Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

Apocalypse, End of the World, Armageddon. It's always got a face and a name.

After Halloween III veered in a new direction without Michael Myers, the indestructible killing machine of the franchise, the rights to the series changed hands and so it came to pass that part 4 (though part 3 in essence) brought Myers back. After being in a coma for ten years Myers is up for a transfer to a sanitarium, but wouldn't you know it, he wakes up and upon hearing he has a niece back in Haddonfield, he sets off on a murderous rampage back to where it all began.

It's one of the Halloween sequels that causes much debate among the series' fans, there are those who decry its lack of blood and its ordinary screenplay (both viable complaints), and those ...

I don't know which of the four (or five, by this time next year) different Halloween timelines to consider the "official" one, but I guess personally I've always considered the one the includes the "of Michael Myers" movies to be it for me. Not necessarily the best movies, but its the longest timeline, and (not counting Season of the Witch) the first. Halloween 4 is a good lead in for the rest of this particular continuity. It's certainly not a perfect movie, but if you're looking for some background kills to accompany your October vibes, you could do worse.

Final rating:½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didnt quite work as a whole.

Better than the original; and one of the best 80s slashers

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 sisters 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 80s 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 cra...

Mediocre. But damn that ending. I mean DAMN that ending. One of the top in the annals of not only slashers, but all horror.