"Ten years ago he changed the face of Halloween. Tonight, HE'S BACK."

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

Movie19881sa 28dkstar6.2(2,094)trending_up7
HorrorThriller
Director:Dwight H. Little

Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece.

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Halloween Collection

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StatusReleased
Release DateOctober 21, 1988
Release Dates
Australia:
Theatrical - Feb 9, 1989 (M)
Brazil:
Theatrical - Jun 21, 1991 (16)
Germany:
Theatrical - Oct 21, 1988 (18)
Physical - Aug 3, 2001 (16)
Spain:
Theatrical - Jun 30, 1989 (18)
France:
Theatrical - May 9, 1990 (12)
Physical - Mar 17, 2021
Physical - Oct 25, 2000
Runtime1sa 28dk
Budget$5,000,000
Revenue$17,768,757
Profit$12,768,757
Origin CountryUnited States
Original LanguageEnglish
Spoken LanguagesEnglish

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John Chard7/10

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 sanitariu…

Gimly5/10

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 …

Wuchak9/10

Better than the original; and one of the best 80’s 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 sister’s daughter, Jamie, and is willing …

derbstyron7/10

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

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