Halloween 5 (1989)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1989
Running Times: 96 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Ultra Stereo

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Magnum Pictures Inc / The Return of Myers / Trancas International Films Inc
Executive Producer: Moustapha Akkad
Producer: Ramsey Thomas
Line Producer: Rick Nathanson
Production Manager: Rick Nathanson
Production Co-Ordinator: Paul Hellerman
Assistant Production Co-Ordinator: Judi Voye

SCRIPT
Script: Shem Bitterman, Michael Jacobs, Dominique Othenin-Girard
Characters: John Carpenter

DIRECTION
Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard
Director of Halloween 4 Footage: Dwight H. Little
Director (Additional Photography): Arthur Speer
1st Assistant Director: Kelly Schroeder
2nd Assistant Director: L.A. McConnell
2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Troy Rohovit
3rd Assistant Director: Scott Robertson Price

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Robert Draper
Director Of Photography (Additional Photography): Pat Reddish
Steadicam Operator: Ted Churchill
Camera Operator: Robert Draper
Additional Camera Operator (Additional Photography): Dean Lyras
1st Assistant Camera: Rex Nicholson
1st Assistant Camera (Additional Photography): Guy Skinner
Additional 1st Assistant Camera (Additional Photography): Mike Lookinland
2nd Assistant Camera: Tom Yatsko
2nd Assistant Camera (Additional Photography): Johnny Karls
3rd Assistant Camera: Robert 'Dobber' Price
Key Grip: John Gabrielle
Key Grip (Additional Photography): Flash Deros
Grips: Matt Broten, Elisabeth Carney, John Johnson, Mike 'Chewie' Pappas
2nd Company Grip: Kim Gigilia
Gaffer: Azusa Ohno
Rigging Gaffer: David R. Kohn
Electricians: Brian Berlin, Chris Reiter, R.T. 'Tom' Wharton, Craig Brink
Best Boy Electric: Jason Fife
Unit Photographer: Bruce Herman
Special Stills: Alan Markfield
Colour Timer: Dan Muscarella
Cameras: Arriflex Cameras and Lenses
Camera Equipment: General Cameras West
Production Equipment: Keylite Production Services Inc
Labs: Consolidated Film Industries, Hollywood, California, USA

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Jerry Brady, Charles Tetoni
Assistant Editor: Michael Westmore II
Additional Assistant Editor: Robin Toor
Apprentice Editors: Dorna Khazeni, Sean Paul Valla
Negative Cutter: June F. Gilham
Post-Production Co-Ordinator: Paul Hellerman
Post-Production Assistant: Taric Akkad
Post Production Services: Meridian Studios

MUSIC
Music / Performed By: Alan Howarth
Halloween Theme: John Carpenter
Songs: Michael Hennesy, Paul Wood (Romeo Romeo); Rick Chadrock, Dennis Churchill Dries (Dancin' on Midnight); Jeff Robert (Anything for Money); Thomas Guzman Sanchez, Paul Guzman Sanchez (Second Time Around); Jim Wilson (Willie on the Washboard)
Songs Performed By: Becca (Romeo Romeo); White Sister (Dancin' on Midnight); DV8 (Anything for Money); The Rhythm Tribe (Second Time Around); Queen Ida and Her Zydeco Band (Willie on the Washboard); Eileen Clark (Sporting Woman (Baby I'm Yours))
Songs Produced By: Diggy, Mark Chosak (Sporting Woman (Baby I'm Yours))
Music Supervisor for The International Music Group: Barry Levine
Assistant Music Supervisor: Tony Lettieri
Score Recording: Electric Melody Studios

SOUND
Sound Engineer: Alan Bond
Boom Operator: Mike Perry
Sound Mixer: Mark Scheret
Re-Recording Mixers: Robert W. Glass Jr, Ken S. Polk, Robert Thirwell, Dan Wallin
Sound Editorial Producer: Lisa A. Yewdall
Co-Supervising Sound Editors: Pat Bietz, David Lewis Yewdall
Sound Editors: David Bartlett, Martin J. Bram, Edward F. Fassl, Chris Ingram
Dialogue Editors: Dan Hegeman, Greg Jacobs, Donlee Jorgensen
ADR Supervisor: Barbara J. Boguski
Foley Mixer: David W. Alstadter (uncredited)
Foley Artists: Bess Hopper, John Post
Sound Assistants: Monique A. Le Bleu, Ann Thornberg

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up / Hair Supervisor: Mony Mansano
Costume Designer: Simon Tuke
Key Costumer: Victoria Auth
Wardrobe Assistant: Lawane Cole

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: KNB EFX Group Inc
Special Make Up Effects Supervisors: Robert Kurtzman, Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger
Special Make Up Effects Co-Ordinator: Greg Landerer
On-Set Make Up Application: Mark Maitre

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Mechanical Effects: Lee Stone
Title Sequence: Klasky-Csupo
Titles and Opticals: CFI

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Brenton Swift
Art Director: Richard Hongman
Set Designer: Kim Hix
Assistant Set Designer: Robert D. Vaughan
Set Decorator: Chava Danielson, Steven Lee
Set Dressers: Brian Lives, Diane Millett, Ian Roylance, Kip Wilson
On-Set Dresser: Bryan Shelley
Property Master: Sean E. Markland
Assistant Props: Marco Lopez
Property Buyers: Frank Kanig, Clara Amanda Snuth
Construction Co-Ordinator: Kim Hix
Construction Foreman: Steven Tanner
Construction: Bonge Cord, Barry Shannon
Carpenters: John Arnold, Ken Fox, Wesley Hamblin, Timothy Stettler
Painter: Robert D. Vaughan
Art Department Co-Ordinator: Kelly Lockinland
Lead Scenic Artist: David Clark
Assistant Scenic Artist: Brian Carlock
Art Department Runner: Mike Rathburn
Swing Gang: Amy Lives

