They really made the mistake of pushing it so quickly. Only a year between 4 and 5. Had it taken longer, been developed better, it might have been better. There were parts I was never comfortable with, the psychic link seemed too hokey and not realistic, more sci fi. Michael crying. Even the botched opening where you clearly see a short haired unmasked Michael (Shanks w/o the wig) and then the shadowy wigged unmasking later.
The house didn't bother me. You'd think they'd change the look after 11 years because it was originally so rundown in 1978. Plus, it's a serial killer's home, unlike Ed Gein's home, which was destroyed, they needed it storyline wise, so they altered it to make it unrecognizable, not such a landmark. Even the Amityville House changed it's look, but not size in order to deter tourists.
Could you actually see a laundry shoot sequence in a house the size of the original? And that was one of the better parts of the movie. They had to outdo 4's rooftop chase. Also, with the absence of the house in 4, I'm glad they brought it back. It's as much a staple of the series as Michael, Loomis and Haddonfield, which up until H20, each film except 3 and 4 had them all in it.
Side thought, am I the only one that thought 5's Man in Black retraced Michael's steps in 4? We first see him in front of the place where Michael got his mask in 4, the first place Michael stopped. Then he's at the Myers' house when Loomis goes there, we don't know Michael's whereabouts between Discount Mart and watching Rachel in 4. Just a thought.
"He came home." - Dr. Sam Loomis from the original HalloweeN
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