Product Details

• Actors: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Beau Starr, Jeffrey Landman
• Directors: Dominique Othenin-Girard
• Writers: Dominique Othenin-Girard, Debra Hill, John Carpenter, Michael Jacobs, Shem Bitterman
• Producers: Anthony Masi, Moustapha Akkad
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Letterboxed, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
• VHS Release Date: September 5, 2000
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (292 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305971129
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #436,397 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Starting around Halloween 4, that masked nut Michael Myers stopped chasing his sister (played by Jamie Lee Curtis in the first and second films, as well as Halloween H20) and went after his niece. Now he's chasing her around again in part 5, but it's a lot of other people who die in the process. Donald Pleasence continues his mad-doctor bit from the earlier movies, Danielle Harris is the unfortunate relation, and Donald L. Shanks plays the monster. The film is an improvement on parts 2 and 4 (part 3 having nothing to do with Michael Myers), but it still amounts to routine slaughter with none of John Carpenter's stylistic brilliance from the original movie. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Whats in the DVD, June 14, 2006

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Nick Lavigne (CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Halloween 5 - The Revenge of Michael Myers (Divimax Edition) (DVD)

Halloween is the best horror movie series. This DVD will be perfect even if it only included the High Def transfers. I hope they are working on the Blu-Ray Halloweens.

What is included:

* Widescreen Presentation enhanced for 16x9 TVs

* Audio commentary with director Dominique Othenin-Girard and actors Danielle Harris and Jeffrey Landman (HALLOWEEN 5)

* Inside Halloween 5: Documentary featuring rare behind the scenes footage, a cut scene, and interviews with Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Don Shanks, Executive Producer Moustapha Akkad and Cinematographer Rob Draper

* Introduction by stars Danielle Harris and Ellie Cornell

* On-Set Halloween 5 Footage: Rare, never-before-seen footage taken on the set

* Theatrical trailer

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Halloween 5, the somewhat slow, but still EXCELLENT movie!, February 20, 2000

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Camren T. Burton (WA, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Halloween 5 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Halloween 5, The Revenge of Michael Myers, is among the best in the series, if you're a Halloween nut like me. With the exception of part III, the entire series graces my video collection, and I display it proudly. I was disappointed to see Rachel die so early in the movie, but at least we had Jamie and Loomis to move the story along. Donald Pleasance seems to have changed his approach to stopping Michael in this movie, trying to reach the 6-yr-old boy buried beneath the madness that makes Michael a killer, rather than killing The Shape. Danielle Harris again gives an excellent performance as Jamie Lee Curtis' daughter, although I did think the entire mute thing was stretching credibility just a bit. The two self-described lousy cops added the perfect amount of humor, especially with the goofy sound effects heard whenever they show up, until Michael hacked 'em with a pitchfork. The only thing I disliked about this movie was the transformed Myers house. At times, the movie moves somewhat slowly, such as in the barn, or when Jamie's in the laundry chute, but Halloween 5 does an excellent job of continuing the story begun in Halloween 4 and sets up the storyline for Halloween, The Curse of Michael Myers. By the way, if they release the alternate cut of Curse on video or DVD, please tell me!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This story continues and Michael Myers gets revenge., October 21, 2004

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James McDonald (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Halloween 5 - The Revenge of Michael Myers [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Rated "R". Only allowed to see this if you are 17 years old or older. Not for children to see. Includes nudity and sexual situations, voilence and gore.
Don Shanks plays "Michael Myers" this time around. Don Shanks is best remembered as the Indian in Life and Times of Grizzly Adams [VHS] (1976), the movie and the tv series (1977-78).
Donald Pleasence returns as "Dr. Sam Loomis". Danielle Harris returns as the terrorized girl "Jamie". Ellie Cornell continues as "Rachel". Karen Alston is briefly seen as "Mrs. Carruthers" in new footage and Beau Starr continues as "Sheriff Ben Meeker".
The movie continues with the same night showing you how Michael Myers escaped his fate (not shown in previous film).
Then the film forwards to one year later as we see Jamie in the Haddonfield's Children's Clinic. Her nightmares are horrid. In fact, she can see what Michael Myers is doing. Jamie is unable to speak.
Michael wants revenge and is going to kill several more people.
Don Shanks also played the mysterious character of the man in black.

The next "Halloween" films are:

Halloween - The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
Halloween H20 - Twenty Years Later (Dimension Collector's Series) (1998)
Halloween: Resurrection [VHS] (2002)
Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007)
Rob Zombie's Halloween II (2009).

Update: Halloween III will be released October 26, 2012. Director is Patrick Lussier.