Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers1988

Name: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Genre: Slasher, Survival
Released: 1988-10-21
Rating: 5.5

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

Directed by Dwight H. Little

5.5

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 5.8Rotten Tomatoes 43%Metacritic 34TMDB 6.2

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Year

1988

Runtime

88 min

Box Office

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$17,768,757

Domestic

$17,768,757

🏆 1 win & 2 nominations total

The premise

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.

Horror Vault's take

A decade after Haddonfield thought it was safe, the silent, unstoppable Michael Myers escapes and sets his sights on a new family member — his young niece Jamie. With the town plunged into chaos and darkness, a desperate handful of survivors must protect a child from a killer who seems impossible to stop. Dr. Loomis returns to sound the alarm, but no one ever listens until it's too late. This fourth chapter re-ignites the original franchise's slow-burn dread with a fresh, heartbreaking stakes.

Content: Graphic Violence, Knife Violence, Depictions Of A Child In Peril, Murder Sequences