Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Ten years ago, he changed the face of Halloween, Tonight, he's back!
Genre: Horror Slasher Thriller Directed by: Dwight H. Little Produced by: Paul Freeman Written by: Alan B. McElroy Starring: Donald Pleasence Ellie Cornell Danielle Harris Michael Pataki Cinematography: Peter Lyons Collister Editing: Curtiss Clayton Music by: Alan Howarth Production company: Trancas International[ Distributed by: Galaxy International Releasing Release date: October 21, 1988 Runtime: 88 minutes Country: United States Language: English Budget: $5 million Box office: $17.8 million (US) Franchise: Halloween Prequel: Halloween III: Season of the Witch Sequel: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers' is a 1988 American horror slasher film directed by Dwight H. Little, written by Alan B. McElroy, and starring Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, and Danielle Harris. The fourth installment in the Halloween franchise, it follows Michael Myers returning to Haddonfield to kill his niece Jamie Lloyd, the daughter of Laurie Strode, with his former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis again pursuing him.

Good Qualities

1. It is an improvement of the previous critically-panned movie Halloween III: Season of the Witch which didn't have the main villain, Michael Myers, in it.
2. Michael Myers returns in the film as he has a new mask and with the same serial-killing tendencies.
3. It still carries the same terrifying and mysterious tone like the first two films.
4. It features a new character Jamie Lloyd (played by Danielle Harris in her first film debut) who is the niece of Michael and the daughter of Laurie Strode because she was being a new take on the Final Girl as a child and has remained one of the most popular characters in the franchise to this day.
5. Harris did an outstanding job in her performance as Jamie Lloyd.
6. Likable new characters:
   1. Rachel Carruthers is similar to Laurie Strode as they both are action survivors and defend themselves and kids younger than them from Michael Myers by facing their fears and fighting back.
   2. Sheriff Ben Meeker, unlike most cops is the most competent officer of the police force and assists Dr. Loomis into taking down Michael.
7. Great acting, mainly from Ellie Cornell, Beau Starr, Kathleen Kinmont, and others.
8. Tommy Doyle and Lindsey Wallace from the first film return in this film as teenagers but with little screen time.
9. Donald Pleasence returns in the film to play Dr. Loomis again, only with a messed up face due to the explosion of the hospital in Halloween II (1981) and still gives a great performance.
10. It was nominated for two Saturn Awards by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for Best Horror Film and Best Writing in 1990.
11. It has new and great soundtrack.
12. George P. Wilbur gave a neat performance as Michael Myers.
13. The ending scene where a bunch of people gun down Michael and he falls through the ground is totally awesome.

Bad Qualities

1. Jamie Lee Curtis did not return to play Laurie Strode as the script said that Laurie died in a car crash.
2. Unlikable characters such as Brady, Kelly Meeker and the kids at Jamie's school.
3. The idea of Jamie becoming the new villain of the franchise was ridiculous and was scrapped in the next film.
4. It isn't as scary or striking as the first two films.
5. False advertising: The movie poster has Michael Myers' original mask, but in the movie, his mask is revealed to be awful and is not intimidating at all.
6. There was a goof featuring Michael's mask with blonde hair instead of black.
7. Tommy's and Lindsey's minor appearances were pointless.
8. The truckers acting like the law enforcement was a very stupid plot point, and resulted in the death of Ted Hollister thanks to these idiots.
9. Most of the kills are quite lame.
10. It was not well received by critics.

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