Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Short description
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers continues the story of Michael Myers, who survives the events that ended the previous film and spends a year recovering before returning to Haddonfield, Illinois. His target is his young niece, Jamie Lloyd, who has been placed in a children's psychiatric hospital. Since her earlier encounter with her uncle, Jamie has stopped speaking and has developed a mental link to him that lets her sense his presence and witness what he does. As Halloween approaches, she becomes increasingly agitated, and Dr. Sam Loomis, convinced Michael is still alive, tries to use her visions to stop him.
The film was directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard, who also wrote the screenplay with Shem Bitterman and Michael Jacobs, and it was the first film he directed. Danielle Harris returns as Jamie, with Donald Pleasence again playing Dr. Loomis, alongside Ellie Cornell, Wendy Foxworth, Beau Starr and Don Shanks as Michael Myers. It was made for about 3 million dollars and took roughly 12 million worldwide, a solid return for a low-budget horror sequel.
Audience scores are modest. On IMDb it holds 4.9 out of 10 from more than 46,000 votes, and on TMDB it sits at 5.3 out of 10 from around 1,400 votes. A critics' rating of 3.6 out of 10 from 26 reviews places it below even those audience figures, making it one of the weaker entries in the series.
What's left behind the scenes
- The store across from where the Man in Black gets out is the same store where Rachel and Jamie go to get a costume in the previous film.
- The reasons why the producers decided to use one of the abandoned houses in Utah as the Myers house, rather than return to the original house in South Pasadena, are unknown.
- Often, all editions are titled “Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers,” but the credits simply state “Halloween 5.”
- The start date of filming was May 1, 1989.
- Several shots featuring the Man in Black were reshot in the UK for unknown reasons, and the name of the British extra who appeared in those shots remains unknown.
- The film was shot in Salt Lake City, Utah, just like the previous installment.
- It was supposed to be that Rachel would die from a scissor stab to the throat, but Ellie Cornell decided that was too horrific an end for her character, so the scene was altered slightly.
- Approximately 30 different sections of the laundry chute were built for the scene where Jamie crawls through it. Some were horizontal, others vertical, and some had only three walls (for side-angle shots). Although this scene was very complex both mechanically and physically, it was filmed in just one night.
- The producers tasked KNB Effects with devising grotesque disfigurement makeup for the scene where Michael removes his mask, or simply casting a shadow over his face. They opted for the latter.
- The Man in Black was played by Don Shanks (Michael Myers) in many scenes. Shanks admitted that none of the writers were sure at the time about the origin of this character, and Shanks played him because the belief was that this man was some kind of relative of the Myers family.
- This was the only part of 'Halloween' that was not released theatrically in Italy.
- A shot of Michael wounding Jamie's ankle with a knife during the scene where Jamie crawls through the laundry chute was cut from the film to avoid a harsh rating. You can even see that when Jamie emerges from the chute, one of her ankles is bleeding and Jamie herself is limping.
- The scene where Michael Myers rides in a car with Tina was originally planned to have him wearing a Ronald Reagan mask, but this idea was rejected to avoid any political subtext.
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