History Film / Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers

** Loomis, the man who the entire series through had been correcting anyone and everyone who'd call Michael a man ("This is no man."), the man who understands ''better than anyone else on Earth'' how inhuman and deeply, darkly, truly evil Michael is, falls to the point of stupidly, irrationally breaking character by trying to appeal to Michael's "human" side to stop him (and, of course, failing miserably). On top of that, Loomis in this film is incredibly harsh with the terribly traumatized Jamie, unrelentingly grabbing her, screaming at her, and haranguing her to force information out of her no matter how terribly uncomfortable and upset she clearly is; it's hard to watch. Loomis is never treated worse by the series than he is in this film.

* AdaptationDecay:

''Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers'' picks up right after the events of [[Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers the previous film]], where Michael ends up shot by Illinois state troopers and left for dead. Despite those efforts, Michael Myers lives -- and after a year of rest, he rises again to go after his traumatized niece Jamie (Creator/DanielleHarris) -- who now shares an eerie psychic link with Michael -- on Halloween, with Dr. Loomis (Creator/DonaldPleasence) once more in pursuit.

** Loomis, the man who the entire series through had been correcting anyone and everyone who'd call Michael a man ("This is no man."), the man who understands ''better than anyone else on Earth'' how inhuman and deeply, darkly, truly evil Michael is, falls to the point of stupidly, irrationally breaking character by trying to appeal to Michael's "human" side to stop him (and, of course, failing miserably). On top of that, Loomis in this film is incredibly harsh with the terribly traumatized Jamie, unrelentingly grabbing her, screaming at her, haranguing her for information no matter how terribly uncomfortable and upset she clearly is; it's hard to watch. Loomis is never treated worse by the series than he is in this film.

** Loomis, the man who the entire series through had been correcting anyone and everyone who'd call Michael a man ("This is no man."), the man who understands ''better than anyone else on Earth'' how inhuman and deeply, darkly, truly evil Michael is, falls to the point of stupidly, irrationally breaking character by trying to appeal to Michael's "human" side to stop him (and, of course, failing miserably). On top of that, Loomis in this film is incredibly harsh with the deeply traumatized Jamie, unrelentingly grabbing her, screaming at her, haranguing her for information no matter how terribly uncomfortable and upset she clearly is; it's hard to watch. Loomis is never treated worse by the series than he is in this film.

** Loomis, the man who the entire series through had been correcting anyone and everyone when they'd call Michael a man ("This is no man."), the man who understands ''better than anyone else on Earth'' how inhuman and deeply, darkly, truly evil Michael is, falls to the point of stupidly, irrationally breaking character by trying to appeal to Michael's "human" side to stop him (and, of course, failing miserably). On top of that, Loomis in this film is incredibly harsh with the deeply traumatized Jamie, unrelentingly grabbing her, screaming at her, haranguing her for information no matter how terribly uncomfortable and upset she clearly is; it's hard to watch. Loomis is never treated worse by the series than he is in this film.

* EveryCarIsAPinto: Michael chases the protagonists in a car. Even though the car is barely going at a running-pace, it still explodes when it collides with a tree. Though this ''does'' add to the creepy factor when Michael nonchalantly gets out of the car completely unscathed.

* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Michael survived thanks to a hermit who rescued him from the river and took care of him. He breaks his neck immediately after waking up.
* FinalGirl: Michael Myers' young niece, Jamie Lloyd.

** Soon thereafter, Deputy Charlie does the same for Jamie, giving her a chance to temporarily elude Michael inside the Myers House.

** Things only become worse in the next film, as [[spoiler: Jamie is revealed to have been abducted by a Druid cult, led by the Man in Black, who seemingly controls Michael. They have faked her death in the police station explosion at the end of the this film, before impregnating her with the child of a stranger, or Michael himself, depending on what continuity you follow.]]

