Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
The Halloween franchise hasn’t gone off the rails quite yet with its fifth entry (we’ll talk about the moment that happens next week) but the writing is on the wall. Halloween 5: The Return of Michael Myers was written by Michael Jacobs ( Certain Fury ), Dominique Othenin-Girard ( Beyond Desire ), and Shem Bitterman ( Out of the Rain ) and was directed by Othenin-Girard. It was released on October 13th, 1989 to negative reviews. Halloween 5 was made on a budget of $5 million, made $5,093,428 upon opening, and went on to make $11,642,254 worldwide. One year after the events of Halloween 4 , Jamie (Danielle Harris, Urban Legend ) has been admitted to the Haddonfield Children’s Clinic and is unable to speak due to the trauma she experienced. When Michael (Don Shanks, Silent Night, Deadly Night ) awakens from a year long coma, he and Jamie form a psychic connection and he begins to hunt her down once again. Halloween 5 is a decidedly middle of the road entry in the franchise. O...