Halloween 5
Given the solid performance and positive reaction to part 4, which promptly delivered the film fans seemed to want it was inevitable that part 5 was far away.
Following 1 year after part 4 it seems Michael 'terminator' Myers has become something of a Voorhies and has shrugged off more Bullets than the wild bunch after a years lie down to once again Pursue his niece Jaimie, played once again by Danielle Harris. Now she's a mute in a care home after the end of the last film where she seemed to become the new Michael after killing her step mom... except she didn't and she's apparently not evil at all setting an enjoyable but deeply, deeply flawed film that begins to go completely off the rails as it progresses. 'Controversial' director Dominique Othenin-Girard , director of the legendarily terrible piece of shit that was Omen IV: The Awakening decides to add some mythology to the franchise. Ellie cornell gets butchered quite quickly into the film, the remaining characters (bar Loomis and Jamie) are annoying. Michael has a Tatoo that appears to be a runic tattoo and there's a mysterious character dressed as a cowboy in black who seems to have some connection to Myers. So what does it all mean? who the f**k knew, the director didn't admits as much. He was using the same playbook as the writers of LOST and throwing in weird shit that he could leave for other people to explain. The pacing is terrible and in places gets genuinely dull, the killings are mediocre, neither subtle and well crafted or splattery and fun... just bland. I can still watch it, and really think Danielle Harris excells however the film just feels like a let down after part 4. Still pity the poor bastard who had to work out part 6....
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