Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

best movie i've ever seen.

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Ten years after the events of "Halloween" and "Halloween II" (which both took place on Halloween night, 1978), Michael Myers escapes captivity a second time and again returns to his hometown in Illinois with a direly concerned Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) hot on his trail. Myers goes after his sister's daughter, Jamie, and is willing to take down the whole town of Haddonfield if necessary."Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers" (1988) ranks with the best 80's slasher flicks and is actually superior to the somewhat overrated progenitor of the genre, "Halloween" (1978). Whereas the original "Halloween" was an effective low-key but classy slasher and deserves credit for starting the craze, it wasn't without flaws and "Halloween 4" (1.) fixes those issues and (2.) improves upon its strengths.For instance, while the original movie takes place during Halloween in Illinois, you certainly wouldn't know this by the footage since it clearly looks like summer. This movie, by contrast, definitely looks like it takes place during the fall and has an all-around superior Halloween ambiance with trick-or-treaters and so forth. Another example is the original's lack of drive and the fact that Michael only kills a few teenagers and doesn't seem all that formidable whilst this film features a mounting build-up of suspense and potently conveys Michael's deadly formidableness while upping the ante in the body count.Other advances includes the lack of lame dialogue (like in the original when the girls were walking home) and Dr. Loomis has much more interesting things to do than lurk in the bushes by the Myer's dilapidated abode speaking ridiculously ominous words. When Loomis speaks portentously in this entry there's great reason to believe him (take, for instance, what happens to the Police Station).Yet another (arguable) improvement is the women: Although Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes (Loomis) and PJ Soles were fine in the original, "Halloween 4" has winsome Ellie Cornell as Rachel and hottie Kathleen Kinmont as Kelly and the movie wisely takes advantage of their presence in a classy way. Rachel may not strike you as anything special at first, but as the story progresses she emerges as an attractive and noble final girl.The "Friday the 13th" franchise debuted two years after "Halloween" in 1980; and by October, 1988, when this film was released, the "Friday" franchise had no less than seven films under its belt. Meanwhile, "Halloween 4" was only the third Michael Myers movie (keeping in mind that "Halloween 3" was curiously disconnected from the Michael Myers mythos)."Friday the 13th" of course ripped-off "Halloween," but simultaneously added original components to the genre (e.g. summer camp and everything revolving around it, easily the best females in the slasher genre, as well as an increasingly devolving supernatural killing machine). "Halloween 4" sort of gets its revenge by borrowing from the "Friday" films; for instance, the character of Jamie Lloyd and what happens to her mirrors Tommy Jarvis' story arc from 3-4 years earlier. Perhaps the greatest revenge is that "Halloween 4" is better than any of the "Friday" sequels after "Part 2" and is at least as effective as "Part 2."The original "Halloween" was shot in the Los Angeles area (South Pasadena & Hollywood) while this one was filmed in the Salt Lake City, Utah, region. Like the first film, it's streamlined and doesn't overstay its welcome.GRADE: A

Part 4 is great fun, Michael Myers is back & he's Awesome!!! This is actually a great sequel like the CULT CLASSIC Halloween 3: season of the witch!!! That is a BRILLIANT film & my personal best of the franchise!!! Also H20 was BRILLIANT but Halloween 2 (1981) wasn't very good just ok but pretty poor & The Curse of Michael Myers part 6 was a terrible mess some good scenes but crap really & Halloween resurrection was crap it destroyed the BRILLIANT H20 ending but Halloween 5 was pretty good So yeah not many good sequels at all only HALLOWEEN 3, HALLOWEEN 4 & HALLOWEEN H20 are great movies & of course the '78 is a CLASSIC!!! So yeah i really enjoy part 4 IT'S a great Halloween movie very fun with a great Halloween Atmosphere, just a good fun slasher flick

OK ,best Halloween movie and must see for all true action.. Horror fans !! ( of course not forgetting original ) And now we can safely say, for the sanctity any future endeavors ,hence Michael himself, who remains totally impervious to pain and any damage... That it is far from over !! You could actually feel the tension rising as soon as the first scenes are launched, like hailing winds before all electron fusion hell is unleashed. And where to go after the beginning? Well, this is the first time in history , where citizens of Haddonfield , with the local sheriff department, gets a fair warning way before pure hell arrives, to their little town...However, this warning will unfortunately go to deaf and ignorant ears.. Because white people just don't seem to think something like this could ever happen... This serves a proof and archetype of a white man , who is actually too smart for his own good .We are victims to our own success ,because all the technology and advanced weaponry, what exist. We still find ourselves be over powered and brutalized, by one crazy maniac... And that having some primal survival instincts would serve a more profound purpose in a long run ..Also there is some doubts ,where people don't seem to think that Michael is capable, to produce this kind of fear and terror ( given the logical reasoning & facts ) But that will turn out to be terrible mistake. And there will be hell to pay, for all those oblivious people ,afterwards.. It don't matter who you are ,Michael is going to crush you're head ! GAME IS OVERAnd let me guess . It was Hans Zimmer who compose score for film ? Where every time Michael is seen, starts immediately speed techno Halloween tune

This movie begins with the transfer of the psychopath named "Michael Myers" (George P. Wilbur) in an ambulance from a mental institution to a state-run facility on the night of October 30, 1988. Not unsurprisingly, even though he is fully medicated, he manages to escape and the first place he heads for is the nearby town of Haddonfield where he had committed a number of grisly murders ten years earlier. Yet, even though in the previous movies (specifically Halloween I & II) he had sets his sights on his sister, this time he decides to target his young 7 year-old niece "Jamie Lloyd" (Danielle Harris) instead. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that--even though I criticized Halloween III for departing from the Michael Myers theme—this film doesn't quite measure up to the first two movies either. For starters, it doesn't have nearly as much suspense or drama and the ending is somewhat botched as well. But even so it wasn't necessarily bad and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. Average.