Ranking Every Halloween Film From Worst To Best
5. Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers
After the critical and commercial thrashing that Halloween III received, the producers sought to go back to basics and in doing so made one of the finest films in the series.
The anthology angle was out and Michael was swiftly resurrected for a traditional stalk-and-slash film that hits all the right notes for a Halloween movie. Only this time, Michael's attentions were turned towards his young niece Jamie Lloyd.
This subversion of the typical 'final girl' trope gives Halloween 4 an edge over many other mid-eighties slashers by upping the stakes in a way that really pulls at your heartstrings. Couple this with the film's high body count and buckets of gore and you've got a much leaner Halloween film that wasn't messing around.
The story is lacking some meat and very quickly brushes the events of Halloween II aside to jump straight into the action, but the pacing and general execution are so good that you'll very quickly find yourself getting swept up in all the spooky shenanigans.
It could be argued that this one follows the original film's beats a little too closely, but hey if it ain't broke?