The Shape of a Movie: Why H4's Ending was Perfect

And why it should not have been retconned out

There are few movies that make the crossover from Slasher so firmly and smoothly to proper Horror. And there are few moments in film history more chilling than that of Halloween 4’s ending, and yet it had so much preparation and ground laid out so to speak for it.

That is to say that the whole of the movie is a ‘fall from grace’ movie in which we see Jai…