Michael Myers, nursed back to health by a hermit, sets out once again to kill his niece, Jamie.
Are there a lot of hermits holing up in Illinois? I lived in Illinois, and I don’t recall seeing one. But one finds Michael. So, what does a hermit do when he finds a man with multiple gunshot wounds and injuries from an explosion? Does he take him to a hospital? Call the police? Or does he keep him in his hermit hole for 12 months until he can get up on Halloween to kill again? Obviously, the third. But this time, Dr. Sam “he’s eeeeevil” Loomis has the psychic link between Michael and his niece to work with. Why does she have a psychic link? Because they had to give her something when they eviscerated the final scene of Halloween 4, ignoring that she became the evil killer, taking the reins from Michael.
So in this altered reality, Michael wants to kill Jamie, but only after he can get himself some teenagers. This wildly obsessed family killer takes time off to kill any teen that has sex or looks sexy (or is just stupid, which is all of the teens in the film). Obsessions aren’t what they used to be. Michael still has his transporter from Halloween 4 so that he can pop up in different parts of town without that annoying travel time. But Michael has also become a big softy. Whenever anyone speaks nicely to him, he stops his killing. Sure, he picks it up again, but only after he’s stood there looking sad. Now why Loomis decides to use the soft-words approach on Michael is anyone’s guess. Loomis also tries out his new rage theory. Apparently, Michael is angry and he wants to kill Jamie because she might make him less angry. Does all this sound like boring nonsense? If so, you’ve got the idea.
Even if you are an exploitation-loving Slasher fan, you’re out of luck.The gore is low and the nudity is non-existent. Twelve-year-old Danielle Harris does a nice job as Jamie; so what does it mean when the high point of a film is the child actor?
The other films in the series are Halloween, Halloween 2, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, Halloween: Resurrection.