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- 63Miami HeraldMiami HeraldSwiss director and co-writer Dominique Othenin-Girard constructs his film like a carnival spook house -- something or someone shocks you every three minutes. They are familiar gimmicks, but the director adds suspenseful twists that are fun, too. [17 Oct 1989, p.C1]
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenHalloween 5, which was directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard and opened yesterday at area theaters, is a bit more refined in its details than the conventional horror movie.
- 40IGNIGNHalloween 5 is a poor film by itself; the fact that it's filled with huge dangling plot threads that were given a bad pay off in the next sequel simply cements its badness.
- 30Los Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonLos Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonThis is the same infinitely repeated plot of "Halloweens" 1, 2 and 4 (3 took a slightly deviant turn), with the same unkillable bogyman Michael Myers, wreaking the same programmed havoc, and Donald Pleasence as the same distraught psychiatrist, repeating the same dire warnings to no avail.
- Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers is a prime example of the principle of diminishing reruns.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMichael can't be killed, and so a ''Halloween'' picture can never really end. It can only stop. And since it can stop anywhere, it may as well stop sooner than later. This one stops later, and by the time it does it's hard to care. [17 Oct 1989, p.E4]
- 25ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliHalloween 5 is the movie that pushed the Halloween franchise into the generic slasher film category.
- 20EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanDon't bother.
- 0TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineFrustrating, confusing, loud, and offensive, this horribly bad sequel not only continues to ruin the story line and characters so deftly created by John Carpenter in HALLOWEEN (1978), but sets a new standard of stupidity.