Halloween 5 (Film Appreciation Thread)

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Maybe it’s the time of the season, but lately I’ve been popping in H4/H5 back to back. I keep loving H5 more and more.

Over the past couple years on various boards, I’ve found myself getting shat upon and having to defend my beloved H5 to the end. I know and understand that everyone does not like the film, but I still have always felt that it didn’t get enough credit as it deserved. So here’s to H5 and the things that make it great. :sunglasses:

Feel free to say what you enjoyed about the movie as well as posting your H5 mask era pics. :slight_smile:

H5 favorite highlights:

-Amazing score by Alan Howarth.

-One of the best opening title sequences with the whole pumpkin slashing. Gosh it sounds so bad ass cranked on my home theater system. Sends chills down my spine every time…

-Amazing opening sequence when the shape arises/Jamie’s episode at the children’s clinic.

-Tina. Yes I know some people found her annoying or it may have taken us awhile to warm up to her character, but her role wasn’t written to exactly be a punctual figure of importance like Rachel was in H4. She was just the fun-loving party girl. I think we all have a little “Tina” in us. At least I know I do!

-The wannabe greaser asshole boyfriend getting the pitchfork.

-Dr. Loomis’s intensity about “stopping the rage”. I found it very passionate.

-B…B…Billy!

-“I just LOVE barbaric men.” :smiling_imp:

-“Big… cookie… woman!”

-The laundry chute scene. I feel it portrays it’s own intensity just like the roof top chase scene in H4 did.

-The soap operatic feel to the attic scene with the slight emotion from the shape. The whole “Uncle?” thing. Also the amazing acting presence that Danielle had. The sheer pain and fear when she had realized Rachel was dead and Michael was making his way up the attic stairs.

-Crying “no” at the end. Not as intense at the H4 ending obviously, but it did leave you hanging in question of what would come next.

If I think of anymore I personally enjoyed I’ll post them. :slight_smile:

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i love h5 also!!! i think it has a great halloween season feel to it too! i also have grown to like the mask! :smiley:

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I’m not going to “shat”(ner) on your parade, but even when I was younger and saw Halloween 5, I realized it wasn’t as well made as the others before it.

THAT being said, I do enjoy it from time to time, and to me, the MOST enjoyable aspect of it is Donald Pleasance. He simply steels the show in this movie, and has some of the best dialogue, he really has gone off the deep end, and wants to stop it all. If things would have gone his way, Jamie could have been his last sacrifice, and the Shape could have been stopped.

Also, the makeup in this one was some of the best of all the series. And the film certainly had a down-trodden murky atmosphere to it that lended itself well to a horror film.
And, i think Shanks did a very good job as Michael - aside from always being at the ready with his trusty knife raised at chest-level, I think he portrayed Michael very well.

Another thing that was well executed were the death scenes. Nobody dies instantly in this film, and there seems to be some true suffering.

And, as much as I hated the mask the first time I saw it, it has grown on me, and has become truly frightening…

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halloween 5 was my favorite mask and a great movie.

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You have excellent tastes Melanie!! i was gonna post something similar…

YES I loved h5 as a child… grew to dislike it but lately! I have really come to like it!! ! it feels like its in the midwest, strong fall/halloween feel… I DO LOVE Myers… its almost a surrealistic take on halloween… so the fact the myers house sprouted up to a gothic mansion no longer bother me…

HOWARTH IS GOD!!

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who was that tall person dressed out in black.at first i thought it was myers but then i thought,michael is in prison

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I realy like H5 and always have. I love the darkness in this filmand the score was amazing. Also the death scenes where great and I loved Shanks as Michael.

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The man in black was undisclosed during H5. We did not know the origin of him until H6 when it was discovered that he was Dr. Wynn.

Rumor had circulated that the man in black was going to be Michael’s twin brother, but I don’t believe that one ever took off so then came Wynn.

