Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
E528381
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers is a 1988 slasher film in the Halloween franchise that resurrects the iconic masked killer Michael Myers and continues the story of Dr. Loomis’s pursuit of him.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers canonical | 4 |
| Halloween 1988 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5509834 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Context triple: [Donald Pleasence, notableWork, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers]
-
A.
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Halloween III: Season of the Witch is a 1982 American horror film in the Halloween franchise that departs from the Michael Myers storyline to tell a standalone tale about a sinister Halloween mask company.
-
B.
Halloween II
Halloween II is a 1981 slasher film that continues the story of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode on the same night as the original Halloween, known for its intense hospital setting and graphic violence.
-
C.
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later is a 1998 slasher film in the Halloween franchise that revisits Laurie Strode 20 years after her original encounter with Michael Myers.
-
D.
“Halloween (Part 2)”
“Halloween (Part 2)” is an episode of the horror anthology television series American Horror Story, continuing the haunted house storyline and featuring the character Hayden McClaine.
-
E.
Halloween (1978 film)
Halloween (1978 film) is a landmark 1978 American slasher film directed by John Carpenter that helped define the modern horror genre through its iconic masked killer Michael Myers and suspense-driven style.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Target entity description: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers is a 1988 slasher film in the Halloween franchise that resurrects the iconic masked killer Michael Myers and continues the story of Dr. Loomis’s pursuit of him.
-
A.
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Halloween III: Season of the Witch is a 1982 American horror film in the Halloween franchise that departs from the Michael Myers storyline to tell a standalone tale about a sinister Halloween mask company.
-
B.
Halloween II
Halloween II is a 1981 slasher film that continues the story of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode on the same night as the original Halloween, known for its intense hospital setting and graphic violence.
-
C.
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later is a 1998 slasher film in the Halloween franchise that revisits Laurie Strode 20 years after her original encounter with Michael Myers.
-
D.
“Halloween (Part 2)”
“Halloween (Part 2)” is an episode of the horror anthology television series American Horror Story, continuing the haunted house storyline and featuring the character Hayden McClaine.
-
E.
Halloween (1978 film)
Halloween (1978 film) is a landmark 1978 American slasher film directed by John Carpenter that helped define the modern horror genre through its iconic masked killer Michael Myers and suspense-driven style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
slasher film ⓘ |
| basedOn | characters created by John Carpenter and Debra Hill ⓘ |
| boxOfficeGrossWorldwide | approximately $17,000,000 ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed |
Danielle Harris as Jamie Lloyd
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Donald Pleasence as Dr. Samuel Loomis NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellie Cornell as Rachel Carruthers NERFINISHED ⓘ George P. Wilbur as Michael Myers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Peter Lyons Collister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continuity | original Halloween film continuity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Dwight H. Little NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Galaxy International Releasing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Curtis Clayton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Sheriff Ben Meeker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Salt Lake City, Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Halloween II (1981 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| franchise | Halloween franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
slasher ⓘ |
| hasSequelNumber | 4 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dr. Samuel Loomis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jamie Lloyd NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Myers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alan Howarth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | return of Michael Myers to the Halloween franchise after his absence in Halloween III: Season of the Witch ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Halloween (film series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Michael Myers awakens from a coma and returns to Haddonfield to kill his young niece Jamie Lloyd while Dr. Loomis tries to stop him. ⓘ |
| producer | Paul Freeman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Galaxy International Releasing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trancas International Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ratingMPAA | R ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1988-10-21 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 88 ⓘ |
| screenplayWrittenIn | 11 days ⓘ |
| setDuring | Halloween holiday NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Haddonfield, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Danielle Harris
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Donald Pleasence NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellie Cornell NERFINISHED ⓘ George P. Wilbur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyBy | Alan B. McElroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Alan B. McElroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Description of subject: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers is a 1988 slasher film in the Halloween franchise that resurrects the iconic masked killer Michael Myers and continues the story of Dr. Loomis’s pursuit of him.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Halloween 1988