Michael survived his run in with shotgun toting rednecks and cops at the end of Halloween 4 ans was washed down stream where he came to and found a cozy resting space for a year. Then, on Halloween one year later he reawakens to continue his quest to kill his niece.
Jamie Lloyd is staying at a children's hospital where she continues to undergo treatment for the psychological damage done by last years massacre. She has lost her voice and suffers from spasms, nightmares, and fits. She is watched over by Dr. Loomis, Rachel, and a new character, Tina.
Michael makes his way back to Haddonfield in short order and begins a new round of grisly murders leading up to a confrontation at the Myers house which seems to end positively, until a last minute twist.
Halloween 5 continues logically from the previous film with the seemingly invincible Michael Myers returning for mayhem. The film is perhaps even less dark and suspenseful than its immediate predecessor and again contains some silly and unnecessary comic relief in the form of two incompetent police officers. Thankfully, there are no more gun toting rednecks, but some of the other new (but disposable) characters are fairly irritating. The film still packs on the gore, but perhaps not as viciously as some of the previous films.
At the same time it is important to keep the film in context. That is, the other two major slasher franchises (Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street) were both in stages of utter ridiculousness and cheese by the time of this film. Compared to the offering of those franchises in the same year, this film is much better.
With the exception of Halloween 3, this is probably the weakest film in the series up to this point. That said, it is still a worthwhile and entertaining film and represents an important pivot point in the plot line of the Halloween series with the introduction of the "thorn" sub-plot.
3.5 pitchforks out of 5
Rated R for strong horror violence/terror - occasionally involving children, language, sexuality, and teen drug and alcohol use.
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