"The sory begins with a slight recap of the end of Part 4. Michael is shot several times and falls down a pit that is dynamited closed. He's dead, right?!?! Wrong!!! He manages to escape into the river that takes him downstream, where he comes into the care of a mountain hermit (Harper Roisman). Again he slips back into a coma (kinda like a bear hibernating for the winter) only to wake up a year later.... on Halloween. Wow, that always seems to happen and being the good houseguest that he is, Michael kills the hermit for good measure. Off to Haddonfield.
Back in Haddonfield, we find little Jamie (Danielle Harris) spending her days and nights in the Haddonfield Children's Clinic. Seems at the end of Part 4... she kind of attacked her foster mother ala her famous uncle. Now mute and speaking only with sign language, the nightmares return to Jamie. She knows that death is coming and anyone getting in his way better watch out.
One by one, the victims fall by the waste side as Michael stalks Jamie. Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) is there to help, but the film starts to get a little lame. Loomis uses Jamie as bait to lure Michael back to the Myers House, where he is later captured. Oh, I forgot to mention the mysterious "Man in Black" who lurks in the shadows only appearing at the end to break Michael out of jail. This is the only cool plot point in the whole film and it is all explained in the next installment.
This one is a real stinker. In my opinion, it is the worst sequel in the "Halloween" series. What is it about Part 5's in horror series??? (See Friday the 13th: A New Beginning for more information). I didn't really care for the whole "Jamie" story line. One minute you see her as a scared little kid running for her life and the next, she seems to be leaning towards becoming Michael's successor. Luckily, that didn't happen in the next film. Recommendation...not here, only if you are a Halloween completist such as I".
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