Thanks for the memories!

Overrated

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Halloween 5: The Revenge Of Michaels was a jarring experience, for the most part. The editing in this film seriously was giving me an aneurysm, and that's about the scariest part that happened during the runtime I was watching this movie. The great majority of the film is suffussed with uninspiring cheeseball moments and slapstick (yes, I said slapstick; the film attempts to add comedy into the mix) that is barely endurable. I will however admit that the last 20 minutes of this film were near fantastic. They nearly made up for the abundance of idiocy that was witnessed before, and also contained frightening, sinister moments that reminded me of what made the original so damn spectacular. With that being said, I still conclusively think this movie dropped the bomb. Even Michael Myer's didn't want to properly put on his mask for this one as shown in the actual film. (Tuck in the damn mask for heaven's sake!) We haven't quite hit "awful" yet in this franchise, but we've just encountered hitting "bad." (Verdict: C-)

As you may know by now, Halloween 4 ended with Jamie (Michael Myer's niece) slashing her mom because... well she was distressed, possesed or whatever.Well, now the kid is in a foster home... looney bin for kids... it's not really important. Anyway, she's mute now for some reason, well not mute, she just doesn't speak. Loomis is there also, screaming at her and then you realise they probably were going to kill off Michael Myers in the last movie and let Jamie take the torch (knife) but they realised that's a horrible idea.So Michael is back after some sleepy time with a hobo guy down the river (this all happens in the movie) and is still after Jamie. So bad idea avoided?! Not so fast!Unfortunately, the replacement idea was as bad, if not worse.Which kinda leads us to the end of the movie, mysterious cloaked stranger, mysterious signs, everybody dying except Jamie, Loomis and Myers.

John Carpenter's 1978 'Halloween' is wholly deserving of its status as a horror classic. To this day it's still one of the freakiest films personally seen and introduced the world to one of horror's most iconic villainous characters Michael Myers.Which is why it is such a shame that not only are all of the sequels nowhere near as good but that the decline in quality is so drastic. Ok, the original 'Halloween' is very difficult to follow on from, but most of the sequels could at least looked like effort was made into them. To me, and many others it seems, 'Halloween 5' is one of the worst of the series. Even with its attempt at a grittier tone, it is far from a thrill ride and there is very little scary about it, other than one scene and how poor quality the film is.Danielle Harris and Don Shanks give strong performances, as does Ellie Cornell in the limited screen time she has. Donald Pleasance does his best and succeeds in creating an unnerving presence, but his character is now too much of a caricature which is at the writers' door not his. There is one effective scene, that with the laundry chute which is actually pretty freaky. The setting has a haunting eeriness when it is not hindered by the low-budget-looking rushed-looking filming.Sadly, most of the time it is with the editing being especially amateurish. The direction is also sloppy, especially in the dramatically inept non-horror scenes. The music is here a drawback when it was one of the better elements of the three previous sequels. Here it sounds cheap, goofy and would have sounded out of date even in the 80s most likely.'Halloween 5' is also seriously lacking in atmosphere and the darkness and grittiness doesn't come through enough because too much of the film is dull and descends into overly-silly camp. Again, 'Halloween 5' feels more of the same, the chilling scares, nail-biting suspense and the feeling of being unsettled. There is nothing creative or shocking about the scares or deaths, it's all by-the-numbers, over-familiar and indifferent. Everything is just too predictable and dull in pace to be remotely suspenseful. Stupidity is also all over the film. So many moments are intelligence-insultingly ridiculous and almost illogical. The characters mostly are very bland and annoying, especially Tina. High quality of acting and dialogue is never to be expected in a 'Halloween' film, but both are especially bad here. The script is so last-minute sounding and not even half-baked and outside of the aforementioned the acting is terrible.In summary, one of the worst of the series. Scary and thrilling are the two last words to describe this revenge. 3/10 Bethany Cox

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