[Blu-ray Review] ‘Halloween V’ Is Lazy, Anti-Climatic, Rushed, And Tedious

Reviewed by Mike Ferraro

Perhaps the coolest thing about Halloween 5 I can recall deals with a certain theatrical adventure from my childhood. It was 1989 and technology had not yet ruined the planet. Drive-in theaters were a lot more common than they are today, but they were still dying out even in that time. I was 8 years old and my parents took me to see a double feature. The bill? Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, followed by Friday the 13th VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan.

At the beginning, my level of excitement was off the charts. Then, as the films progressed, this level all but disappeared into a state of sadness. It didn’t matter to me the order of which they played, because they were both equally disappointing, and I haven’t watched Halloween 5 since. READ MORE

[Blu-ray Review] Time Has Not Been Kind To ‘Halloween IV’

Reviewed by Mike Ferraro

I used to really like Halloween 4 when I was a kid but I haven’t really revisited it too often in my adult years. Even during the Zombie Halloween years, I could only muster up the strength to revisit John Carpenter’s masterful original. So when given the opportunity to check out the film on Blu-ray, I was pretty excited. Did my excitement stand? READ MORE