Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988
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It's a little sad to witness a fall from greatness, and that's what we get in “Halloween II.” John Carpenter's original 1978 “ Halloween ” was one of the most effective horror films ever made, a scarifying fable of a mad-dog killer's progress through a small Illinois town on Halloween.
R 1981 1h 32m Holiday Horror Mystery & Thriller List. 33% Tomatometer 48 Reviews 63% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) and taking a...
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- Rick Rosenthal
- R
- Jamie Lee Curtis
Though the original "Halloween" is often said to be the best and most influential horror film ever made, "Halloween II" is just as influential in it's own right. It set the standard for what a slasher sequel would become: more blood, more gore, and a higher body count.
Oct 30, 1981 · Halloween II: Directed by Rick Rosenthal. With Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers, Jeffrey Kramer. While Dr. Loomis hunts for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, and The Shape is not far behind her.
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- Horror
- Rick Rosenthal
- 1981-10-30
May 23, 2011 · An injured Jamie Lee Curtis recuperates in the hospital not knowing that murderous Michael Myers is licking his wounds in a nearby room. The hospital setting makes for spooky sequences with Myers’ slow footsteps echoing loudly on the tile floor. The diagnosis for impressionable viewers: long nights of insomnia. REVIEW: DIRECTOR: RICK ROSENTAL.
- Austin Hinderliter
For the most part, Halloween II is a retread of “Halloween” without that movie's craft, exquisite timing, and thorough understanding of horror. Read More By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
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In this film, Loomis discovers that Michael has escaped not by looking down at the empty lawn from the balcony, but by venturing down to groundlevel, where a Michael shaped impression is still fresh in the grass. The sheriff arrives and we have caught up with all of our major, original (surviving) characters.
