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Halloween 5 - The Revenge Of Michael Myers (DVD)
Production Year: 1989 - Horror - Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Beau Starr, Wendy Kaplan, Tamara Glynn more
When the town police ignore his warnings that the madman Michael Myers has escaped his mineshaft tomb, Dr Loomis tries to persuade Myers' niece to help him trap the killer who has... more
(played by Jamie Lee Curtis in the first and second films, as well asHalloween H20) and went after his niece. Now he's chasing her around again in part 5, but it's a l...
(played by Jamie Lee Curtis in the first and second films, as well asHalloween H20) and went after his niece. Now he's chasing her around again in part 5, but it's a lot of other people who die in the process. Donald Pleasence continues his mad-doctor bit from the earlier movies, Danielle Harris is the unfortunate relation, and Donald L. Shanks plays the monster. The film is an improvement on parts 2 and 4 (part 3 having nothing to do with Michael Myers), but it still amounts to routine slaughter with none of John Carpenter's stylistic brilliance from the original movie. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
Myers, young Jamie (Danielle Harris) is committed to the psychiatric care of Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence). Meanwhile, Michael Myers is presumed dead following a shoot-out with the Haddonfield Police and a fatal fall down a mineshaft entrance.A well-meaning derelict nurses Michael back to health, and one year later he is back to kill again! Jamie finds herself the object of Michael's murderous rage, and along with new friends and Dr. Loomis, she tries to prevent Michael from continuing his bloody rampage.However, there is a new visitor in town - a man dressed in black who quietly walks the streets with an unknown but sinister purpose. Why is he here? What is his connection to Michael? By the end of Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, many will be dead - and you will be screaming!
horror classic. Myers continues his gruesome quest to destroy his niece Jamie who has empathic responses with the mass murderer trying to discover her whereabouts by brutally murdering her half-sister Rachel and then attempting to murder her friend Tina. To save Tina Jamie leaves the sanctuary of the clinic where she is being kept as a patient with the help of psychiatrist Dr Loomis (Donald Pleasence) and confronts Myers in a fight to the death.
(played by Jamie Lee Curtis in the first and second films, as well asHalloween H20) and went after his niece. Now he's chasing her around again in part 5, but it's a lot of other people who die in the process. Donald Pleasence continues his mad-doctor bit from the earlier movies, Danielle Harris is the unfortunate relation, and Donald L. Shanks plays the monster. The film is an improvement on parts 2 and 4 (part 3 having nothing to do with Michael Myers), but it still amounts to routine slaughter with none of John Carpenter's stylistic brilliance from the original movie. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
(played by Jamie Lee Curtis in the first and second films, as well asHalloween H20) and went after his niece. Now he's chasing her around again in part 5, but it's a lot of other people who die in the process. Donald Pleasence continues his mad-doctor bit from the earlier movies, Danielle Harris is the unfortunate relation, and Donald L. Shanks plays the monster. The film is an improvement on parts 2 and 4 (part 3 having nothing to do with Michael Myers), but it still amounts to routine slaughter with none of John Carpenter's stylistic brilliance from the original movie. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
A review by 3rdRockSatan on Halloween 5 - The Revenge Of Michael Myers (DVD) October 15th, 2002
Author's product rating:
Did you enjoy it?
Indifferent to it
Story
Very ordinary
Characters / Performances
Good
Special Effects
Standard
How does it compare to similar films?
Satisfactory
Advantages:
Solid acting | Quite good directing
Disadvantages:
No imagination | Some annoying characters
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
Halloween 5 was the Halloween movie that could have redefined the Halloween franchise. After the twist ending that Halloween 4 provided the film could have steered onto a bold new path and delivered a new vibe and energy into the series. However despite everything being set up for them the filmmakers chickened out and therefore Halloween 5 does not turn out to be the possible turnaround for the series but an instalment that seems uninspired and rushed, which is not surprising as this was made just a year after Halloween 4 in 1989. Many fans of the series will, when talking about bad sequels to the series, apart from mentioning Season of the Witch (it seems obligatory to say that) will also say Halloween 5, some just don’t like it at all, others say it was too much like Halloween 4 and others are just apathetic about it.
