Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris

Michael Myers escapes from the sanitarium, and returns to Haddonfield, Illinois to search for his only living relative.

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R, 1 hr. 28 min.

Directed by: Dwight H. Little

Release Date: January 1, 1988

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DVD Release Date: August 25, 1998

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  • October 31, 2009
    I watched this 20 years later and somehow it seems laughable! Not as scary as when it first came out!
  • September 30, 2009
    Not great. Michael Myers is not scary at all but good ole Donald Pleasence and a nice twist ending make it watchable. For hard core horror fans/completist only.
  • April 22, 2009
    This is where the Halloween franchise began to spin out of control into oblivion. Michael Meyers is back, even though we saw him practically reduced to ash in Halloween 2. This time he's back to kill his niece Jamie (Danielle Harris) because he's just weird like that. Look out Ha...( read more)ddonfield.

    Halloween 4 is just a cheap attempt at keeping the franchise alive amongst the Jason and Freddy movies that were making tons of $$$ in this era. Yeah, those weren't very good either. Michael goes around slashing teens and whoever gets in his way. What's hard to understand is how a guy who was burned to death (almost) and lying in a bed for most of the Reagan administration can be strong enough to thrust his thumb into another mans forehead. But hey, if that Voorhees kid can do it.

    And while we're at it, why in the hell does everyone feel the need to transport him so close to Halloween. Hey, let's take him out of maximum security on the night he gets a woody to slash some family. I know that something like this is like picking lint out of a belly button, but it just furthers the case that Halloween 4 was thrown together schlock.

    The only redeeming thing about the film is Donald Pleasence, who returns as Dr. Sam Loomis. Even in this low budget slasher he is still a great actor who gives an uncredible film credibility. He's riveting, but it's still not enough to save this film.

    So as an entry into the unkillable killer genre of the 1980's Halloween 4 is low rent, which like I said isn't saying much considering what we were getting into (think Manhattan). Completists can't even really hop on this film since future films ignore this one. Sadly, this film is a notch above another- the remake.
  • March 8, 2008
    Holy ASS this was fucking terrible - laugh out loud funny at this piece of shit...utterly ridiculous
  • February 3, 2008
    Pending Review...

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  • November 18, 2009
    Brutal and relentless like the previous two, it's always good to see Michael killing. They sort've went the Friday the 13th route and just made Michael unstoppable and almost superhuman in strength. His ability to shove a rifle through a girl's stomach is quite amazing. They kept...( read more) the style of the first two, which was really nice. It fits in perfectly with the story. Danielle Harris was great even back when she was little and Donald Pleasence was crazy as always.
  • November 15, 2009
    stupid movie, the first halloween movie is the best, part 2 was okay but the rest totally suck
  • November 6, 2009
    I love these movies.
  • November 6, 2009
    There is not much substance in this sequel. I mean, there's nothing new to it and not seeing it wouldn't have change a thing in my life. Watch it only if you are a big fan of the Halloween saga. Otherwise, you could just skip it.
  • November 3, 2009
    Ditching the restructuring of the franchise, they bring back Michael Myers. Resembling a TV Movie (this was three years before Omen IV), it is incredibly boring before getting into the usual chases and pulling out a great ending which promises more to come.

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  • GymNetic25
    December 17, 2007
    This movie was just made for the sake of making a movie that went along with the series of "Halloween". I did like the fact that they still had Donald Pleasence. As for having new characters added like every other horror film it did nothing for me. It was great though to see the town's folk were helping to catch the killer..well the bar folk anyways.. which made it a little better to watch. The last cut scene was the worst of all of this film. FORE SHAME!! 2 1/2 stars
  • TriWizardChampion
    April 5, 2007
    Danielle Harris's Performance Rocked in this one...But she was still overshadowed by the late great Donald Pleasence
  • joanmanuel77
    March 24, 2007
    halloween

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