LOCATIONS
Location Manager: Les Godwin
Location Scout: Albert Locatelli
Location Assistant: Denise B. Earle

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Alessandra Mazzola
Executive In Charge of Finance: Oscar Zoghbi
Production Accountant: Jack Knight
Accountant (Trancas International Films Inc): Pat Hyde
Assistant Production Accountant / Post-Production Accountant: Nour Dardari
Production Assistants: Lisa Bansbach, Roanna De La Cruz, Gaby Maloof, Sarah Schroeder, Laurie Williams, Tori Young, Scott Price
Assistant To Director: Peter David Francyk
Assistant To Executive Producer: Mary Lou Nelson
Animal Handler / Dog Handler: Alvin Mears
Cook: Benjamin Lopez
Assistant Cook: Héctor Álvarez
Transportation Co-Ordinator: Paul Thomas
Transportation Captain: Bryan 'Skipper' Delaney
Transportation Assistant: Victoria Thomas
Drivers: Mark Chambers, Duke Doleto, Grant Gottschall, Michael H. Johnson, John Kelly, Victor Kloster, Cynthia Paulson, Mari Raymer, Fred G. Steagall, Steven Anton, Benjamin Lopez
Craft Service: Ed Huntsman
Production Liaison (Los Angeles): Claire Varney
Set Security: David 'Rambo' Smith
Hotel Accomodations: The University Park Hotel, Salt Lake City
Travel Services: Holiday Express Travel, Glendora
Publicity: Dick Brooks Unlimited
Insurance: Albert G. Ruben and Co.

LOCATIONS
Locations: Layton, Utah, USA; Provo, Utah, USA; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks To: Leigh Von Der Esch, Director U.S.D.A. Wasatch-Cache National Forest; Delta Airlines; Passionella Cashflow; Utah Film Commission

STUNTS
Stunt Co-Ordinator: Don Pike
Stunts: Hal Burton, Laura Dash, Tracy Evans, Chance Marquez, Gary Pike, George P. Wilbur

CASTING
Casting: Deedee Bradley
New York Casting: Dawn Steinberg
Extras Casting Co-Ordinator: Catrine McGregor

CAST
Donald Pleasence (Dr Sam Loomis)
Danielle Harris (Jamie Lloyd)
Wendy Kaplan (Tina Williams)
Ellie Cornell (real name Ellie Gottwald) (Rachel Corruthers-Lloyd)
Beau Starr (Sheriff Ben Meeker)
Jeffrey Landman (Billy Hill)
Max Robinson (Dr Hart)
Tamara Glynn (Samantha Thomas)
Betty Carvalho (Nurse Palsey)
Karen Alston (Darlene Corruthers)
Matthew Walker (Spitz)
Jonathan Chapin (Mike)
Frank Como (Deputy Nick)
Harper Roisman (mountain man)
David Ursin (Deputy Tom)
Stanton Davis (young policeman)
Jack North (Gardner)
Russ McGinn (the announcer)
John Richard Platten (cop at pageant)
Jay Bernard (tall policeman)
Angela Montoya (little girl)
Patrick White (mole man)
Steven Anderson (cop in field)
Troy Evans (Charlie)
Fenton Quinn (Eddy)
Frank Kanig (trooper 1)
Donre Sampson (trooper 2)
John Gilbert (fat sniper)
Tom Jacobsen (jail cop)
Donald L. Shanks (Michael Myers)

Stand-Ins: Mary Greenwood, Jonel Jones, Don Linden

PLOT SUMMARY

As Halloween approaches again, Jamie Lloyd has been confined to the Haddonfield's Children's Hospital for a year after attacking her step-mother and is under the care of Dr Sam Loomis. Although mute since the events of the previous year, Jamie has now developed a psychic link with her uncle, Michael Myers who has woken from a year-long coma at the bottom of a well and is trying to lure Jamie from the safety of the hospital by stalking her friends and relatives.

Talk about clutching at straws... In a desperate attempt to keep the ailing franchise afloat, the ridiculous psychic angle is dragged in from nowhere and there's a clumsy attempt to 'humanise' Michael by having Loomis talk about the rage that drives him and later having Michael remove his mask to reveal a tear. Even the obligatory murder scenes are badly staged and whatever value the series had left was considerably compromised and cheapened.

Netherlands
Video Distributor: Video Film Express

UK
Video Distributor: Capital

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Galaxy International
Video Distributor: CBS / Fox
Laserdisc Distributor: CBS Fox (2425-80 (1990))

Australia
Rating: R

Finland
Rating: K-18

Germany
Rating: 16 (with cuts); 18 (uncut on video)

Iceland
video banned

Netherlands
Rating: 16

Norway
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R

West Germany
Rating: 18

1989
May
1: USA - production begins

October
13: USA - theatrical release

1990
August
Day Unknown: UK - video release

November
28: France - theatrical release

1991
May
15: Netherlands - theatrical release

July
11: Germany - theatrical release

Michael Lives, And This Time They're Ready!

He's Back With A Vengence

Halloween 5: Michael Myers' Revenge - working title
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers - advertising title

SEQUEL TO
Halloween (1978)
Halloween II (1981)
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

SEQUELS
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

SEE ALSO
The Exorcist (1973)

MAGAZINES

Fear April 1991 p.70 (UK)
review

Scapegoat no.1 p.12 (UK)
censorship details

The Dark Side no.60 p.18 (UK)
review

KEYWORDS

sequel; serial killer; slasher; stalk and slash; cats; parties; barns; scissors; condoms; splatter; teenagers; teenkill; old dark house; police; children; dogs; twist ending; halloween; scythes; masks; doctors