Post by StevePulaski on Jan 10, 2010 19:25:29 GMT -5
Kids fear the killer, Michael Myers in Halloween 4.
Rating: 2/4 stars.
Myers absence in Halloween III: Season of the Witch struck fans as a surprise seeing he isnt he even as close to be mentioned in it. Many fans consider it the worst in the entire Halloween franchise. A few years later fans were reunited with the mask slasher in the fourth sequel Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers.
The plot is rather decently sized for a slasher flick, espicially for the 80s. People seem to like when I dub a slasher flick usually "slim and slender" before I elaborate my like or dislike towards the film. But this one has a new phrase, a bit more to adore.
Jamie Lloyd (Danielle Harris) is a lonely girl who seems even lonely after her parents have just died. She is left in care of her step mother, father, and her sister Rachell (Ellie Cornell). Her uncle, also known as the serial killer of the town were she resides, Haddonfield, Michael Myers has just awakened from a ten year acoma and is back to find Jamie and slaughter everyone in his path.
We occasionly get Dr. Samuel Loomis popping up at various times. He is cool to see in the first parts, but as the film gets better and better, you sort of wish he would stop making random on screen apperances as he usually distorts the action.
The plot is really enough to keep me interested rather than a group of brain dead adolescents who encounter Jason while having a sex filled potfest. The kills in the movie, are fair, but really not spectacular or memorable. The characters are likeable and shockingly interesting at points in the film as well. Michael Myers, is at his worst, showing no mercy to Rachel and Jamie, or anyone in his way. The film is creepy in points, though pretty shallow at other times.
All in all, it's a mediocre slasher that gets dry and limp after a while. The movie was shocking for the time, and considered a great sequel. But I think fans were too excited because they hadnt seen Myers since 1981. I will try and find time to watch Halloween 5, but after this, I'm in no hurry.
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, Michael Pataki, Beau Starr, Kathleen Kinmont, and Sasha Jenson. Directed by: Dwight H. Little.