Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

1989 "Michael lives. AND THIS TIME THEY'RE READY!"
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

4.9 | 1h38m | R | en | Fantasy

One year later, Michael Myers' traumatized young niece is horrified to discover she has a telepathic bond with her evil uncle... and that he is on the way back to Haddonfield to begin the carnage again.

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4.9 | 1h38m | R | en | Fantasy , Horror , Thriller | More Info
Released: October. 13,1989 | Released Producted By: Trancas International Films , Magnum Pictures Inc. Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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One year later, Michael Myers' traumatized young niece is horrified to discover she has a telepathic bond with her evil uncle... and that he is on the way back to Haddonfield to begin the carnage again.

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Cast

Donald Pleasence , Danielle Harris , Ellie Cornell

Director

Richard Honigman

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Trancas International Films , Magnum Pictures Inc.

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IssaGuy This movie is boring and it's so rushed. It's a big hot mess if you give it two more years to make. Weak premise, poor story telling, bad script, and annoying characters like Tina. This movie would be so much better if they take their time with it like in order to have a movie made a year after is talented actors and actress to make it work and also talented production team too. The downfall of the series, not recommended at all!
Eric Stevenson This is so far the worst film in the "Halloween" series to feature Michael Myers, although I'm sure they get worse later. Michael is going to kill his niece and that's all you need to know about this movie. They show parts from the previous movie where he was shot all those times and now he wakes up at some guy's place. He was apparently asleep for an entire year and the guy just left his body hanging around. This is one of the few slasher movies where the police do get directly involved. As you might have guessed, they're mostly incompetent.Dr. Loomis is back giving his speeches and he actually comes across as a jerk in this as he even uses the niece as bait. There is absolutely nothing accomplished that wasn't done previously. Even the setup for the next sequel is rushed. I could basically do nothing but list all the little things that go on in this movie that are not important. I guess I'll give the film credit for not being too bloody. There's all these fakeouts with these other people in masks. Kittens are featured in this movie and I know they wouldn't be evil enough to hurt them! I would have given this a lower rating, oh I don't care. This is pointless. *1/2
tuckerconstable-07055 "Halloween 5" finds Jami Lloyd locked up in a mental institution for killing her mother in the last film. Everything seems to be normal for her, or as normal as things can get, until she starts having visions of her uncle, Michael Myers, coming for her. Soon enough, Myers does come back for Jami, after being in a coma for a year. Which leads us to the dumbest thing in the film, Jami having a telekinetic connection to her uncle. Just saying that, it sounds dumb. But, when it comes from a "Halloween" film- one of the smartest horror franchises around-it really hurts to see."Halloween 5" isn't the worst sequel in the series, trust me there's far worse, but it's a great step in the wrong direction considering "Halloween 4" brought the franchise back to it's roots with a very chilling story. The best way to describe "Halloween 5" is that it feels like a "Friday The 13th" clone, even though "Halloween" came first. The teenagers are all sex driven maniacs who only have two emotions-annoyingly excited or just plain annoying-and the violence is toned way up for this installment. That's not to say I don't love a good bit of gore, but when you have such poor direction and the gore is the only thing going for your film, well... If anything good is to be said about "Halloween 5" it's that, despite the films many, many, many, many, many flaws, it still somehow manages to be frightening in a few scenes-specifically when Dr. Loomis is walking around the old dilapidated home of Myers. There's no jump scares or gore, but you have this heavy sense of dread throughout the whole scene. All in all, "Halloween 5" is pretty much the definition of an 80's horror film. You've got the big haired, sex crazed twenty somethings, you've got the zombified maniac lumbering around, but you don't have many scares-or a good plot for that matter.
