tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006391989948099596.post8189382003078435214..comments2023-10-29T02:13:22.725-07:00Comments on But the Third One Was Great: Halloween 5Joshua Grover-David Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791397639978426181noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006391989948099596.post-32471678438097666692021-08-05T20:26:27.276-07:002021-08-05T20:26:27.276-07:00Halloween 5 is just about the strongest single exp...Halloween 5 is just about the strongest single expression of the classic Carpenter motif that has ever been crafted. For people who responded to the original premise from 1978...of the triangular hunt, with Myers stalking his victims, and Loomis stalking him...and all set against the backdrop of a Middle America Harvest season...Halloween 5 represents the zenith, in many respects. In one or two regards, it actually manages to SURPASS the first film. Halloween established the template with Michael Myers being depicted as the ultimate stalker...always on the periphery, always waiting, yet never acting until HE was ready. Among the sequels, ONLY 5 is as relentlessly anchored to the essential, classic elements...incredible stalking sequences...suspenseful pursuit scenes...vivid Harvest ambience...a great score and beautiful cinematography...an incredible performance from Pleasance(it is in THIS film that he truly surpasses Peter Cushing's Van Helsing as the greatest hero from the horror realm)...the sexiest lady in the series in Sami...Halloween 5 is a masterpiece....the final truly great Halloween movie, and the final great slasher film.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com