Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

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Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

R

1989

1h 36m

Holiday

Horror

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After lying in a coma for a year, Michael Myers (Donald L. Shanks) awakens and stalks his way back to his small hometown in Illinois, intent on killing his niece, Jamie (Danielle Harris), who has been confined to a mental institution since Michael's last attempt to slay her. Suspecting a psychic link between Michael and Jamie, psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence) joins forces with Sheriff Ben Meeker (Beau Starr) and attempts to stop Michael's latest rampage.

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Critics Consensus

Halloween 5: The Revenge Of Michael Myers finds the series embracing crude slasher conventions with pedestrian scares, disposable characters, and aimless plotting.

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Chris Stuckmann

ChrisStuckmann.com

11/02/2020

D

This was the beginning of the end for the Halloween franchise.

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

05/20/2003

3/5

A bit more refined in its details than the conventional horror movie.

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Richard Harrington

Washington Post

01/01/2000

A prime example of the principle of diminishing reruns.

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Jack E. Wilkinson

United Press International

Jun 12

Spooky at times, but generally just more variations on well-worn theme.

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Kat Halstead

Common Sense Media

Oct 29

2/5

This fifth film feels like a faded copy of the previous one, going through the motions with little impact, despite some strong performances.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 12

2/5

A baffling decision to have the most compelling addition to the franchise silenced for most of the film, and while there are teases of compelling mythology finally being introduced, it's still ultimately a dud.

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Alex D.

@RT24918759 May 23

The movie is not that bad and it’s actually super fun. But if you watch it and don’t like it then don’t take your anger out on us.

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Charles T.

@CharlesGaming1000 Apr 20

Its…… alright I dont hate any of the halloween movies, but the ones I rate low, like this one I just simply dont really care for them

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Sfderk K

@RT46584697 Apr 9

Basically just Halloween 4 but the last around 30 minutes were worse, I’d give it a better rating than Halloween 4 if it went a bit more realistic or something minutes were better. I read some reviews and someone said that the laundry shaft scene was their favourite. In my opinion it was pretty bad because they just kept changing Michael’s power to let Jamie survive.

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Jason K.

@Warlockofwifi Mar 4

I guess they all can’t be good

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Sam

@SamColacito Feb 11

My Rotten Tomatoes score: 🦠

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Tommy D

@Thomas005 Jan 18

This chapter is very bad and boring

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Synopsis

After lying in a coma for a year, Michael Myers (Donald L. Shanks) awakens and stalks his way back to his small hometown in Illinois, intent on killing his niece, Jamie (Danielle Harris), who has been confined to a mental institution since Michael's last attempt to slay her. Suspecting a psychic link between Michael and Jamie, psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence) joins forces with Sheriff Ben Meeker (Beau Starr) and attempts to stop Michael's latest rampage.

Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard
Producer: Ramsey Thomas
Screenwriter: Michael Jacobs, Dominique Othenin-Girard, Shem Bitterman
Production Co: Return of Myers, Magnum, Magnum Pictures, Trancas International Films Inc.
Rating: R
Genre: Holiday, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 13, 1989, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 17, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $11.2M
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: Surround
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)