Directed by: Dominique Othenin-Girard

Writing credits: Shem Bitterman, Michael Jacobs

Synopsis: It is exactly one year later since Michael Myers returned to terrorize his hometown of Haddonfield, and his long-lost niece, Jamie Lloyd. Now, he wants revenge! Young Jamie, who has lost her ability to speak since attacking her foster mother, has developed a telepathic link with her demonic uncle. The ever resourceful Dr. Sam Loomis has realized this, and plans to use it to finally put an end to Michael's rage. But unbeknownst to them, a stranger has come to Haddonfield, and he is a key factor in the outcome of the madness that has plagued Haddonfield on Halloween for over ten years...

My Review: Lots of bad comments have been made about this movie over the years, and after watching Halloween 5 for myself, I consider all disrespecting comments unjust and incorrect. Although it doesn't quite match up to the brilliance of Halloween 4, this fifth installment in the franchise is still a worthy movie, and contains many a pulse-raising moment.

Once again Danielle Harris shines as Jamie Lloyd, and she actually manages to top her performance in Halloween 4 as she plays an emotionally and physically exhausted girl who is unable to speak due to the things she has witnessed in her past. Again the audience is able to associate with her innocence and fear, and feel her pain when she is suffering (something which not many actors can pull off successfully without excessive amounts of cheese!). Danielle was included in many truly terrifying and creepy scenes (not least when she is chased by a car, trapped inside a laundry shoot with dear Uncle Michael stabbing through the sides with a butchers knife, lying in a coffin-esque box with Michael heart-beats away from stabbing her, to mention a few!)

Donald Pleasence returned once more, and here is particularly dislikable as he bullies Jamie into helping him find her Uncle, and then uses her as bait for Michael. Not nice. But Ellie Cornell is as vibrant and easy on the eyes as usual, and her most effecting scene is shocking and scary. Sure, the film has its share of plot-holes and cliched moments, but it's still a thrill ride all the way, and Dominique Othenin-Girard hands in some capable (and admittedly creepy) direction. (4/5)