Halloween 5

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Halloween 5

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Directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard
Produced by Ramsey Thomas
Written by Michael Jacobs
Dominique Othenin-Girard
Shem Bitterman
Starring Donald Pleasence
Danielle Harris
Ellie Cornell
Wendy Kaplan
Beau Starr
Music by Alan Howarth
Cinematography Robert Draper
Editing by Charles Tetoni
Jerry Brady
Distributed by Galaxy International Pictures
Release date(s) October 13, 1989
Running time 96 min.
Country  United States
Language English
Budget $5 million
Gross revenue $11,642,254
Preceded by Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Followed by Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
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Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers is the 1989 sequel to the popular horror film, Halloween. It was directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard and starred Donald Pleasence, who again portrayed Dr. Sam Loomis. The original music score was composed by Alan Howarth. The film was marketed with the tagline "Michael lives. And this time they're ready!"

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Plot

The film begins with a recap of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, in which Michael Myers is shown being shot at and falling into a mine shaft. Michael, however, finds a way out and stumbles into a nearby river. He makes his way into a small shack by the river owned by a local hermit. Once there, Michael collapses and remains in a comatose state for a full year. On October 30, 1989, Michael awakens, kills the hermit, and returns to terrorize Haddonfield, where his young niece, Jamie Lloyd (played by Danielle Harris) continues to live after nearly being killed by Michael the year before.

Jamie has been mute since attacking her foster mother at the end of part four, but exhibits signs of a telepathic link with her evil uncle. Dr. Sam Loomis realizes that this link exists, and plans to use it to put an end to Michael's reign of terror. Michael begins stalking Rachel (Jamie's foster sister) and her friend Tina (played by Wendy Kaplan). After both are killed Jamie agrees to put herself in danger to help Loomis stop Michael for good. With Jamie's help, Loomis lures Michael back to the old Myers house.

Michael makes many attempts at killing Jamie, finally getting the chance to in the attic. In a desperate move, Jamie tries appealing to Michael's humanity by calling him "Uncle". Myers pauses, prompting Jamie to ask to see his face. He takes off his mask, and a lone tear runs down his face. Jamie reaches up to wipe it away, and Michael is thrown into a rage. The killer pursues Jamie, who runs into Loomis. The doctor seems to turn on the girl as he shouts for Michael to come and take her. It turns out that he has used the girl as bait, thus leading Michael to walk beneath a heavy chain net. Once the net falls, Dr. Loomis fires two ineffectual shots from a tranquilizer gun, causing him to violently beat Michael with a wooden plank. They take Michael to the local sheriff's station, while it is explained that the US National Guard will take Michael to a maximum-security prison. However, a mysterious stranger dressed in all black, has come to Haddonfield, and while Jamie sits in a patrol car outside, he causes an explosion. Jamie walks through the station finding the bodies of the dead officers. She goes over to Michael's holding cell to discover that it's empty, with the bars bent open. As Jamie sobs realizing Myers is once again able to get her, she says "No... No!" The scene then goes black.

Cast

Actor/Actress Role
Donald Pleasence Dr. Sam Loomis
Danielle Harris Jamie Lloyd Carruthers
Ellie Cornell Rachel Carruthers
Wendy Kaplan Tina Williams
Beau Starr Sheriff Ben Meeker
Harper Roisman Hermit
Karen Alston Darlene Carruthers (archive footage)
Betty Carvalho Nurse Patsey
Max Robinson Dr. Max Hart
Jeffrey Landman Billy Hill
Frank Como Deputy Nick Ross
David Ursin Deputy Tom Farrah
Tamara Glynn Samantha "Sammy" Thomas
Stanton Davis Deputy Maryland
Jonathan Chapin Mikey
Matthew Walker Spitz

Development

After the immediate success of Halloween 4, the producers felt that a fifth installment was inevitable. The '80s slasher craze had largely subsided by this time and this was most likely the contributing factor to why Halloween 5 was rushed into production before writers had a solid script. The producers wanted to hit an October 1989 release for the film because Akkad had at first wanted to feature a new Halloween movie each year around October. Halloween 5 went into production in May 1989 and was completed on time. But due to the films poor returns and critical reception, Akkad dropped the idea of a new film each year.

Similar to Halloween II, there was a lot of tension on the set of this particular entry. The director wanted more gore, which was opposed by executive producer Moustapha Akkad.[1] Also, veteran actor Donald Pleasance cited differences in the plot with the director, as did Akkad. Pleasance felt that Jamie should have killed her stepmother and should have been completely evil. Akkad of course felt that Myers should remain the featured killer through out the franchise and so the ending to the previous film was some what rewritten to continue to have Michael in the central story.

Danielle Harris, who played Jamie, even felt that it would've been, "Scary, but fun" to be Michael's sidekick.

Reception

Halloween 5 is one of the least successful films in the franchise. The film received mostly negative reviews and took in less than $12,000,000 on a budget of around $6,000,000. Due to the film's negative reviews and low ticket sales the film was released straight to video outside of North America. Many believe this is due to the film being rushed into production. Others believe it is because Halloween 5 was competing with Halloween 4, which was being released on video and TV.

Production notes

  • KNB Effects had designed grotesque facial makeup for Michael Myers' unmasking towards the end of the film. The producers told them to do so as an option, either showing Michael's badly scarred face or keep it in the dark. They went for the latter.
  • Although the film is titled Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, during the opening credits the title is just Halloween 5.
  • The bus that the Man in Black gets off of stops outside the exact same store where Jamie and Rachel went to get a Halloween costume in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers.
  • As revealed in Halloween: 25 Years of Terror, Rachel was originally supposed to have scissors shoved down her throat but the actress, Ellie Cornell, felt it was too gruesome for an end for her character, so it was changed.
  • Don Shanks revealed in an interview that many of the scenes involving the Man In Black had him playing the character, because of speculation that he was a blood relative of Michael Myers. He also admitted that even the writers were uncertain about the Man In Black's identity.
  • The scene where Michael Myers drives a car while wearing a different kind of mask was initially scripted to have him wear a Ronald Reagan mask. However, the idea of a Reagan mask was soon rejected in order to keep the film devoid of any political subtexts.
  • On the audio commentary for the DVD, it's stated that Gregory Nicotero and Wendy Kaplan were seeing each other during filming.
  • Some scenes were trimmed in order to avoid an "X" rating, including a shot of Mikey quivering on the ground after Michael stabs him in the head, a shot of glass embedded in the cop's face after Michael bashes his face into the winsheild, and when he stabs Jamie in the leg in the laundry shoot, sending a splash of blood into the camera.

Pop culture references

  • Horror author Dennis Etchison makes a reference to there being a Halloween 5, a couple of years before the actual movie is conceived, in his 1986 novel Darkside. The lead character in the book composes film scores, seemingly for mostly cheap horror flicks, and Halloween 5 is a project in his near future. This was before Michael Myers was confirmed to return to the series. Etchison also wrote the tie-in novels for Halloween 2 and 3.
  • The official website for the franchise, www.halloweenmovies.com, features a map of Haddonfield which indicates that the hermit seen in the prologue may be another living relative of Michael Myers. His home was located on the outskirts of town along the Lost River.

References

  1. ^ Halloween: 25 Years of Terror DVD documentary

External links

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The Halloween series
Films
Characters
Media tie-ins
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_5:_The_Revenge_of_Michael_Myers"

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