Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)

Michael Myers returns for his niece Jamie Lloyd, who can now sense him.

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers is a 1989 slasher film co-written and directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard, starring Donald Pleasence and Danielle Harris. The sequel to Halloween 4, it follows Michael Myers as he returns to Haddonfield to kill his niece Jamie Lloyd, with whom he now shares a telepathic link.

Quick Facts

Director

Dominique Othenin-Girard

Writer

Michael Jacobs
Dominique Othenin-Girard
Shem Bitterman

Producer

Ramsey Thomas

Based on

Characters
John Carpenter
Debra Hill

Starring

Donald Pleasence
Danielle Harris
Ellie Cornell
Beau Starr
Wendy Kaplan
Tamara Glynn

Music

Alan Howarth

Cinematography

Robert Draper

Editing

Charles Tetoni; Jerry Brady

Reader's Guide

A year after being shot down a mine shaft, Michael recovers and resumes his hunt. Jamie, left mute by trauma in the Haddonfield Children's Clinic, senses when her loved ones are in danger, and Dr. Loomis wants to use that link to stop Michael. Michael kills Jamie's foster sister Rachel and her friend Tina, and Loomis sets a trap at the old Myers house.

The film introduced a mysterious "Man in Black" and the Thorn cult subplot, which was largely minimized in the final cut and expanded in Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers. Shot in Salt Lake City in 1989, it grossed only $11.6 million, the lowest of the franchise.