Tag Line : 10 years ago he changed the face of Halloween. Now, he's back!

Just when you thought it was safe to go trick-or-treating again, along comes Halloween 4.

Released to coincide with the original films 10th anniversary, producer Moustapha Akkad decided to jump on the same bandwaggon as the "Friday the 13th" and "Nightmare on Elm Street" franchises (that were pumping out seemingly endless sequels) by releasing another Halloween movie, this time with a plot that goes back to the original film.

But wait a moment, didn't Micheal Myers and Doctor Loomis both horribly burn to death at the end of part 2? Well not quite it seems. Burn they did, but die they didn't. Having spent the last 10 years in a comatose state inside a maximum security institution, Myers escapes during a routine transfer to another institute and heads back over to Haddonfield.

Doctor Loomis (Donald Pleasance reprising his earlier role), upon hearing what has happened, travels back to Haddonfield to try and stop Myers once again. This time though, Myers target isn't Laurie Strode. It turns out that since part 2 Laurie has married, had a child, then got killed in a car crash (ironic isn't it?).

Micheal therefore spends the film chasing Laurie's young daughter Jamie Lloyd around the town (Dannielle Harris), whilst the local rednecks go around causing mayhem as they tear up the place looking for him and the Sherrifs office attempt to track him down and stop the rednecks at the same time.

All in all this is a very good film, this is what they should have done with part 3 rather than make a spin off movie and it was certainly good to see Donald Pleasance reprising his role as Doctor Sam Loomis again.

Overall Marks 8/10.

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