For ten years Michael Myers remained in a coma at Richmond Mental Institute after his near death experience with Dr. Loomis at the end of Halloween 2. Now he is being transferred back to Smith's Grove Sanitarium. But while in transit, he awakens.
After brutally murdering his transfer crew, he escapes and sets his sights on Haddonfield once again. This time, his target is his young niece, Jamie Lloyd, ostensibly the last of his blood line since the supposed death of his sister, Laurie Strode.
Dr. Loomis rushes to Haddonfield, finding Michael's trail of death and destruction along the way as he races to alert and convince the local authorities of the danger. Before long Haddonfield is at the mercy of this knife wielding embodiment of evil, and only Jamie's foster-sister, Rachel, and Dr. Loomis, stand in the way of Michael's fratricidal quest.
Halloween 4 is probably one of the better of the Halloween films outside of the first two. It reintroduces Michael Myers to the series for good and brings back all the hallmarks one would expect from the franchise.
The addition of Jamie Lloyd puts Laurie Strode to rest, although not as permanently as one might assume. The new character is easily likable, as is her foster-sister, Rachel, which gives you someone to root for as opposed to many of the Friday the 13th or Nightmare on Elm Street sequels wherein all the characters were so obnoxious that you pretty much had to root for the bad guy. Plus, the surprise ending will surely leave you a little creeped out, not to mention curious about what is yet to come for the franchise.
The film does, undoubtedly, have some cheese-ball aspects, like a gun toting posse of drunken red-necks which seem half thrown in for comic relief. Otherwise, a solid Halloween film.
4 shotguns out of 5
Rated R for strong horror violence/terror involving a child, language, and a scene of sexuality.
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