Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers: Critic Reviews

87%

MovieWeb: 6 reviews

23%

RottenTomatoes: 22 reviews

Caryn James New York Times (Top Critic)

30

It seems the latest stage in some curious evolutionary pattern; the slasher species keeps proliferating and getting weaker at the same time.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Richard Harrington Washington Post (Top Critic)

H4 is very much the cheap knockoff of its prototype, but not half as visceral.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Variety Staff Variety (Top Critic)

Fourth entry in the Halloween horror series is a no-frills, workmanlike picture.
Full Review » 5 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

63

Of all the Halloween sequels, including the irrelevant and unwatchable Halloween III, Halloween 4 stands out as the best of a generally uninspired lot.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Dustin Putman DustinPutman.com

63

Feels more like an obligatory teen slasher than the previous films...but gets the job done.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy

60

Though it is a slasher movie at all points, it's an atypically intelligent example of the form...a quantum leap better than its two immediate predecessors.
Full Review » 4 years ago
TV Guide's Movie Guide

75

The best of the sequels to Carpenter's seminal slasher movie.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Neil Cohen Echo Magazine

20

Full Review » 5 years ago
Jake Euker F5 (Wichita, KS)

0

Full Review » 5 years ago
Chuck O'Leary FulvueDrive-in.com

42

Although this is just more of the same old same, Halloween 4 is directed with some skill by B-movie specialist Dwight H. Little.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Derek Adams Time Out

The shocks are infinitesimal, the script diabolical.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion

20

Full Review » 7 years ago
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

20

Full Review » 7 years ago
Clint Morris Moviehole

60

One of the best chapters of the series...really novel
Full Review » 7 years ago
Eric D. Snider EricDSnider.com

17

While Part 4 is better than Part 3, it is still worse than, say, being bitten in the retina by fire ants.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Michelle Alexandria Eclipse Magazine

40

Full Review » 9 years ago
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com

40

Boy, this one's rich.
Full Review » 9 years ago
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews

50

...[Donald Pleasance's Dr. Loomis] doesn't once refer to Myers as "pure evil," though he does call him "evil on two legs" which is almost as good...
Full Review » 9 years ago
Nicolas Lacroix Showbizz.net

40

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Bill Chambers Film Freak Central

40

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Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com

40

And in the faint praise department: "Halloween 4" is just a little bit better than most of the sequels that followed.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Jeremiah Kipp ToxicUniverse.com

50

The first half of the film is better than any fourth sequel in a slasher flick franchise deserves to be.
Full Review » 10 years ago