Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

Pretty much 4 again, but worse in every way. Now there's really nothing here.

Relentlessly predictable retread. Pleasance's presence as the loony Dr. Loomis, young Danielle's thesping, and the KNB EFX Group's contributions represent the pic's only pluses.

Darker and more atmospheric than its immediate predecessor, with a dynamite credits sequence of a glittering knife loudly carving up a pumpkin, but also kinda mean-spirited. The nominal female lead is heartlessly killed off early on in a _Psycho_-inspired twist while Michael savagely chops up peripheral characters and the little girl cries and suffers and runs for what seems like an eternity. And the pointless, inconclusive ending hinting at a possible Part 6 is a real bummer.