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When Halloween III: The Season of the Witch tanked, I think we lost something. The idea of that film was to create a year anthology series of stories that weren’t connected to each other, but that were Halloween themed. Sure, looking back at it, it’s a minor classic and a far better film than the disappointed thousands expected to see. But because it tanked critically and underperformed at the box office, the series returned to its slasher roots with the fourth film. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers takes the series back to its roots. As the title tells us, Michael is back with his William Shatner mask and knife, and carnage will ensue.
We’re going to have some problems right away. Halloween II ends with Michael Myers blinded and burned, Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasance) also evidently killed, and Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) being taken to a new hospital by ambulance. Well, we can’t have any of that if we’re going to be bringing Michael Myers back, can we? So we’re going to retcon pretty much everything that happened in Halloween II.
