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- Michael Myers has been in a coma since the events of Halloween II, but wakes up in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers when a careless ambulance driver mentions that Myers has a niece that he didn't know about. The killer wakes up, escapes, and terrorizes the town of Haddonfield once again while attempting to hunt down his niece.
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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers is a 1988 American slasher film directed by Dwight H. Little, written by Alan B. McElroy, and starring Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris in her film debut, and Michael Pataki.
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers: Directed by Dwight H. Little. With Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, George P. Wilbur. 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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- Horror, Thriller
- Dwight H. Little
- 1988-10-21
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10 years later
OCTOBER 30, 1988. The film opened with the credits viewed with the fall harvest in a rural farm area, of mostly Halloween-related imagery (pumpkins, skull/ghost/skeletal decorations, pitchforks, scarecrows, bare trees, etc.). On a rainy and stormy night, a Smith's Grove Sanitarium ambulance pulled up at the high security Ridgemont Federal Sanitarium, for the pickup/transfer of a patient to Smith's Grove. The security guard James (Raymond O'Connor) allowed entry to the two attendants and noted...
Halloween 1988
The next day, some costumed school children raced to their school bus, excitedly anticipating a night of trick-or-treating. However, Rachel's plan to go on a date with her boyfriend Bradyhad to be postponed, when she was, at the last minute, asked by her parents to assume babysitting duties for Jamie on Halloween evening. When Jamie overheard that Rachel was upset over the changed plans, she expressed hurt feelings of rejection. Feeling sympathetic to Jamie, Rachel begrudgingly accepted the b...
Attacks at the Meeker house
In front of a roaring fire in the Meeker house, cheating boyfriend Brady makes out with Kelly, but their romantic liaison is abruptly interrupted by the arrival of her father. As they hurriedly dressed to avoid being caught, Dr. Loomis, the two girls, and Sheriff Meeker entered the house. Deputy Loganalso drove into the driveway behind them (unwittingly carrying Myers as a passenger in his backseat). Brady was given a shotgun to protect the girls (and warned by strict Sheriff Meeker to stay a...
Donald Pleasence as Samuel LoomisEllie Cornell as Rachel CarruthersDanielle Harris as Jamie LloydGeorge P. Wilbur as Michael MyersAfter Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Moustapha Akkad wanted to move further with the franchise and bring back Michael Myers. According to producer Paul Freeman, a friend of Akkad with a long list of credits to his name, explained to Fangoria magazine in 1988, everybody came out of Halloween III saying, "Where's Michael?" John Carpenter was app...
On February 25, 1988, a writer was chosen—Alan B. McElroy, a native from Cleveland, Ohio—was brought in to the write the script for Halloween 4. The writer's strike was to begin on March 7, 1988. This forced McElroy to develop a concept, pitch the story, and send in the final draft in under eleven days. McElroy came up with the idea of Brittany "Br...
The cast of Halloween 4 only included one veteran actor from the original film and its sequel; Donald Pleasence, who reprised his role as Samuel Loomis, Michael Myers' psychiatrist. Before McElroy's script was chosen, the producers asked Jamie Lee Curtis to reprise her role as Laurie Strode, the original's heroine. Curtis had become a success in th...
Since John Carpenter had refused to continue his involvement with the series, a new director was sought out. Dwight H. Little, a native from Ohio, replaced Carpenter. Little had previously directed episodes for Freddy's Nightmares and the film Bloodstone. Principal photography began on April 11, 1988. Instead of filming in Pasadena, California (the...
The film's soundtrack was performed by Alan Howarth, who had assisted John Carpenter on the previous two film's soundtrack. Howarth had recently finished working for Carpenter on his film, Prince of Darkness (which also starred Donald Pleasence as a priest named Loomis). Howarth gained approval from Dwight H. Little before he could accept the offer...
Reception
Halloween 4 opened in 1,679 theaters on October 21, 1988, and grossed $6,831,250 in its opening weekend achieving a total domestic gross of $17,768,757 in the United States, becoming the fifth best performing film in the Halloweenseries. The film has received a moderate critical reception, with most reviews either mixed or positive. It was criticized for not having anything "striking, interesting, or exceptionally memorable" besides the ending. It currently has a score of 43 on Metacritic, wh...
Home video
The film was first released on VHS in May 1989 as a rental title. It became for "SALE" in October 1989 to coincide with the release of Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers. In 1999, Anchor Bay's company, Divimax, released transferred, better-quality editions of this film and its sequel for DVD. Supplements include the Halloween 4/5 Panel at the Return to Haddonfield convention, theatrical trailer, Halloween 4 Final Cut – a "behind-the-scenes" documentary, a commentary with Danielle Harri...
On August 17, 2021, it was revealed that Halloween Horror Nights would be back at Universal Studios Hollywood from September 9 to October 31, 2021, and this year's event would feature a Halloween 4...On September 30, 2021, it was also revealed not only will Halloween Kills will be hitting theaters and Peacock on October 15th,2021, but also because the original 1978 film, as well as Halloween 4:...- Halloween (1978) Prime Video Best Buy (Blue-ray) Walmart (Blue-ray collector's edition) The first Halloween film kicks off Halloween night, of course, in 1963.
- Halloween II (1981) Prime Video Best Buy (Blue-ray) Walmart (Halloween 2 & 3 DVD) Picking up right at the end of the original film, we see Laurie transported to a hospital after supposedly defeating Michael Myers.
- Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers(1988) Prime Video Best Buy (Blue-ray)
- Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) Prime Video Walmart (Blue-ray) The end of Halloween 4 saw Michael Myers shot repeatedly and thrown down a mineshaft.
The apparently comatose Michael Myers (George P. Wilbur) is being transferred from one hospital to another, but he wakes up when the ambulance crew talk about his surviving niece, Jamie...
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Oct 11, 2023 · Where to watch Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers: Shudder and AMC+. Director: Dwight H. Little Cast: Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, Michael Pataki
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) Trancas International Films. Michael Myers has been in a coma since the events of Halloween II, but wakes up in Halloween 4: The Return...