breakdownthatfilm-blogspot-com There comes a point in time where a viewer who has seen enough sequels to a horror franchise where it doesn't phase them anymore. When a formula is repeated over and over and over and over again, the redundancy feels more like an attribute of lazy writing versus actually copying out of flattery. It's obvious as to why studios love making sequels but it's crazy as to how they believe one exact formula is necessary for all entries. There has to be some kind of creative brainstorming going on in the background otherwise every entry after the original continues to just rinse and rehash the same concept until the end of its run. After the blunder of Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) and the lukewarm return of Halloween IV: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), production studio Magnum Pictures Inc. felt a year later was just enough time to make another sequel. Unfortunately since Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), there has been a stagnation of quality in this series. This is okay but nothing to cheer over either.Written by Michael Jacobs, Shem Bitterman and Dominique Othenin-Girard, the story picks up a year later after the last film. After killing her stepmother, Jaime Strode (Danielle Harris) now lives in a child care clinic where she is under the supervision of Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence). Knowing that her uncle Michael Myers (Don Shanks) is still alive and well, Dr. Loomis hopes to get whatever information he can from his now mute niece. Trying to keep a cool head is returning characters Jaime's stepsister Rachel (Ellie Cornell), her friend Tina (Wendy Foxworth) and the local sheriff Ben Meeker (Beau Starr). It sounds like an okay setup but really much the execution is flawed. For the three writers mentioned, all but one had prior horror film making experience so that's already a fairly bad start when it comes to continuing a horror franchise. Directing this sequel was also writer Dominique Othenin-Girard. Girard's direction unfortunately does not improve the viewing experience all that much.What truly hurts this sequel's performance is how empty the story is on substance and the few frightening moments. This is by far the sequel with the most holes in its plot. There's no explanation to numerous things. No reason as to why Jaime no longer has the Myer's killer instinct. No understanding is made as to why Michael Myers returned exactly one year later when he could've done so much sooner. Nothing is justified as to why Jaime is mute after the events of the first movie. There's even a new character that enters this series and he too is given no background information whatsoever. What gives? The pacing is another problem. Like the slew of other slasher films that were inspired by its original film, many scenes contain teenagers walking around calling out into vacant rooms and saying how much it isn't funny anymore. There needs to be development in some of these characters otherwise, there's no scare factor involved throughout the movie. There are some moments of intrigue that are made as the film gets closer to the finale but that's it.The kill scenes are also rather disappointing. Only a couple of Michael Myers' victims have a memorable scene with him. A lot of the other deaths are off screen. There's also nothing wrong with the idea of less is more, but there's nothing new that's added to the end result. However here is what does work. The main actors such as Danielle Harris and Donald Pleasence are the best parts. As much as it's sad to see Pleasence continue to try and make this series watchable, he still carries some kind of dramatic heft. Although his character is becoming less and less useful. Harris was okay although she is mute. Her fear looks real on screen as well when Myers is around. Shanks as Myers was okay too but did miss the opportunity to do several Myers like responses such as the infamous "head tilt". The rest of the supporting cast is all right but they do not add much to the actual narrative. The thing viewers can be grateful for is at least the casting department brought back what was left of the previous cast for another round.The visual aspect of things was decent as well. Robert Draper handled the cinematography. Although he had worked on small and big screen productions, this was Draper's first big theatrical entry. For what was shown, it looked adequate. It was when Draper's skill and the set decorations worked together to create some creepy scenes. Sadly it wasn't very often but when it was seen, it worked. This takes place in the old Myer's house. Returning composer Alan Howarth produced the musical score. Considering he has been apart of the franchise dating back to Halloween II (1981) with John Carpenter, it's reassuring to know there's one more dedicated crewmember. Howarth's score continues Carpenter's memorable theme from the series and includes various other motifs as well. It isn't perfect nor is it entirely effective but it does make up for a lot of the other issues going on with this movie. The score itself is still mainly made up of synthesizer keyboard and that's fine looking at it's origins.While it may have a decent musical score, returning credible actors and adequate camera-work, this sequel continues to hit the middle of the road. The story is bare bones developed, the reasoning behind several things goes untouched, its pacing is pretty slow and the creep factor is hardly there. It's not worse than any other prior entry starting from Halloween II (1981) but it doesn't bother to add much either.