It has been a year since the events of Halloween 4. Jamie (Danielle Harris) is now in a children’s hospital and has not spoken a word since Halloween night of 1988. Her stepsister Rachel (Ellie Cornell) and friend Tina (Wendy Kaplan, who was also in Halloween 4 but has a significantly bigger role in the sequel) regularly visit her in the hospital hoping she will recover from the fateful Halloween night. Her Uncle isn’t quite dead just yet though. After being shot down the mineshaft he took refuge in an old hermits house and stayed there for one year. Now it is Halloween once more and Myers has awoken with the purpose to try and kill his niece again. However since the events last year Jamie has built a telepathic bond to her Uncle and she can sense when he is about to kill next which Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasance) urges her to try and tell him before Myers does yet more damage.
It seems, then, that this sequel is pretty much a copy of Halloween 4 and that isn’t too far from the truth. Indeed the only real new inclusion to the film is towards the middle of the film when the Man In Black shows up. His appearance throughout the film remains a mystery until the end and he does play a more important role in The Curse of Michael Myers. However other than that there is little to set this apart from the film before it apart from the slightly rushed feel of it and you cant help but shake the feeling that, after the simple and effective style of the original, we really don’t need a mysterious man turn up and raise a few questions.
With the rushed production time the main casualty is the script. Indeed, you can’t help but think that the reason why Jamie remains mute is that the writers didn’t have to think about dialogue for her. What speech it does have is fairly uninspired and adds little to the film and even the ramblings of Loomis don’t feel as good as they once were. A lot of the film involves a lot of running around in dark places, normally taken up by Jamie, or just a character on their own checking something out. While these scenes are not inherently bad a bit more imagination in the film would have been very welcome.
Despite the rushed nature of the film the acting isn’t quite as bad as you may fear. Once again Danielle Harris really does shine as Jamie. Although it is slightly annoying that she cant speak throughout most of the film she shows that she can be a solid little actress and some really good emotion is conveyed through her and, thanks to seeing her in the previous film, you feel empathy towards her and her character. Cornell’s role in the film isn’t as significant as in the fourth, which is a shame as she could have been used far more effectively than she had done. More of the film is given to Kaplan as Tina. While her acting isn’t the greatest, though this can be due to the fact most of the film requires her to run around and laugh in skimpy dresses, she is a very fun and likable character. In her moments of seriousness with Jamie another side can be shown and a nice bond is formed showing a bit more development in her character. This is more than can be said for the other teenagers in the film. Unfortunately they are so unlikeable and horned up that when they are eventually killed you’ll feel no emotion towards their deaths. Pleasance also produces another commendable role as Loomis, albeit a more worn and tired one. He was rumoured to have disagreed in the direction the film was going with the director and this is apparent on screen as he doesn’t seem to have quite as much enthusiasm as the others but he still plays the role well and manages to say some memorable lines.
The directing from Dominique Girad is fairly pleasing. He uses light a lot more than in other Halloween films and many times Myers is seen outside in the daylight skulking in bushes which still gives an air of menace and fear even if he isn’t shrouded in black. The finale stalk-down with Jamie and Myers is also quite pleasing. The scene with the laundry shoot is suitably tense and well directed picking up on the trapped claustrophobic and urgent atmosphere well and it shows that at least some spark is evident in the film. The films action is kept quite fast throughout with the entire running around and so tension does not really build up as such and there is, as in Halloween 4, a lot of violence though the kills aren’t quite as shocking or as inspired.
