Halloween 5 (1989)

Director:

Dominique Othenin-Girard

Writers:

John Carpenter (characters) and
Debra Hill (characters) ...

Release Date:

13 October 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Michael Lives, And This Time They're Ready!

Plot:

It's one year later after the events of Halloween 4. Michael survives the shootings and on October 31st he returns with a vengeance...

Plot Keywords:

Halloween | Michael Myers | Friend | Party | Police

Cast

Donald Pleasence	...	Dr. Sam Loomis
Danielle Harris	...	Jamie Lloyd
Ellie Cornell	...	Rachel Carruthers
Beau Starr	...	Sheriff Ben Meeker
Jeffrey Landman	...	Billy Hill
Tamara Glynn	...	Samantha Thomas
Jonathan Chapin	...	Mikey
Matthew Walker	...	Spitz
Wendy Kaplan	...	Tina Williams
Betty Carvalho	...	Nurse Patsey
Troy Evans	...	Charlie
Frank Como	...	Deputy Nick Ross
David Ursin	...	Deputy Tom Farrah
Harper Roisman	...	Mountain Man
Karen Alston	...	Darlene Carruthers (archive footage)

Also Known As:

Halloween 5: Michael Myers' Revenge (USA) (working title)
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (USA) (poster title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Singapore:PG (cut) | USA:R (#29954) | New Zealand:R18 | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | Australia:R (original rating) | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | Iceland:(Banned) | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 (video re-release) | Sweden:15 (1998 re-release) | UK:18 | West Germany:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Layton, Utah, USA

Company:

Magnum Pictures Inc.

Trivia:

Director Dominique Othenin-Girard's name is incorrectly spelled "Dominique Otherin-Girard" in the opening credits.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jamie crawls into the laundry chute door, there is a wooden door immediately to the left of it, less than a foot away. When Michael approaches and opens the laundry chute, the wooden door is still there. However, when Jamie crawls back up the chute and gets out, there is no wooden door. She is an entirely different room from where she started.

Quotes:

Dr. Samuel Loomis: I know why you've come back, Michael. Because the little girl... the little girl can stop the rage inside. She knows how to do it, Michael. If you let her, she can stop the rage... the rage inside.
Dr. Samuel Loomis: No, she's not up there, Michael. She's down here in the middle of the old house... your house, Michael. Your house. Do you remember how much better you used to be?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Anything For Money

This is Halloween II mixed with a little bit of Halloween 4; so here it is from Myers' point of view:

Oh how careless and unsuspecting those Haddonfield residents are: now they see me, now they don't. I cannot describe the sensation that is being burnt alive; shot six times by a pistol; shot several times with various shotguns, pistols and an assault rifle simultaneously and I especially cannot describe what it is like falling through some sodden ground only to have a gravestone cave in on top of me. Maybe I cannot describe it because none of it really happened; after all – the third Halloween film only included me as part of a television trailer thus disconnecting me from the 'real' world entirely: poor shame.

I can get away with anything, because I'm Michael Myers and I'm invincible. I've been shot and burnt and what have you loads of times but I keep coming back like the giant cockroach that won't die; I am invisible despite being the biggest person in the whole town; I am indestructible despite being a human being; I've been captured but then consequently escaped when I should have been victim of capital punishment long before I even got the chance to. Yes, I'm the thing that wouldn't die in the franchise that wouldn't die and isn't it grand? Rumours were back in the day that I was going to go up against Freddy Kruger in a spin off adventure of its own but that was shelved for fifteen years; Voorhees eventually got the role – Pah! Nobody likes Friday the Thirteenth anyway! Especially the one that had him most recently in space.

But I am adamant that I can get over it by reliving some of my finest work from yesteryear particularly in the form of "Halloween 5: The Revenge of Mi......" Oh no, wait – this one was just 'Halloween 5' with no subheading, how disappointing. This time, I am convinced that I am invincible as well as invisible with brainless logic forming the basis of this addition to my ever increasingly daft adventures. Evidence comes in the form of: a dog barking at me loudly and yet nobody does or hears anything except for the owner who does or suspects nothing – it's worth saying here that it is Halloween eve in Haddonfield and it's only been a year since I was at large and the owner WAS warned on the phone – silly girl. Another case of idiocy on the resident's part was when the police come round to check; they leave after thinking it was a false alarm involving the dog but I'm smart: I hide in the closet and wait for them to go but when the silly girl opens the door to get something out, she still doesn't see me – unfortunately, she has since changed after finishing her shower.

I'm Michael Myers and I'm invisible. I can stand amongst the bushes and stick out like a sore thumb but no one sees me. I am able to stand there and watch kids and their cars and partners mingle around a shop front: they are more interested in sex and alcohol than they are in values; when I was their age, I was being treated at a hospital after what I did when I was very young but they don't know anything about that: soon they will, though; soon they will. What I love about these kids is that I kill one of them and take his car – his name is, unbelievably: Michael. From here, I get to live out a fantasy I have never come within a light-year of ever experiencing. I drive to my new partner's house and pick her up; she dances for me showing me her Halloween costume thinking I'm Michael, which of course I am; she says my name in that wonderful voice she has and attempts conversation but I can't reply for two reasons: it would give the game away and I'm stone cold with adrenaline. We drive for a while and she asks to stop by a petrol station but I drive straight past before screeching round and going back – it would seem that a little girl whom I am related to has used her telepathic powers to tell the police where I am: the 'living the dream' is over but it was worth it.

It would seem that when I do come face to face with my relative, it is in an attic of my Myers house that wasn't actually there in any other of my adventures. It's equally convenient that the authorities and my doctor at the hospital never thought to check the house to see if that's where I was staying during this Halloween. After all, they didn't check the surrounding area after I escaped into the river at the very beginning; especially since I lodged up in a shack owned by an old man – there I lay; for one year with no interference or anything like the old man reporting that he'd found me but how was I to know he'd keep quiet after I'd left? I wasn't, so I had to get rid of him of course. When it does come to the crunch; I delay over completing my goal in this edition as she lies there in my coffin bed – I shed a tear but I don't know why; she escapes and gets the better of me in a laundry chute – how careless of me: this invisible, indestructible killing machine is beaten by an infant. I guess David and Goliath can happen after all. Then again, with my most recent adventure a replay of my first and set in an entirely different universe; I can forget all about this particular episode and re-focus on what I do best: it's what you want and it's what I want.