The significance of "Mr. Sandman"

Thank you, Zarkoff. That might be intensified by the fact that Halloween is highly reduced and downplayed in Haddonfield. Many of the parents go to engagements on that evening, and it looks as though the older children don't even Trick Or Treat. The residents barely want to celebrate, so apparently the town has never moved beyond the history of the Myers house.

Thank you, bobbydallas. That relates to Michael being a perpetual nightmare for Haddonfield.

Ditto. I liked this one. I loved Pleasence in all the ones he did, but narratively (and definitely quality-wise) I feel this should have been the end. I don't blame Carpenter though. He didn't really want to do this one, but once he agreed to I think he did good job. Shame he didn't direct (although I've read he had a hand in some reshoots).

Thank you, BKB. Michael was a supernatural person from the start. He was described and displayed as one in Halloween. John Carpenter might have intended for the audience to make independent decisions about whether or not the slasher was alive at the end of this movie since he had not planned on using the character further. I was glad that Michael was brought back for better films. He was too fun to be immediately discontinued, and this round was awkward and uncomfortable.

I agree. They should have stopped with this one. This was the best one to me in the entire franchise and turning him into an supernatural unstoppable monster doesn't work for me personally. I like it being grounded in our world by being more human.