As well as the weak script there are other none-to-pleasing aspects of Halloween 5. The most notable is the inclusion of two bumbling police officers that, whenever on screen, are accompanied by some dreadful clown like music. This is not only pointless but it ruins the mood of the film, this is, after all, a horror film. Whether they were included for slapstick humour or to relieve possible tension does not matter as they were simply not needed and should not have been included at all. A link to the downside of the script is character development, which is pretty much none existent for new characters that means you wont care if they are killed off or not. The length of the film is also cause for concern. At 97 minutes it does seem to be stretched out somewhat, mainly due to the fact we had a lot of running in the first half let alone towards the end, and it could have used some more editing to try and get it trimmed down a touch more. A minor problem that people have with this film but nonetheless talked about is Michael Myers himself. With every film that is made the mask he wears is different and Halloween 5 is no exception. While still creepy it just looks a bit dumpy as if Michael put on a lot of weight while sleeping for a year. As well as the mask Halloween 5 is known for the unmasking of Myers (the only other time was seen in Halloween) but not only that we get to see some real emotion from him, a tear. Whether this cheapens Myers somewhat is up to the people watching it but it did anger some fans as Myers was notable for not showing emotion and that’s what made him scary. However Myers does seem to have picked up a sense of humour whereby he scrapes a hook along the car of Tina’s boyfriend who’s obsessed with it. Unexpected but it is quite funny.
Whether Halloween 5 is a bad sequel or not is subjective to the viewer. It certainly isn’t as good as Halloween 4 and doesn’t come close to the first two films. Despite many criticisms levelled at it Halloween 5 certainly isn’t an abomination to the series of the horror genre as a whole. The main reason why people dislike it is the fact that it just didn’t deliver what could have been, a new direction and a new life and instead relied on an overused concept. However given the nice acting from most of the cast and fairly good direction it is able to at least have some credibility. This film does warrant the sharpest dip in imagination for the series but if you are after a typical slasher film then you could do worse than this film. All in all Halloween 5 is a passable way to spend watching. It is just distinctly average.
HALLOWEEN 5 IS
Uninspired Unimaginative Underdeveloped
HALLOWEEN 5 IS NOT
As good as it should have been A film trying to be different Without its charm
Advantages: When I find any I'll let you know. Disadvantages: What ISN'T wrong with this film?
...hermit for a year. Once Halloween begins he murders the hermit and makes his way back to Haddonfield. There we see Jamie (Danielle Harris) who can no longer speak and has developed a telepathic link with her uncle. Dr. Sam Loomis (the late, great Donald Pleasance) also returns and discovers Jamie's link to Uncle Mike. He tries to use this to his advantage to figure out when and who he's going to kill when Jamie goes into panic attacks. These attacks ... ...original idea. But in a "Halloween" film? Save it for a "Friday The 13th" sequel.
This movie is bad. I don't mean bad as in "Jason Goes To Hell" purposely bad but I mean bad as in "there goes an hour and a half of my life" bad. This whole telepathic crap might be more original for this series but it doesn't work in the least. We go from one of the simplest Horror films of all time to something more complicated than building your own PC.
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Advantages: fine for switched off viewing Disadvantages: lacking tension and genuine horror
Well, Halloween 5 is not a bad film if you like horror stories, by any means. However, following on from the excellent Halloween 4, this is a disappointing sequel. Jamie, Michael Myer's pre-teen niece who he attempted to dispose of in Halloween 4, is now in a children's home after her attempt to copy her uncle's exploits at the end of H4. However, Jamie is now back to being a 'mass murder isn't for me' sweet kid again. So naturally, Michael must ... ...the police about 100 times at the end of the last film) to finish her off again. And of course, her step-sister who looked after Jamie so well in H4 must be killed at the beginning of H5 to create some shock effect.
As with H4, Danielle Harris as Jamie, steals the show as the only actor trying to convey genuine emotion. Her screaming just gets better and better, and she has so much practise in the film. Unfortunately, the film does not revolve around ...
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Lazy filmmaking Review ofHalloween 5 - The Revenge Of Michael Myers (DVD)by
DanClegg
Advantages: Danieele Harris, Donald Pleasance. Disadvantages: Boring, cheap, amateurish, lacking in atmosphere, makes little sense.
