Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

Galaxy International Releasing | Release Date: October 13, 1989

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28	METASCORE Generally unfavorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews

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Juan Carlos Coto

Swiss director and co-writer Dominique Othenin-Girard constructs his film like a carnival spook house -- something or someone shocks you every three minutes. They are familiar gimmicks, but the director adds suspenseful twists that are fun, too. [17 Oct 1989, p.C1]

Stephen Holden

Halloween 5, which was directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard and opened yesterday at area theaters, is a bit more refined in its details than the conventional horror movie. Read full review

Eric Goldman

Halloween 5 is a poor film by itself; the fact that it's filled with huge dangling plot threads that were given a bad pay off in the next sequel simply cements its badness. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

In its only novel twist, Halloween 5 takes the liberty of setting up its sequel (albeit clumsily) at the film’s end rather than ‘killing’ that pesky Michael Myers and then figuring out how to revive him after counting b.o. receipts. Otherwise, this is pretty stupid and boring fare. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

This is the same infinitely repeated plot of "Halloweens" 1, 2 and 4 (3 took a slightly deviant turn), with the same unkillable bogyman Michael Myers, wreaking the same programmed havoc, and Donald Pleasence as the same distraught psychiatrist, repeating the same dire warnings to no avail. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Halloween 5 is the movie that pushed the Halloween franchise into the generic slasher film category. Read full review

Richard Harrington

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers is a prime example of the principle of diminishing reruns. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Michael can't be killed, and so a ''Halloween'' picture can never really end. It can only stop. And since it can stop anywhere, it may as well stop sooner than later. This one stops later, and by the time it does it's hard to care. [17 Oct 1989, p.E4]

EmpireKim Newman

Don't bother. Read full review

TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)

Frustrating, confusing, loud, and offensive, this horribly bad sequel not only continues to ruin the story line and characters so deftly created by John Carpenter in HALLOWEEN (1978), but sets a new standard of stupidity.