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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Ten years ago he changed the face of Halloween. Tonight, HE'S BACK.
( Horror / Thriller )


Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Poster

MPAA Rating:
R

US Runtime: 88 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Oct 21, 1988   [USA]
 
Director: Dwight H. Little
 
Writers: Dhani Lipsius   [Screenstory]
Alan B. McElroy   [Screenplay]
Alan B. McElroy   [Screenstory]
Larry Rattner   [Screenstory]
Benjamin Ruffner   [Screenstory]
 
Producers: Moustapha Akkad   [Executive Producer]
Paul Freeman   [Producer]
Mohammad Sanousi   [Associate Producer]
 
Cinematography: Peter Lyons Collister
 
Edited by: Curtiss Clayton
 
Music Composed by John Carpenter
Alan Howarth
 
Costume Design: Rosalie Wallace
 
Casting by Paul Bengston
David Cohn
 
Production Companys: Galaxy International Releasing
Trancas International Films   (US)
Trancas International Films Inc.
 


Plot Summary:

    Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece. Can Dr. Loomis stop him?

Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

Donald Pleasence
Dr. Loomis
Ellie Cornell
Rachel Carruthers
Danielle Harris
Jamie Lloyd
George P. Wilbur
Michael Myers
Michael Pataki
Dr. Hoffman
Beau Starr
Sheriff Meeker
Kathleen Kinmont
Kelly
Sasha Jenson
Brady
Gene Ross
Earl
Carmen Filpi
Jack Sayer
 
Raymond O'Connor
Security Guard
Jeff Olson
Richard Carruthers
Karen Alston
Darlene Carruthers
Nancy Borgenicht
Woman Attendant
David Jensen
Man Attendant
Rand Kennedy
Trooper #1
Don Glover
Trooper #2
Robert Conder
Trooper #3
Richard Jewkes
Trooper #4
Jordan Bradley
Kyle
 
 

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Miscellaneous Companies:

Bedini Audio Special Environment (BASE)
sountrack processing
Howard A. Anderson Company
main titles
Howard A. Anderson Company
opticals
 
Mario's Catering
catering
Ryder Sound Services Inc.
sound
 

Special Effects Department:

Magical Media Industries Inc.
special effects makeup
 
 

Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$5,000,000
Revenue:
$17,768,757
Camera:
Panavision Cameras & Lenses
Color Info:
Color
Laboratory:
DeLuxe, USA
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Spherical (hard-matted)

Quotes:

  • Dr. Loomis: The state police will be here soon.
    Jamie: And then we'll be safe?
    Dr. Loomis: Yes.
    Jamie: You don't believe that, do you?
    [checks door, then pauses]
    Dr. Loomis: No...
     
  • Dr. Loomis: You talk about him as if he were a human being. That part of him died years ago.
     
  • Sheriff Meeker: I got a town full of beer bellies running around in the dark with shot guns! Who's gonna be next?
     
  • Dr. Loomis: Maybe nobody knows how to stop him.
     
  • Jack Sayer: You're huntin' it, ain't ya? Yeah, you're huntin' it alright, just like me!
    Dr. Loomis: What are you hunting, Mr. Sayer?
    Jack Sayer: Apocalypse, End of the World, Armageddon. It always has a face and a name. I've been huntin' the bastard for 30 years, give or take. Came real close a time or two. Too damn close! You can't kill damnation, Mister. It don't die like a man dies!
     

Trivia:

  • The shoot lasted about 41 days and Ellie Cornell and Danielle Harris were required to be on set for most (36) of those days.
     
  • Leaves had to be imported and squash was painted to look like pumpkins.

     
  • Alan B. McElroy wrote the script in 11 days and beat the writer's strike by mere hours.
     
  • Dwight H. Little did extensive research on the history of Halloween and many of its harvest images were put in the creepy opening sequence.
     
  • Mike Lookinland (Bobby Brady) of "THE BRADY BUNCH" was the production assistant. His wife played the dead waitress.
     


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