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It was revealed in H6 that Dr. Terrence Wynn was the man in black. Well, at least that’s who it was in H6.
Personally, I love H5, one of my favorites of the series and one of my favorite masks. H5 to me has so much of a Halloween feel to it and I don’t even mean “in the movie.” Of course the movie does, but I can’t tell you how many times H5 has been on the TV during the season, while my family and I were carving jack-o-lanterns, getting the house/outside ready for Halloween night and when I was putting on my costume to go haunt the neighborhood. Halloween 5 definitely holds special Halloween memories for me.
But I don’t like H5 just for those reasons but for the movie itself. So many reasons you all listed are why I like the film. The score is fantastic (one of my favorite versions of the Halloween theme), the mask is fantastic (very unique), great opening, Donald Pleasence’s performance and his “rage” speech, Danielle Harris’ performance, the kills and the ending. When it cuts to the credits from the jail while Jamie cries “No!” puts chills up my spine every time. In fact, just thinking about it puts chills up my spine. An all around great Halloween film.
I remember a few years ago, AMC had a Halloween marathon on all day. H1-H5 and it ended with the network premiere of H6. It was so awesome walking through the house, by a TV and always seeing a Halloween movie on. I wish they’d do that every year. Thanks to DVR, I always have one playing during the season and day.
In summation, Halloween 5 The Revenge of Michael Myers is a classic.

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I totally agree with you on that! I love the vibe of H4 and H5!

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BTW, Don Shanks played both Michael and the man in black…

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I really dig H5, I know this is the least liked in the series, but I really enjoy watching it.
My 2 favorite scenes are when Dr Loomis whips the hospital table thingy to the side to talk to Jamie, It’s almost like he’s ready to beat this little girls ass. :laughing:
And then the scene when Michael just F’s up Mikes paint job on the Camero, Mikes look on his face in the review mirror is classic. :rock:

Great film. :drinkers:

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To me, I see this as a very badly made movie. Seems very rushed and I hate the mask, but I don’t know I find it as a guilty pleasure really. Basically only because of Donald Pleasence.
At least it can keep you entertained to some extent, still better than RZ’s remake. :laughing:

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:mrgreen: I like the way you think… :laughing: :sunglasses:

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It’s most def. one of the more funner halloween flicks. While it isn’t the best it’s pretty fun to watch. I think everyone can agree that it’s certainly better then Bustaween anyway. It had a great atmosphere too. Always catch H4 & H5 back to back every year on AMC.
AMC and Syfy needs to get of their behinds though and start replaying all the halloween flicks on halloween. Especially Halloween 2, they used to show it on tv all the time but it never comes on anymore :frowning:

  • Cj
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I have always liked part 5, there is just something about it that I really like… And Tina was awesome :slight_smile:

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Agreed, on AMC its always H1, H4 and 5 Nover H2, H6, H20 and H8, I mean i never seen H20 on tv besides a movie channel(Like once in a blue moon.

Anyway reading this thread makes me want too pop in h5

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The best thing about that movie is the poster and trailer :laughing: . IMO of course.

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The last time I saw Halloween II on AMC was like 5 years ago during a time when the Monster Fest line up was much better. Cause it was my first Halloween at my old apartment. I watched that beast too. :sunglasses:

But I agree with the above statement. H5 is a very fun film in general.

Sam & Spitz in the barn…now THAT’S what I call a 2-some into a 3-some and ending with a scaregasm! :laughing: :wink:

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Man I am right there with ya! I TOTALLY loved H5 its one of my fav’s! I also found myself getting Shat on for liking it so much. I think the mask was one of the better ones. I always found it scarier than most, and yes the soundtrack was awesome!

Tina, WOW----- I thought I was the only one who loved her! I think Tina was hot too, lol. Great thread, I really appreciate Halloween 5, one of the better although flawed it had a whole “gothier” feel to it than the others. I could compare it to the “goth” feel of Friday the 13th part 6.