
It's October 30, 1988 and Michael Myers has been in a coma since his pursuit of Laurie Strode, 10 years ago, was finally stopped (events of H1 and H2). However when he is transfered from Richmond Mental Institute to Smith's Grove he awakes when he hears that he has a niece in Haddonfield and after killing the transfer crew he escapes. In Haddonfield, the niece, Jamie, has been adopted by the Carruthers family but keeps having nightmares about Michael (but she doesn't know who... (Full plot summary below)
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It's October 30, 1988 and Michael Myers has been in a coma since his pursuit of Laurie Strode, 10 years ago, was finally stopped (events of H1 and H2). However when he is transfered from Richmond Mental Institute to Smith's Grove he awakes when he hears that he has a niece in Haddonfield and after killing the transfer crew he escapes. In Haddonfield, the niece, Jamie, has been adopted by the Carruthers family but keeps having nightmares about Michael (but she doesn't know who he is). On Halloween night, Jamie goes out trick and treating, little knowing that her murdering Uncle is following her and her step-sister Rachel. Rushing to her aid is Dr. Loomis and with the help of Sheriff Meeker starts to search the town for Michael and to find Jamie to protect her. But can anything stop Michael this time?
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| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderWhile Part 4 is better than Part 3, it is still worse than, say, being bitten in the retina by fire ants. |
| VarietyVariety StaffFourth entry in the Halloween horror series is a no-frills, workmanlike picture. |
| IGNEric GoldmanDanielle Harris deserves a lot of credit for her work in Halloween 4. It's hard to find truly believable child actors in general, and in the realm of a film like this, it's easy to expect the worst, yet she is very credible and relatable and took an idea that probably had some fans cringing -- a little girl as the hero of a Halloween sequel! -- and made it work. |
| VoxAja RomanoI need to state for the record that Donald Pleasence is a truly great actor... But he also loved to chew the scenery, and the middle period of the Halloween franchise gave him plenty to sink his teeth into. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe final minute of Halloween 4 remains as unsettling today as it was during its 1988 theatrical run. The real reason to see this movie is not for the predictable build-up, but for the cliffhanger provided by director Dwight H. Little and screenwriter Alan B. McElroy. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.While it's definitely not the best of the series, it's an entertaining slasher film... |
| Antagony & EcstasyTim BraytonThough it is a slasher movie at all points, it's an atypically intelligent example of the form...a quantum leap better than its two immediate predecessors. |
| Time OutDerek AdamsThe shocks are infinitesimal, the script diabolical. |
| Washington PostRichard HarringtonH4 is very much the cheap knockoff of its prototype, but not half as visceral. |
| eFilmCritic.comScott WeinbergAnd in the faint praise department: "Halloween 4" is just a little bit better than most of the sequels that followed. |