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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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

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.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 12, 2025

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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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Khaliel P

“Halloween 5” is a chaotic mess that undermines everything built in the previous films. Michael Myers, inexplicably weakened after surviving dozens of bullets, now has a strange psychic link with Jamie, though it’s inconsistently used and never explained. The plot is riddled with holes, from the pointless introduction of the “Man in Black” (whose purpose was left to the next sequel) to the sudden redesign of the Myers’ house. Danielle Harris delivers an even weaker performance as Jamie, now inexplicably mute, while two clownish cops and a bizarre scene of Michael crying strip away any sense of menace. With incoherent storytelling, abandoned subplots, and uninspired kills, “Halloween 5” drags the franchise further down into absurdity.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/23/25

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Oliver C.

My least favorite Halloween movie in the entire franchise

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/11/25

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Tom G

I don't even remember what happened but DAMN

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/28/25

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Brandon L.

Rachel being killed off 15 minutes into this movie is bold, then not following up what happened at the end of part 4 was a big mistake but I think a few other films are worse than this

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/19/25

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Jayjay R

It's not good... Literally nothing to say.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/16/25

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Jason H

Absolute rubbish. It's awful.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/06/25

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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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