I’m going to say this now, do not judge this movie on it’s poster; it is lying its ass off to you. Michael’s mask looks nothing like this, Jamie doesn’t wear the clown costume in this movie, the movie title card is just “Halloween 5”, and no, no one was really that ready for Michael Myers though by this point the teachers of Haddonfield should be running Michael safety drills in schools because by now you would think they’d expect his crazy ass.
Picking up exactly where 4 ends, Michael found a REALLY convoluted way of escaping the fuzz, just to fall into Odin-sleep with a old drifter guy for a year. Why the hell this nice old guy kept the dead body of a burned guy in a white mask on his floor for a year and didn’t notify the police or bury the bastard-reasons. Jamie is now mute in a asylum, having a psychic episode that wakes Mikey up on Halloween; oh, by the way, Jamie has a psychic connection with Michael and him to her, I guess. Bye dark, cathartic ending of Halloween 4. So Michael is killing people again, hunting Jamie again, leading to a standoff at Myers childhood home with Loomis and Jamie. Oh and there’s a spooky guy in black lurking around.
Why this movie exists, I don’t really know. Michael looks ridiculous with his over-sized mask that makes him look like a human bobble-head, most of the characters you can’t wait for Michael to kill off, and what the hell is up with the stupid opening credits. Pleasance and Harris give it there all, and bless them for trying but sadly it doesn’t save them this crapfest a bit. You can skip this sequel and you ain’t missing a damn thing. May the gaming gods bring you glory.
Savior Gaming 
Yea, this is when the series officially took a dive into the mud. I mean, I love Halloween 3 and thought they should have continued with the annual Halloween themed horror film. Which is why it’s hard for me to truly appreciate number 4. Even to this day, I just don’t get into it. But number 5 is a burn.
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I agree with you 100%, I would have been way more interested to see the outcome of the anthology approach rather than lame Michael entries
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This movie is really weak but I actually do like the opening credits. My biggest problem with the movie other than killing off Rachel so early and the annoying characters is that this is the only Halloween movie that drags. Even the finale in the house I feel is too slow.
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I truly hope the new Halloween movie makes up for how bad this one was.
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