I didn’t particularly care for “Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers” and I feel pretty much the same about this fifth instalment. Starting with four, these films started to feel really generic as though minimal effort was being put in and “The Revenge Of Michael Myers” certainly continues that trend.

After the events of the last film, an injured Michael Myers is found and looked after by a hermit. A year later, Myers goes on another murderous rampage. Myers’ niece, Jamie Lloyd (Danielle Harris “The Last Boy Scout”), is getting terrifying visions of him. Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasance “You Only Live Twice”) hopes he can utilise Jamie’s abilities to locate and destroy Myers once and for all.

Danielle Harris gives a really good performance as she returns as Jamie Lloyd. Unfortunately, the film ignores the idea from the last film of her becoming a killer like her uncle. Donald Pleasance is good as always but the script he has to work with really isn’t very captivating. There are a handful of dumb teens for Myers to slice and dice. Myers’ mask looks absolutely atrocious in this one. The one in “Halloween 4” looked a little cheap but this one doesn’t look right at all. There are a few brief moments where we see Myers without his signature mask and his interactions with Jamie are somewhat intriguing.

“Halloween 5” feels like just more of the same. If you really liked “Halloween 4”, you’ll probably like this one too. It’s certainly not a terrible film, it’s just unremarkable. As a franchise, I think “Halloween” was getting really stale around this time with very little innovation. It’s a shame that they could not come remotely close to matching the creativity and competence of the original. The filmmakers got lazy, it’s just that simple.