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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

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Reviews Counted:23

Fresh:5

Rotten:18

Average Rating:3.8/10

Runtime: 88 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: This fourth installment of the series takes place ten years after the original and finds the man in the William Shatner mask in a coma and being transferred from Richmond Mental Institute to... This fourth installment of the series takes place ten years after the original and finds the man in the William Shatner mask in a coma and being transferred from Richmond Mental Institute to Smith's Grove. However, the van gets into a horrible accident, skidding off the road and exploding. Predictably, Myers' body is nowhere to be found in the wreckage, alarming both the skeptical police and the indefatigable Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence). Soon, Myers is spotted back in Haddonfield, and it becomes obvious that his next target is his young niece, Jamie (Danielle Harris). His return has whipped the town into a frenzied mob, which proves to be unfortunate for the Halloween revelers who have chosen the popular "Michael Myers" mask as their costume. Often considered the best of the sequels, THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS is a return to form for the series after the debacle of HALLOWEEN 3. [More]

Starring: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Michael Pataki

Starring: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Michael Pataki

Director: Dwight H. Little

Director: Dwight H. Little

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Aug 10, 1999

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Reviews for Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

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Feels more like an obligatory teen slasher than the previous films...but gets the job done.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
10/28/08
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

Though it is a slasher movie at all points, it's an atypically intelligent example of the form...a quantum leap better than its two immediate predecessors.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment Comment
08/03/08
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

The best of the sequels to Carpenter's seminal slasher movie.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/27/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Fourth entry in the Halloween horror series is a no-frills, workmanlike picture.

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08/27/07
Variety Staff
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Variety
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No review available.

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07/29/07
Neil Cohen
Neil Cohen
Echo Magazine

No review available.

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02/18/07
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

Although this is just more of the same old same, Halloween 4 is directed with some skill by B-movie specialist Dwight H. Little.

Full Review Source: FulvueDrive-in.com | comment Comment
08/18/06
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com

The shocks are infinitesimal, the script diabolical.

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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

No review available.

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07/01/05
Frank Swietek
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No review available.

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06/14/05
Emanuel Levy
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One of the best chapters of the series...really novel

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03/10/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

While Part 4 is better than Part 3, it is still worse than, say, being bitten in the retina by fire ants.

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11/29/03
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
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No review available.

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11/20/03
Michelle Alexandria
Michelle Alexandria
Eclipse Magazine

Boy, this one's rich.

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11/02/03
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

It seems the latest stage in some curious evolutionary pattern; the slasher species keeps proliferating and getting weaker at the same time.

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05/20/03
Caryn James
Caryn James
New York Times
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...[Donald Pleasance's Dr. Loomis] doesn't once refer to Myers as "pure evil," though he does call him "evil on two legs" which is almost as good...

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04/19/03
David Nusair
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12/07/02
Nicolas Lacroix
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08/26/02
Bill Chambers
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central

And in the faint praise department: "Halloween 4" is just a little bit better than most of the sequels that followed.

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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

The first half of the film is better than any fourth sequel in a slasher flick franchise deserves to be.

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01/27/02
Jeremiah Kipp
Jeremiah Kipp
ToxicUniverse.com
 
 
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