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Halloween 4. Halloween 4, aka H one oh, was released in 1988. The movie opens with incredible atmosphere. Set 10 years after the events of the first 2 movies, you get great opening credits setting the mood. You then get the obligatory exposition for the audience, who might not be familiar with the story of Michael Myers, since he hasn’t been on screen in 7 years. The list of movies that came out between 81 and 88. Friday the 13th parts two through seven. Nightmare on elm street parts one through four. Hellraiser one and two. And countless other rip offs and imitators. The expositioner says he murdered 16 people. Says he shot him 6 times and set him on fire. But really shot him 14 times, and blew his ass up. I guess he’s been in a coma for the past 10 years? Not sure why he still has bandages on his face. He’s also muscley as fuck, considering he hasn’t done shit in 10 years. The movie is kind of the original requel, or remake sequel, in which it acknowledges the events that came before, but the story and the characters are essentially the same. This one follows the same beats as the original. It opens with a patient transfer that results in Michael Myers’ escape, he goes back to Haddonfield and kills some babysitters while Dr Loomis tries to warn everyone and stop him from killing too many people. This one is a little faster paced though, with some forehead thumb stabbings and nightmare sequences early on. I don’t know, unless this is a nightmare on elm street, I don’t want to see dream sequences in my horror movies. We meet the family we will be following for the next 90 minutes. They include a guy that gets pissed at his wife for dipping his own tie in his own coffee? And a stage 5 clinger who thinks she’ll never have kids if she blows off one date with Brady? This isn’t Tom Brady, chill the fuck out. Michael is rocking his invisible man disguise, but he can’t be killing people in a smock on his special day, so he stabs a mechanic and steals his clothes. Dr Loomis is also detective Loomis, and follows the breadcrumbs of dead bodies to track Michael Myers down to some kind of garage slash Abraham Lincoln restaurant. They have a nice reunion before Loomis resorts to his favorite pastime - opening fire on Michael. I really don’t remember little kids being this mean. High schooler maybe, but teasing a little girl about her dead mom seems a little much. “I don’t want to seem desperate.” “Let’s face it, you are desperate.” I love the brutal honesty. Boom roasted bitch. Rachel shows up at Brady’s work to make out with him before dropping some bad news. Between her and the two people fucking in the hot tub at work in part 2, I need to find jobs with these guys. Michael steals a shitty version of his mask from the drug store, which I guess is a passable excuse for why it looks like a shitty Michael Myers mask you’d buy at a drug store. Poor Dr Loomis has such a smile on his face before literally getting rocks kicked into it. What kind of asshole does that to an old man with a limp on the side of the road? Dr Loomis meets reverend Sayer, his soulmate in the crazy department. Loomis is not yet totally unhinged like he is in part 5, but this is definitely a more amped up and crazy version of the character. I will admit, answering the door for a bunch of kids without having pants on is mildly inappropriate. And so is Brady’s explanation. But she does have some bazoongas. This one takes some parts from Halloween 2, including the town folk forming an angry mob to look for Michael Myers, which was also attempted in Halloween Kills, but handled so much fucking worse Killing dogs is not a very endearing trait, Michael. I know he kills the electrical worker to highlight the power going out in Haddonfield, but how far out of his way is that power plant? The multiple Michaels scene: “Is that him?” Loomis confidently, “Yes.” Even though it fucking isn’t. You think he would’ve learned his lesson after he got Ben Tramer’s ass killed. We see the aftermath of the police station massacre. I’m not a big fan of Michael killing large groups of people. He really does this more in Halloween Kills. But I always see Michael as a serial killer, creeping and stalking, not fucking John Rambo. I also like total maniac Loomis inciting the mob outside the police station. The mob stuff is handled so much better here than in Halloween Kills, I can’t state it enough. It is a minor subplot, but it gets the point across without beating you over the head with it. *killed Ted Hollister* Michael is just chilling in the back of the police car. He was in a coma for 10 years and is wearing some random mechanic’s jumpsuit. I bet he smells like hot garbage. Or (your fucking shit). The scene in the house is classic old school Halloween, with Michael lurking in the shadows, but bringing it into the new style of slashers that were going on at the time, getting more creative with the kills. Like stabbing someone with a shotgun. And Deputy Logan’s twisted body in the candle light. Kelly is making some real sense here (what men want or you’ll lose another one) I love this interaction between Brady and Rachel. “God dammit it’s metal!” “What does that mean?!” There is a pretty solid rooftop chase, which transitions to a schoolhouse….for some reason. It could honestly be completely removed. But you get to see a pink mask and blonde haired Michael Myers for a quick moment. Earl and the boys finally do something smart and decide to take the girls out of Haddonfield, but unbeknownst to them, they have a secret passenger. He starts throwing motherfuckers out the back of trucks like it’s Royal Rumble. Earl gets the MacGruber special, which is a particularly gnarly death. Michael continues to transition into a robot, and does not even move when a truck is barreling down on him. His shoulder padded up mannequin body just takes it like a boss. Meanwhile, Rachel, the worst babysitter ever, just lets Jamie wander over to the serial killer. Luckily the cops arrive and open fire like they are in the jungle with an an invisible alien. Michael falls down a well like baby Jessica, and that’s how he meets his temporary demise in this chapter. *Xmas vacation: falls down a well, kicked by a mule* But the movie isn’t over, it tries to go full circle by ending with a shot of Jamie killing her mom in a clown costume. This was so stupid that it was completely ignored in the next movie. I know people love this one, and I can’t fault them, it is one of the better entries in the franchise. It’s fast paced, has a good Halloween atmosphere, Michael and Loomis get some face to face time complete with explosions! And it gets into Halloween night within 30 minutes and spends the last hour there, that’s how you do it. It has those great moments where a shot is perfectly constructed to see Michael in the shadows with a lightning flash. The atmosphere has the most Halloween vibe of any of the early entries. Has some good characters, and some gorey kills. Overall this is a movie you can toss on in October and be pleased. But it’s also not without it’s faults. I still don’t like the familial ties. It’s creepier when he just kills at random, and really doesn’t add anything to the movie. I thought it was lame he was trying to kill his sister, and now he’s going after his niece. To me, following one of the kids who was being babysat would’ve made the first movie significantly worse. Let’s not forget his awful mask, and the stupid fucking shoulder pads that make him look like an actual mannequin. Also, no titties. This and Friday the 13th part 6, what gives? Plus the horrendous ending where it is eluding to Jamie being the new Michael. Which was so stupid they essentially pretended it didn’t happen in the 5th one. But I digress. Halloween four, watch it. Do it.