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Poor Loomis's fate]] by the end. He succeeds in [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown capturing, tranquilizing and beating Michael unconscious with a 2x4]], protecting Jamie from him, but [[FeelingTheirAge being in his 70's]] at this point the exertion and stress of the entire night gives him a stroke, [[PostVictoryCollapse collapsing right on top of his defeated nemesis]], his last sight before falling unconscious. Even then, while Loomis is incapacitated, [[AllForNothing Michael is freed later that night from jail by the Man In Black]] [[FromBadToWorse and]] [[DownerEnding Jamie is kidnapped]].

* CryingWolf: Spitz dresses up as Myers and chases Samantha and Tina with a fake knife, angering the cops who come to their rescue. Later, when the real Myers comes out of the barn after killing Samantha and Spitz, the cops assume it's another joke and don't realize it's for real until it's too late.
* DeadManHonking: Subverted. After Myers' car crashes into a tree. Initially, the three people he's been pursuing are relieved at the sound of the car horn, assuming this trope. Their facial expressions turn to horror when the noise stops, revealing that of course, Myers has survived.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Michael is eventually apprehended by the police, but Dr. Loomis suffers a stroke, and the mysterious Man in Black appears at the last second, killing Sheriff Meeker and most of Haddonfield's police force; Jamie discovers their bodies and Michael's empty cell, weeping as she now knows the terror is far from over and no one is there to save her this time.]]

* CatScare: Tina finds one of the kittens that she, Samantha, and Spitz were playing with earlier covered in blood (but unharmed) just before she finds Samantha and Spitz' bodies, then the equally dead cops, then is chased by Michael.

** The poster shows Jamie in her clown costume from the previous film, but she doesn't wear it at all during the movie (not counting reused scenes from said previous film).
** For that matter, Michael is shown wearing his Creator/WilliamShatner mask, which he doesn't, and with a double-edged knife, which he doesn't actually use; he uses a chef's knife.

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Poor Loomis's fate]] by the end. He succeeds in [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown capturing, tranquilizing and beating Michael unconscious with a 2x4]], protecting Jamie from him, but [[FeelingTheirAge being in his 70's]] at this point the exertion and stress of the entire night gives him a stroke, [[PostVictoryCollapse collapsing right on top of his defeated nemesis]], his last sight before falling unconscious. Even then, while Loomis is incapacitated, [[AllForNothing Michael is freed later that night from jail by the Man In Black]] [[FromBadToWorse and]] [[DownerEnding Jamie is kidnapped]]. The only silver lining is that it is revealed in the sequel he did manage to survive and recover, at least, and [[TookALevelInKindness has mellowed out a fair bit]] the next time we see him.

* AbortedArc: The thorn tattoo and the man in black were originally intended to have a much larger and clearer role in the film, but cut footage left these artifacts in the final cut without explanation, confusing audiences for years until ''Curse'' explained it.

* AbortedArc: The thorn tattoo and the man in black were originally intended to have a much larger and clearer role in the film, but cut footage left these artifacts in the film without explanation, confusing audiences for years until ''Curse'' explained it.

''Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers'' picks up right after the events of [[Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers the previous film]], where Michael ends up shot by Illinois state troopers and left for dead. Despite those efforts, Michael Myers lives -- and after a year of rest, he rises again to go after his traumatized niece Jamie (Creator/DanielleHarris) -- who now shares a eerie psychic link with Michael -- on Halloween, with Dr. Loomis (Creator/DonaldPleasence) once more in pursuit.

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Poor Loomis's fate]] by the end. He succeeds in [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown capturing, tranquilizing and beating Michael unconscious with a 2x4]], protecting Jamie from him, but [[FeelingTheirAge being in his 70's]] at this point the exertion and stress of the entire night [[RealityEnsues gives him a stroke]], [[PostVictoryCollapse collapsing right on top of his defeated nemesis]], his last sight before falling unconscious. Even then, while Loomis is incapacitated, [[AllForNothing Michael is freed later that night from jail by the Man In Black]] [[FromBadToWorse and]] [[DownerEnding Jamie is kidnapped]]. The only silver lining is that it is revealed in the sequel he did manage to survive and recover, at least, and [[TookALevelInKindness has mellowed out a fair bit]] the next time we see him.

