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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers is the 1988 sequel to the popular horror film, Halloween. It was directed by Dwight H. Little and starred Donald Pleasence, who reprised the role of Dr. Sam Loomis. The film was released on October 21, and grossed $18 million at the box office.

Tagline

Ten Years Ago, He Changed The Face of Halloween. Tonight HE'S BACK

Plot

Michael Myers has been in a coma since the events of Halloween II
(he seemed to be dead at the end of Halloween II, but his death is retconned to be a coma), when his massacre was stopped by Dr. Sam Loomis. At the beginning of this film, Myers is being transferred from Ridgemont Federal Sanitarium to Smith's Grove Sanitarium. He awakens when he hears that Laurie Strode, his sister, is deceased, but her daughter is alive and well in Haddonfield. He kills the ambulance crew and escapes. Dr. Loomis races to Haddonfield in an attempt to stop Michael.

In Haddonfield, his niece Jamie Lloyd (played by Danielle Harris), has been adopted by the Carruthers family. She has frequent nightmares about Michael, though she does not know who he is. On Halloween night, Jamie goes out trick-or-treating (dressed as a clown, in a costume that is very similar to the clown costume worn by young Michael Myers at the beginning of the first Halloween film) with her foster sister Rachel Carruthers (who was played by Ellie Cornell, who was acclaimed for her work in this role). Her uncle, Michael, follows them.

Dr. Loomis and Ben Meeker, Haddonfield's Sheriff (played by Beau Starr), start to search the town for Michael and Jamie. They find that Myers has singlehandedly annihilated the entire police force. The girls hide in the Sheriff's house, where Michael follows them. They escape and leave Haddonfield, but Myers hides in the back of the truck that they use to escape. The sheriff's deputies catch up to them and shoot Michael several times. He falls into an abandoned mine shaft which collapses on him.

Back at the Carruthers house, Jamie puts on her clown mask and stabs her foster mother. Dr. Loomis attempts to shoot her, but Sheriff Meeker prevents it. The film ends with a shot of Jamie, wearing the clown mask, holding bloody scissors. This shot is very similar to the shot near the beginning of the original Halloween, where young Michael Myers is seen holding a bloody knife after killing his older sister, Judith.

Cast

Donald Pleasence
— Dr. Sam Loomis
Danielle Harris
— Jamie Lloyd
Ellie Cornell
— Rachel Carruthers
Beau Starr
— Sheriff Ben Meeker
George P. Wilbur — Michael Myers
Sasha Jenson
— Brady
Kathleen Kinmont
— Kelly Meeker
Michael Pataki
— Dr. Hoffman
Jeff Olson — Richard Carruthers
Karen Alston — Darlene Carruthers
Carmen Filpi
— Jack Sayer
Raymond O'Connor
— Security Guard
George Sullivan — Deputy Logan
Nancy Borgenicht
— Female Attendant

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