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Halloween: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)

   
Directed by: Dominique Othenin-Girard

Written by: Shem Bitterman, Michael Jacobs & Dominique Othenin-Girard

Starring:

Donald Pleasance .... Dr. Sam Loomis
Danielle Harris .... Jamie Lloyd
Matthew Walker .... Spitz
Wendy Kaplan .... Tina Williams
Ellie Cornell .... Rachel Corruthers
Beau Starr .... Sherriff Ben Meeker
Tamara Glynn .... Sammy Thomas
Jeffrey Landman .... Billy Hill
Max Robinson .... Dr. Max Hart
Betty Carvalho .... Patsey West R.N.
Don Shanks .... Michael Myers

Release Date: Theatrical: October 13, 1989

*Images courtesy at: www.razyboard.com

Rating:

 

Michael manages to crawl out of the mine shaft after being buried alive by it at the end of part 4 and takes refuge to a hermit there he is in a coma till next Hallows Eve.
When he awakens he kills the hermit and hunts Jamie down.
Both Jamie Lloyd (Danielle Harris) and her older stepsister Rachel (Ellie Cornell) starts to have nightmares of Michael coming back to get them.
Then Jamie seems to have a telepathic bond on where Michael is and tells Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasance) where and when Michael will strike as she seems to be too scared to speak by writing diagrams to him.
Michael manages to slay Rachel.
Then her friends plan a Halloween party at Rachel's house and Michael slays them too.
Loomis takes Jamie to Michael's old home to plan a trap for him.

 

A door was open for another sequel but at the time fans didn't think there would be another one as it has been 6 years until they made the next sequel.
Alot of interesting moments in this film with Michael watching people like he always does before moving in for the kill.
We also get to see his face briefly as he takes his mask off before he tries to kill his niece.
At times the story becomes terribly trite when she is waiting for Michael at his old house.

The acting is at an even pace. Danielle Harris does another good job in her role as Jamie Lloyd with her intensity when Michael awakens having seisures and other creepy events.
Donald Pleasance
really showed a great rage with his role as Loomis with more energy than ever.
There are also two supporting roles by Frank Como and David Ursin as two dopey deputies adding dark comedy in this flick which at the time was used in most horror films.

A blonde woman briefly exposes her breasts.

A few bloody stabbings and some creepy looking corpses inside the Myers house.

Dominique Othenin-Girard keeps the audience peeled to this film with the actors performances and made the film very watchable.
A nice shot during close to the beginning of the film with Don Shanks as Michael Myers floating along in the river trying to reach shore and then passing out.
We spot many nice moments with supporting actor Harper Poisman as a hermit and Shanks lying down and then arising later on
There's nice reactions to Danielle Harris when she starts to have seisures and writing out notes that his uncle is coming.
Donald Pleasance
does well by acting aggressive towards Harris about Michael's presence demanding it out of her.
There's also nice dark shots on a barn during a party with Don Shanks as Michael Myers in the barn about to kill.
There's a terrific car chasing scene with Harris running away from a vehicle chasing after her in an open field leading to the forest as the shots looked very dark and amusing.

Pleasance
was terrific calling for Michael in the forest and telling him he'll be at his old house with his niece.
A nice setting with Pleasance towards Shanks at the Myers house approaching him and trying to sympathise with him.
A good moment with Harris asking Shanks to take off his mask for a sec before he goes in to kill her as well as a good and brief dark shot on Shanks unmasked face with a tear in his eye.

We have the usual theme song by John Carpenter.
Also we have our mian composer which is once again Alan Howarth who is a wonderful composer with his synthesizer and knows his stuff for the Halloween flicks and has been composing the music for them since Halloween II.
He has worked in numerous film directed by John Carpenter like in Escape from New York, Christine, Big Trouble in Little China and Prince of Darkness.
He had some odd synthesizer sounds which sound similar to the Sleepaway Camp sequels directed by Michael A. Simpson.

There is also a songtrack performed by artists like
"Romeo Romeo" by Becca
"Dancin' on Midnight" by White Sister
"Anything for Money" by DV8
"Second Time Around" by The Rhythm Tribe
"Willie on the Washboard" by Queen Ida and Her Zydeco Band
"Sporting Woman (Baby I'm Yours)" by Eileen Clark

[a police car passes Mikey]
Spitz: Friends of yours?

[Talking into the woods]
Dr. Samuel Loomis: Michael? It will destroy you too, one day, Michael! This rage which drives you. You think if you kill them all it will go away? It won't! You have to fight it, in the place where it's strongest! WHERE IT ALL BEGAN! If you want to get rid of this rage, Michael, go home, GO HOME! Go to your house! I shall be there waiting for you! You will find HER, waiting for you!

Dr. Samuel Loomis: I prayed that he would burn in hell. But in my heart, I knew that hell would not have him.

[When Spitz pretends to be Michael Myers]
Deputy Tom: Definitely not funny! Somebody could be dead right now!
Deputy Nick: Fortunately we're lousy cops.

[Michael Myers advances towards the deputies with a pitch fork]
Deputy Nick: Somebody could get hurt with that thing.
Deputy Tom: Hey! Somebody's gonna get hurt with that thing!
Deputy Nick: Amazing, no respect for authority!
Deputy Tom: Must be the parents.

Sheriff Ben Meeker: The National Guard will be here in the morning to take him to a maximum-security facility, where he'll stay until the day he dies.
Jamie Lloyd: He'll never die.

Dr. Samuel Loomis: Today someone dug up a coffin of a nine-year-old girl, Jamie. Jamie, you're nine years old. What do you think he's going to do with that when he finds you?

Tina: Take me, but spare my friend! She's a virgin...
Spitz: [dressed as Michael and poised to kill] Got her phone number?
[to nine-year-old Jaime]

Dr. Samuel Loomis: You must help me! Your tears will do you no good! He must be stopped!
Tina: [thinks she's talking to her boyfriend, who's just been killed by Michael] Psycho boyfriend!

Dr. Samuel Loomis: I know why you've come back, Michael. Because the little girl... the little girl can stop the rage inside. She knows how to do it, Michael. If you let her, she can stop the rage... the rage inside.
Dr. Samuel Loomis: No, she's not up there, Michael. She's down here in the middle of the old house... your house, Michael. Your house. Do you remember how much better you used to be?

Dr. Samuel Loomis: Her whole body was shaking!
Sheriff Ben Meeker: Every time a little girl twitches, I'm supposed to call out the National Guard?

Tina: Stop the car! I want a pack of cigarettes.
[Michael floors it]

Tina: Rachel! RACHEl RACHEL... RACHEL I got you a present... Rachel?

Rachel Carruthers: How could they? When are they going to relize that she's not him, she's just a child.
Dr. Samuel Loomis: They know that Micheal Myers is her uncle and he made her attack her stepmother, that's why they fear her... especially on Halloween.

Tina: You guys... I don't here any noise... are you sure your doing it right
[No answer]
Tina: ... You guys wanna go skinny dipping?
[no answer]
Tina: MAYBE YOU GUYS ARE ALL READY NAKED!

[Michael is about to stab her]
Jamie Lloyd: Uncle! Boogeyman. Let me see.
[Michael removes his mask]
Jamie Lloyd: See? You look just like me.