Hardcore fans of Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers are surely familiar with a couple of deleted scenes that have to date never been unearthed, perhaps most notably including an alternate opening wherein Michael Myers washes up at the home of a man named “Dr. Death.” As we recently told you, the folks behind the official website HalloweenMovies.com had begun a search through the franchise’s archives on the hunt for everything excised from the film, including uncut kill scenes, and today they’ve teased that a major find has been made.
In a photo shared as part of an interview with Halloween 5 actor Don Shanks today, Halloween Movies teases that footage of the alternate “Dr. Death” opening has been found!
“(I was) placed on this stone alter, and all around (the set) were things that the production had gotten from witches, and people that sell you the occult,” Shanks recalls of the scene. “And there were scrolls and different chants and this and that. And (suspended from) the altar, right above me, was this rock that looked like a stalactite – it was on a string and it would circle. And Dr. Death was doing an incantation on me, and then he tattoos on me the Thorn rune, which is the sign of eternal life. And so he does all these incantations, and on Halloween Eve (one year later) I come back to life.”
He continued, “So I put the mask on and I grab Dr. Death by the throat and pick him up over my head and break his back, and then put him on the altar, and take the stalactite and I go through his chest with it. I thought it was one of my better kills. But Moustapha [Akkad] thought it was too much of the occult type thing. So they decided to shoot it differently.”
Head over to HalloweenMovies.com to read the full interview and expect more soon!
