Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

1989

1h 38m

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5.3/10

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After lying in a coma for a year, Michael Myers awakens and stalks his way back to his small hometown in Illinois, intent on killing his niece, Jamie, who has been confined to a mental institution since his last attempt to slay her.

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Dominique Othenin-Girard

Writers

Shem Bitterman(screenplay by)

Dominique Othenin-Girard(screenplay by)

Michael Jacobs(screenplay by)

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Donald Pleasence

Danielle Harris

Ellie Cornell

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Dr. Sam Loomis

Jamie Lloyd

Rachel Carruthers

Tina Williams (as Wendy Kaplan)

Sheriff Meeker

Michael Myers

Billy Hill

Samantha Thomas

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Nurse Patsey

Deputy Charlie

Deputy Nick Ross

Deputy Tom Farrah

Mountain Man

Darlene Carruthers

Dr. Max Hart

Eddy

Guy In Gas Station

Directors

Dominique Othenin-Girard

Writers

Shem Bitterman(screenplay by)

Dominique Othenin-Girard(screenplay by)

Michael Jacobs(screenplay by)

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7/10

Michael Myers attacks trick-or-treaters on Halloween Michael Myers survives his descent into a mind shaft from the previous movie and holds up with a hermit for a year before returning to his hometown in Illinois to attack his niece during Halloween and any trick-or-treaters who get in the way. As usual, Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) is on his trail. “Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers” (1989) has the best sense of Halloween up to this point in the Michael Myers story arc with a considerable amount of the runtime involving the entertaining shenanigans of trick-or-treaters. While it’s not great like the previous entry it’s pretty much on par with the original 1978 movie and I actually prefer it even though it’s less classy/arty and more blunt. Remember the infamous closet scene in the original? This one has a similarly effective sequence revolving around a clothes chute and Jaimie Lloyd. Ellie Cornell returns from the previous movie as Rachel and looks better, but it’s charismatic raven-haired Wendy Foxworth as Tina who’s the main protagonist (aside from Jaimie, that is) with blonde Tamara Glynn offering support as Samantha. There’s also a Fonzie wannabe and his bud. This is the first movie in the series to throw in a little camp and comic booky-ness like the “Friday the 13th” franchise did with “Part III” (1982) and subsequent installments. The campiness has to do with the two goofy deputies and the comic booky-ness relates to the mysterious man-in-black and the corresponding twist at the end, which is supposed to segue into “Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers” (1995). Like “Friday the 13th Part III,” there’s a long sequence involving a similar-looking barn. As with “Halloween 4,” the movie was shot in the greater Salt Lake City area, Utah. GRADE: B

Wuchak16 Aug, 2018