* RealityEnsues: Loomis ends up beating the crap outta Michael with a two by four, but suffers a stroke since he's in his seventies now.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The Man in Black just shows up on a bus. While it's clear he has a connection to Michael (both have the same tattoo), who he is and what his motivations are remain unknown when the movie ends. WordOfGod has admitted they had no idea who the character was when making the movie.

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Poor Loomis's fate]] by the end. He succeeds in [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown capturing, tranquilizing and beating Michael unconscious with a 2x4]], protecting Jamie from him, but [[FeelingTheirAge being in his 70's]] at this point the exertion and stress of the entire night [[RealityEnsues gives him a stroke]], [[PostVictoryCollapse collapsing right on top of his defeated nemesis]], his last sight before falling unconscious. Even then, while Loomis is incapacitated, [[AllForNothing Michael is freed later that night from jail by the Man In Black]] and [[DownerEnding Jamie is kidnapped]]. The only silver lining is that it is revealed in the sequel he did manage to survive and recover, at least, and [[TookALevelInKindness has mellowed out a fair bit]] the next time we see him.

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Poor Loomis's fate]] by the end. He succeeds in [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown capturing, tranquilizing and beating Michael unconscious with a 2x4]], protecting Jamie from him, but [[FeelingTheirAge being in his 70's]] at this point the exertion and stress of the entire night [[RealityEnsues gives him a stroke]], collapsing right on top of his defeated nemesis, his last sight before falling unconscious. Even then, while Loomis is incapacitated, [[AllForNothing Michael is freed later that night from jail by the Man In Black]] and [[DownerEnding Jamie is kidnapped]]. The only silver lining is that it is revealed in the sequel he did manage to survive and recover, at least, and [[TookALevelInKindness has mellowed out a fair bit]] the next time we see him.

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Poor Loomis's fate]] by the end. He succeeds in [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown capturing, tranquilizing and beating Michael unconscious with a 2x4]], protecting Jamie from him, but [[FeelingTheirAge being in his 70's]] at this point the exertion and stress of the entire night [[RealityEnsues gives him a stroke]], collapsing right on top of his defeated nemesis, his last sight before falling unconscious. Even then, while Loomis is incapacitated, [[AllForNothing Michael is freed later that night from jail by the Man In Black]] and [[DownerEnding Jaime is kidnapped]]. The only silver lining is that it is revealed in the sequel he did manage to survive and recover, at least, and [[TookALevelInKindness has mellowed out a fair bit]] the next time we see him.

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Poor Loomis's fate]] by the end. He succeeds in capturing, tranquilizing and beating Michael unconscious with a 2x4, protecting Jamie from him, but [[FeelingTheirAge being in his 70's]] at this point the exertion and stress of the entire night [[RealityEnsues gives him a stroke]], collapsing right on top of his defeated nemesis, his last sight before falling unconscious. Even then, while Loomis is incapacitated, [[AllForNothing Michael is freed later that night from jail by the Man In Black]] and [[DownerEnding Jaime is kidnapped]]. The only silver lining is that it is revealed in the sequel he did manage to survive and recover, at least, and [[TookALevelInKindness has mellowed out a fair bit]] the next time we see him.

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Poor Loomis's fate]] by the end. He succeeds in capturing and beating Michael unconscious with a 2x4, protecting Jamie from him, but [[FeelingTheirAge being in his 70's]] at this point the exertion and stress of the entire night [[RealityEnsues gives him a stroke]], collapsing right on top of his defeated nemesis, his last sight before falling unconscious. It is revealed he does manage to survive and recover by the sequel, at least, [[TookALevelInKindness mellowing out a bit]] the next time we see him.

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Poor Loomis's fate]] by the end. He succeeds in capturing and beating Michael unconscious with a 2x4, protecting Jamie from him, but being in his 70's at this point the exertion and stress of the entire night gives him a stroke, collapsing right on top of his defeated nemesis. He does manage to survive and recover by the sequel, at least, [[TookALevelInKindness mellowing out a bit]] the next time we see him.

* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:The previous film's TwistEnding is {{Retcon}}ned as this.]]