Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

R

1988

1h 28m

Holiday

Horror

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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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Critics Consensus

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.

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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.

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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.

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Jack E. Wilkinson

United Press International

Jun 8

Generally a basic slasher flick but with some spooky moments and a minimum of onscreen gore.

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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.

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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!

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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

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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.

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Jonathan L

@RT64752907 Jul 6

The movie is decent but just too slow and not enough scares.

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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.

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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

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Alex D.

@RT24918759 May 29

One of the best Halloween movies ever in the franchise and it’s super good

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Dwight H. Little

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Donald Pleasence

Dr. Samuel 'Sam' J. Loomis

Ellie Cornell

Rachel Carruthers

Danielle Harris

Jamie Lloyd

George P. Wilbur

Michael Audrey Myers

Michael Pataki

Dr. E. W. Hoffman

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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