Oct 21 2009
HALLOWEEN 4: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS
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PLOT
Good old Mikey is being transferred to a new mental hospital when he decides to kill the crew and set off on a trip back to Haddonfield. Dr. Loomis rushes after him because he knows that Laurie Strode has died (for now anyway) and he daughter Jamie is living with another family. Jamie heads out on Halloween with her foster sister Rachel, unaware that he uncle is following behind. He stalks them throughout the night, forcing them to hide in various places. It quickly becomes clear that Michael won’t rest until his entire family is dead…
TRIVIA
Originally the character of Jamie was called Brit.
Jamie Lee Curtis declined returning for the movie.
John Carpenter co-wrote a script for Halloween 4, but it was turned down.
THOUGHTS
Here’s my problem with the Halloween franchise: Jamie is clearly established as Laurie Strode’s daughter, but when Laurie returns to the movies, suddenly she’s forgotten. We then end up with Laurie and he son, with no mention of a daughter that appeared in three movies. Then Laurie comes back for another movie and there’s no mention of her son yet again. You’d think if Michael is so crazy about killing off his family members, that he’d want to get his nephew and not Busta Rhymes. It’s one of those things that always annoyed the crap out of me. As for Halloween 4, it has some good moments, but it’s not that great. I’m not a big fan of horror movies centered around children as the main characters so Halloween 4 doesn’t make the top of my list.
You would think they’d stop selling the mask that Michael likes to wear. Maybe if someone threw a pumpkin at him he’d sit down and carve that up. That is weird how she just appears with a son out of nowhere. It would make more sense for Michael to want to go after him although I’m thinking logic isn’t his strong suit since he just likes killing.
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