given only one outfit, a sweater, and jeans to wear during the entire 36 straight days of filming. They were never washed. During her later filmed scenes, her outfit, especially her jeans, had developed a body sweat odor smell on them. Dr Loomis face make up could have been better. See more bluemanorlandofan2026 T @RT92190981 Jul 13 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 Jul 11 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 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