Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

1989 "Michael lives. AND THIS TIME THEY'RE READY!"
4.9| 1h38m| R| en| More Info
Released: 13 October 1989 Released
Producted By: Trancas International Films
Country: United States of America
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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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Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!
Clevercell Very disappointing...
Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
Mark Habeeb I don't see why this movie got such a low rating on IMBD. I actually liked Halloween 5 a little more than 4. While part 4 was still good, I found 5 to be overall more fun and more adventures with how the plot develops. Plus this one has a more darker and scary feel to it, and it actually scared me. In this one, Jamie Loyd, Michael's niece, is mute and is in a children's care center. But she also has psychological connections with her uncle. I know it sounds a bit cheezy, but it actually plays out quite well. There is some serious tense and suspenseful scenes, in which Jamie is trying to warn people that Michael is about to kill someone, but cannot due to her muteness. This one is more campy and fun and felt more true to the slasher genre than the previous. It's also quite an exciting ride as we follow Michael and Jamie around Hadonfield and eventually to Michael's old house in a great climax! Definitely recommend this one to any Halloween or horror fan.
TheLittleSongbird John Carpenter's 1978 'Halloween' is wholly deserving of its status as a horror classic. To this day it's still one of the freakiest films personally seen and introduced the world to one of horror's most iconic villainous characters Michael Myers.Which is why it is such a shame that not only are all of the sequels nowhere near as good but that the decline in quality is so drastic. Ok, the original 'Halloween' is very difficult to follow on from, but most of the sequels could at least looked like effort was made into them. To me, and many others it seems, 'Halloween 5' is one of the worst of the series. Even with its attempt at a grittier tone, it is far from a thrill ride and there is very little scary about it, other than one scene and how poor quality the film is.Danielle Harris and Don Shanks give strong performances, as does Ellie Cornell in the limited screen time she has. Donald Pleasance does his best and succeeds in creating an unnerving presence, but his character is now too much of a caricature which is at the writers' door not his. There is one effective scene, that with the laundry chute which is actually pretty freaky. The setting has a haunting eeriness when it is not hindered by the low-budget-looking rushed-looking filming.Sadly, most of the time it is with the editing being especially amateurish. The direction is also sloppy, especially in the dramatically inept non-horror scenes. The music is here a drawback when it was one of the better elements of the three previous sequels. Here it sounds cheap, goofy and would have sounded out of date even in the 80s most likely.'Halloween 5' is also seriously lacking in atmosphere and the darkness and grittiness doesn't come through enough because too much of the film is dull and descends into overly-silly camp. Again, 'Halloween 5' feels more of the same, the chilling scares, nail-biting suspense and the feeling of being unsettled. There is nothing creative or shocking about the scares or deaths, it's all by-the-numbers, over-familiar and indifferent. Everything is just too predictable and dull in pace to be remotely suspenseful. Stupidity is also all over the film. So many moments are intelligence-insultingly ridiculous and almost illogical. The characters mostly are very bland and annoying, especially Tina. High quality of acting and dialogue is never to be expected in a 'Halloween' film, but both are especially bad here. The script is so last-minute sounding and not even half-baked and outside of the aforementioned the acting is terrible.In summary, one of the worst of the series. Scary and thrilling are the two last words to describe this revenge. 3/10 Bethany Cox
Ilikehorrormovies This movie suck out the fun out of this movie and make it boring. Like ever since the ending of HalloweeN 4 sucks, this film went down hill including part 6. This is the first one that feature the whole pointless cult thing. Like I said in my HalloweeN The Cashgrab of Michael Myers review "It almost ruined Michael Myers character" and why they use the cult as why Michael been brought back to life over and over? I have no idea. It's worse than the first remake like I espect the same rating like the remake but I didn't enjoy this one more. The story is bad including the plot and pace. This is one of those movie that you watch once and forget about. This is my review on HalloweeN 5 (1989), this movie sucks.
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