Fourth entry in the Halloween horror series is a no-frills, workmanlike picture.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
27 Aug 2007
rotten:
The shocks are infinitesimal, the script diabolical.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
It seems the latest stage in some curious evolutionary pattern; the slasher species keeps proliferating and getting weaker at the same time.
– Caryn James,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
H4 is very much the cheap knockoff of its prototype, but not half as visceral.
– Richard Harrington,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Of all the Halloween sequels, including the irrelevant and unwatchable Halloween III, Halloween 4 stands out as the best of a generally uninspired lot.