Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

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Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

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Released Oct 13, 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

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

Rated: D

Nov 2, 2020

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

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

Rated: 3/5

May 20, 2003

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Richard Harrington

Washington Post

A prime example of the principle of diminishing reruns.

Jan 1, 2000

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Brian Rowe

InSession Film

The ending of Halloween 4 is a chilling classic scene in the franchise that gets a severely underwhelming payoff in this fifth installment.

May 3, 2023

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Cody Leach

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Halloween 5 is a textbook example of how to completely fail as a sequel. Everything that was accomplished with the fan favorite 4th film is destroyed in this horrendous follow-up. Get ready for one of the most insufferable characters in horror history!

Rated: 1.5/5

Aug 19, 2022

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

It's clear that the filmmakers didn't know where this was headed, and the result is an aimless, muddled mess.

Jun 3, 2019

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Jason H

Absolute rubbish. It's awful.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/06/25

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Garrett P.

I mean this is the biggest piece of ____ I’ve ever seen. Everyone looks miserable. The story is horrible. Nothing makes sense. Makes me want to quit watching these awful films.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/04/25

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Cooper J.

One of the worst Halloween sequels

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/27/25

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Allan C

Myers returns to Haddonfield again for more slasher mayhem. His niece, Danielle Harris, is now mute and in an insane asylum as a result of her trauma from the first film, which actually had a pretty good tag ending and was a clever callback to the first film. The second of the HALLOWEEN “Thorn Trilogy,” where the origins of Myers are explained by him being controlled by a cult forcing him to kill his relatives, although that’s still only hinted at in this film and not fully explained until the next film. That’s where this film is kind of a mess, which also features a mysterious stranger who randomly shows up to help Michael and is never explained. This was reportedly a result of post-production re-edits, which eliminated plot lines that would have explained the cult in more detail. What’s left is a slasher film that makes little sense and an ending that makes just about zero sense. Still, Donald Pleasence hamming it up again as Dr. Samuel Loomis is a lot of fun, and Danielle Harris gives a solid performance for a child actor, but I would have liked to see the film follow up on the twist ending of the prior film, which I think would have been a whole lot interesting. Overall, as bad as it is, it’s still not the worst of the sequels. That honor goes to HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION. Ellie Cornell is good as Harris’ caring foster sister, but this is a Halloween picture to skip.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/27/25

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Garry A

I was 35 minutes into this and had to turn it off. It was much more a comedy that isn't funny rather than a horror film.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/19/25

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Harry T

Great movie, Don Shanks did an amazing job playing Michael Myers

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/07/25

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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)

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