A well-made Halloween sequel that reintroduces viewers to legendary Michael Myers while also introducing us to Jamie, which is an interesting character in her own right. This film is very memorable and the ending is great!

A must for fans of the series!

In my opinion the best sequel of the series even though we're supposed to believe Myers grew his eyes back after being shot out in the last sequel. Besides that its pretty damn amazing. Myers returns in strong form cementing his position as one of cinemas greatest villains. Picking up over ten years after the events of the first two films. Laurie Strode has passed and left her daughter behind. A new family is fostering her and Michael returns home and will stop at nothing to get to her. The performances are solid all around but Ellie Cornell as Rachael makes one hell of a final girl. However the MVP goes to Danielle Harris as young Jamie. It's truly one of the best genre performances ever. The movie also has some thrilling stalk scenes including the best scene in any slasher film, the rooftop chase. All in all it's a well paced, suspenseful franchise sequel best.

To my mind, HALLOWEEN 4 marks the beginning of the 'unnecessary' sequel stage in the Halloween franchise – from this film onwards, none of the films were required, and none add anything to the canon or display any kind of artistic merit on their own grounds. The first movie is, of course, one of the best horror films of all time, and the sequel was a fun follow-up that held true in its own right. The third film admirably went off in a different direction, and perhaps the series would have done better to stick with this unrelated theme, but it wasn't to be and the endless Michael Myers reruns were to follow from here.

Compared to later films, HALLOWEEN 4 isn't all that bad. It holds fairly true as a standalone slasher film, throwing in various cheesy set-pieces, a couple of bits of unpleasant gore and a mini siege scenario at the climax whereby the survivors hide out in a house. A lot of the goodwill I feel towards this film comes from the presence of good old Donald Pleasence, really the only actor of note appearing here; he chews the scenery with relish and provides all of the movie's best lines. With his scarred face and pronounced limp, Pleasence has turned into a larger than life character, displaying even more presence than Michael himself. The sub-plot involving Danielle Harris as Michael's niece is by-the-by, to be honest.