SoftInloveRox Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Wuchak 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

adonis98-743-186503 It's one year later after the events of Halloween 4. Michael survives the shootings and on October 31st he returns with a vengeance. Lurking and stalking, Jamie, Rachel, and Rachel's friends, Michael forms a plan to lure Jamie out of the children's hospital where events lead up to the confrontation at the Myers house. Halloween 5 is the same insane result that Part 4 was and it gets even more insane when survivors of the previous installment die easier this time and the film starts an entire supernatural element between Michael and his Niece that made no sense and if there's one good thing about both of this installments is Donald Pleasence who does a great job as Dr. Loomis once again but the end result once again is not a memorable or good film in this once good Franchise. (3/10)

Eric Stevenson This is so far the worst film in the "Halloween" series to feature Michael Myers, although I'm sure they get worse later. Michael is going to kill his niece and that's all you need to know about this movie. They show parts from the previous movie where he was shot all those times and now he wakes up at some guy's place. He was apparently asleep for an entire year and the guy just left his body hanging around. This is one of the few slasher movies where the police do get directly involved. As you might have guessed, they're mostly incompetent.Dr. Loomis is back giving his speeches and he actually comes across as a jerk in this as he even uses the niece as bait. There is absolutely nothing accomplished that wasn't done previously. Even the setup for the next sequel is rushed. I could basically do nothing but list all the little things that go on in this movie that are not important. I guess I'll give the film credit for not being too bloody. There's all these fakeouts with these other people in masks. Kittens are featured in this movie and I know they wouldn't be evil enough to hurt them! I would have given this a lower rating, oh I don't care. This is pointless. *1/2

Anonymous Andy (Minus_The_Beer) Picking up hot off the heels of the action and box office success of 1988's "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers," the titular masked killer returns with swift vengeance just a year later in "Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers." The film was rushed into production, and brother, does it show. With another director at the helm -- this time French director Dominique Othenin-Girard ("Omen IV: The Awakening") -- and the return of all the major survivors from the previous film, "Halloween 5" keeps continuity but still feels slightly off.It's a year after the events of "Halloween 4." Michael (played by a rather beefy Donald Shanks) has retreated, having survived a blast of gunfire at the hands of the Haddonfield police department. In the wake of his devastation, his poor, innocent niece Jamie (Danielle Harris) has been rendered mute and forever scarred. Once a familiar series of murders start cropping up, Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) presses Jamie -- who now seemingly has a psychic link with Michael - - for information, completely oblivious to the fact that a mysterious man in black is ghosting him the whole time."Halloween 5" isn't a great or even a good movie, but it pretty much hits all the right spots as far as late '80s slashers go, and manages to introduce a few new intriguing elements to the series. Like "4" before, it's another relatively violent affair and the eye of the foreign director certainly gives this one a unique vibe and look. It's a terribly flawed film -- from its plot contrivances to a few annoying characters (oh my god, those cops...) -- but still pretty consistent with what came before. Michael's revenge ultimately isn't as compelling as one would hope, but it's certainly more enjoyable than his future curses and resurrections, respectively.