Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

"Michael lives. AND THIS TIME THEY'RE READY!"

1989 1h 38m EN

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Synopsis

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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.

“Michael lives. AND THIS TIME THEY'RE READY!”

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Cast

Danielle Harris
Jamie Lloyd
Donald Pleasence
Dr. Sam Loomis
Ellie Cornell
Rachel Carruthers
Wendy Foxworth
Tina Williams
Beau Starr
Sheriff Meeker
Don Shanks
Michael Myers
Jeffrey Landman
Billy Hill
Tamara Glynn
Samantha Thomas

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard
Writers: Shem Bitterman, Dominique Othenin-Girard, Michael Jacobs
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.9× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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37 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Halloween Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard, shot by Robert Draper. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Alan Howarth. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Charles Tetoni shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Danielle Harris and Donald Pleasence and Ellie Cornell carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Dominique Othenin-Girard directs. Robert Draper behind the camera. Alan Howarth scores. Charles Tetoni cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 3.9× over at the box office.
337 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Part of the "Halloween Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard, shot by Robert Draper. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Alan Howarth. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Charles Tetoni shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Danielle Harris and Donald Pleasence and Ellie Cornell carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Michael lives. AND THIS TIME THEY'RE READY!".
10IMDB entry: tt0097474 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 16 themes, including "sheriff", "halloween", "barn", "sequel".
12Released under 15 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Robert Draper
Original score: Alan Howarth
Editing: Charles Tetoni
Production design: Brenton Swift
Costume design: Simon Tuke
Makeup / hair: Moni Mansano
Sound: Ken S. Polk
Stunt coordinator: Don Pike
Runtime: 98 min · 1h 38m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $3,000,000
Box office: $11,642,254
Return: 388% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)

Part of

Halloween Collection

Halloween is a horror film series that consists of slasher films focused on the fictional character of Michael Myers. Michael's killings occur on the holiday of Halloween, on which all of the films primarily take place. Originally intended to be an anthology franchise, the only film that doesn't feature Michael or any of the characters from previous films is Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982). However, audiences were unhappy with Michael's disappearance, and he was eventually brought back for Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988).

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John Chard2015-10-26
★ 5/10
You've got to help me Jamie. You've got to help me find him. We both know he's alive. Halloween 5: The Return of Michael Myers picks up where part 4 left off, only Michael is not dead, obviously! He's come back to Haddonfield intent on finally killing his niece, Jamie (Danielle Harris), who due to trauma has lost the ability to speak and now has a psychic link with mad uncle Michael. Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) is once again on hand to be nutty and spout ominous warnings, while all other folk in Myers' way are doomed. It starts off quite promising, with shades of Frankenstein (1931) offering hope that maybe this wont be a sequel reeking of cash cow formula. Unfortunately it proves to be a false dawn, evidence that the writers were out of ideas, it lacks scares or a narrative spark to ignite suspense sequences. Harris is once again superb, Pleasence good fun as usual as he hams for all he is worth, while an extended sequence in a barn keeps fans of the series happy. It's passable fun for the slasher crowd, but ultimately it's unimaginative and a low point for the Halloween franchise. 5/10
Gimly2017-11-08
★ 5/10
It's always neat when a slasher movie keeps a protagonist from its previous entry in the franchise for more than just an opening sequence. Maybe because it doesn't happen very often. Halloween 5 does have that going for it, as well as the standard "Invincible dude stabs some folk for your enjoyment" to a certain degree, and that's great, but beyond this there's not a whole lot good about The Revenge of Michael Myers. It did teach me some very incorrect things about the letter þ though, so I mean... There's that... _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.
Wuchak2018-08-16
★ 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