Halloween 4:
The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
With audiences and critics reacting poorly to Halloween 3,
it was inevitable that a fourth
movie would feature Michael
Myers and a return to the slasher
formula that made the original a
hit. By the late ‘80s, slasher movies were more likely to be found
on the shelves of video stores
than playing in theatres. It was
important that Halloween 4 be
a success, so as to save the franNewJerseyStage.com
chise from an exile in straight-tovideo hell. It was indeed a success, at least financially, ensuring
the survival of Myers for quite a
while. Producer Moustapha Akkad, who had taken control of
the rights, half-jokingly said he
would make 24 sequels before
he retired Myers.
A script had been penned by
Dennis Etchison, writer of the
novelisations of the first three
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