The Return Of Michael Myers Explained

All things considered, «Halloween 4» is a pretty straightforward «Halloween» movie, especially if you’ve seen many of the other entries in the series. It begins with Michael Myers (George P. Wilbur) escaping from prison while being transferred to another facility. Rule No. 1 of «Halloween» — never try to move Michael. If you’ve had him contained for a decade it ain’t broke and you don’t need to fix it.

Following up on his motivations from Rick Rosenthal’s «Halloween II,» Michael goes after his family. While Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) has disappeared, her daughter, Jamie Lloyd (Danielle Harris), lives with a foster family in Haddonfield. Oh, did we mention that it happens to be October 31st? In the meantime, Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) discovers that Michael has broken free and tracks him down.

Jamie is terrorized by visions of Michael. Her foster sister, Rachel (Ellie Cornell), tries to console her by taking her to buy a Halloween costume. Jamie finds a creepy clown costume at the costume shop and sees Michael. When Rachel takes her trick-or-treating on Halloween night, it turns into a typical Haddonfield nightmare as Michael stalks Jamie and Rachel, killing ancillary characters along the way. The town mob eventually corners Michael, and Jamie approaches him, touching his hand before he falls into a collapsing mine. Jamie, Rachel, and Dr. Loomis go back home to a happy ending. Or so it seems.