...the last film of the Halloween sequels I saw and no it did not live up to any expectations - this film is just cheap and while watching it I just couldn't believe that it was in any way connected to the great Halloween 1 - firstly, Rachel, a very likeable character from Halloween 4 is killed off early on in the film and secondly the rest of the cast {except the greta Danielle Harris} behave like they're in a Friday the 13 th sequel - they go off ... ...hair just shining in the dark. Thinking about the movie now I can't remember any of the characters names {aopart from the ones from Halloween 4} and I can't remember how they dies - this film is boring and cheap and shouldn't be allowed to bare the name of "Halloween". ...
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27.11.2000
A bad sequel Review ofHalloween 5 - The Revenge Of Michael Myers (DVD)by
Kelvan
Advantages: A couple of scares to be had Disadvantages: Quite predictable at times
Its one year after the Halloween 4, and Michael Myers is back to wreak terror on Jamie Lloyd.
Jamie lost her ability to speak since the previous Halloween and is now in a Children's hospital. But, she seems to have a telepathic link to Michael . . . which only Dr Loomis seems to realize and her little friend in the hospital.
Halloween 5 is not an awful film, its just quite bad! There are some scares to be had especially the scene in which Jamie ... ...Dr Loomis is as good as ever, but this film just doesn't make the grade, which is a shame because Halloween 4 was so promising.
The film is one of the weakest of the series (apart from number 3); even so, horror fans will find enough to enjoy it ...
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29.05.2001
#5 Review ofHalloween 5 - The Revenge Of Michael Myers (DVD)by
peter_chrichard
Advantages: many Disadvantages: few
...were 20,000 leagues below the Halloween series.
Sad is what it is. The opening credit sequence runs for no more than three minutes, and scarily, it's the best part of the film. Too bad about the rest of the film.
Sore is what it is. This is getting old. The series does not benefit from sequels like this. Sooner of later, people are going to get tired of knowing very well that Michael is never dead, there's going to be a designated surviver [for ...
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Advantages: May satisfy people with a desire for gore Disadvantages: Lacking atmosphere, Paper thin plot, Overused story
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If you are desperate enough then you can get this DVD on play.com for £4.99. Only really worth it if you are completing the series or are plain sadistic!! But then that is just my opnion!
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Advantages: some scary scenes, interesting at times Disadvantages: jamie did not become like Michael Myers
...Halloween5 is the fifth installment in the Halloween movie franchise and this part is nothing better than the fourth part but I must say that the film is good to watch. I still found the film entertaining as the Jamie's story had continued. She is now in the mental hospital, unable to talk. After the horrific actions of the girl in the end of Halloween 4, she has no one to share anything with. Unfortunately, MichaelMyers still lives after he escapes a bomb which would have caused his death. He is unconsious for a year and awakens. Only Jamie knows he lives as she can sense him. She tries telling everyone but cannot do anything. She is helpless. By the end of the movie, Michael is jailed but a mysterious person lingers around the town. He breaks through the prison, eliminating all police officers and as Jamie checks the cell where...
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Advantages: Cheap, Brilliant Movie Disadvantages: Flaw in storyline
...Halloween5: The Revenge of MichaelMyers. The movie is not bad, some gory bits in it. I would definetly reccommend this to everyone who has atleast watched one of the Halloween films or is wanting to see one because the storyline and killings are ok. Some things are a little different in the storyline this one but the movie is still good. Overall, This movie I would give 3/5 simply because the flaw in the storyline but it makes sense the movie and is still a major part in the Halloween franchise. You cant watch Halloween without missing this one out because the plot wouldnt make sense to anyone if you dont watch this one. Thanks for reading my review. I hope you like it.
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When the town police ignore his warnings that the madman Michael Myers has escaped his mineshaft tomb, Dr Loomis tries to persuade Myers' niece to help him trap the killer who has embarked on a bloody rampage.
Release details
DVD Region: DVD
Studio(s): Hollywood DVD Ltd
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: HOLDD 400
Barcode: 5017633204007
Languages
Main Language: English
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