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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) -- Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece on Halloween. Can Dr. Loomis stop him?
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Danny Lipsius (story) &
Larry Rattner (story) ...
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Release Date:
21 October 1988 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Ten Years Ago HE Changed The Face Of Halloween. Tonight HE'S BACK! more
Plot:
Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece on Halloween. Can Dr. Loomis stop him? full summary | full synopsis
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2 nominations more
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(11 articles)
MattFini's Halloween Top 10 Lists: Best Sequels
 (From Dread Central. 28 October 2009, 4:33 PM, PDT)

50 Influential Scream Queens: Part 2
 (From Fangoria. 27 October 2009, 10:57 PM, PDT)

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A solid slasher. more (317 total)

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Halloween 4 (Philippines: English title)
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88 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
In the original script the film opened with a shot of a long hospital corridor suddenly blowing up and throwing Loomis from the explosion, in a reference to the end of 'Halloween II (1981)' in order to show how Loomis survived. It was later decided the film should not have any connections to the predecessors and the explosive opening was never shot. more
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Continuity: As Rachel and Jamie slide down the roof, they look down and a bike can be seen on the ground. When Jamie ends up running to Rachel later on, the bike is no longer there. more
Quotes:
Dr. Samuel Loomis: Why wasn't I notified?
Dr. Hoffman: About what?
Dr. Samuel Loomis: You know damn well about what! You let them take it out of here!
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Referenced in House of the Dead (2003) more
Soundtrack:
Halloween Theme more

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How old is Michael Myers?
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18 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
A solid slasher., 17 November 1999
Author: G.Spider

It is ten years after Michael Myers escaped from the psychiatric clinic and went on the rampage and he has been in a coma ever since being burnt at the end of Halloween 2. But one of the ambulance drivers transporting him somewhere lets slip that he has a niece in Haddonfield and before you know it he's making his way back there.

Myers has become seemingly indestructable by now. He was seen emerging from a hospital as a human fireball at the end of art 2 and yet he seems to have escaped more or less unscathed. And howcome he can see anything when he was blinded in Part 2 just before being roasted alive?

However, if you overlook these points you'll find this is an entertaining and well-made film. Dr Loomis returns to Haddonfield after his ex-patient, played by Donald Pleasance at his best, and there are plenty of interesting characters and situations.

One of the better of the Halloween series, certainly much more worthwhile than the dismal Halloween 5 or most of the repetative Friday the 13th films.

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