‘Halloween 5’: Lost ‘Dr. Death’ Footage Now Uncovered for 4K Release
Halloween is here early, people. Myers-hounds might recall that Halloween Movies seemed to locate the never-seen “Dr. Death” sequences from Halloween 5. No word about the new footage circulated for a long time, and we weren’t certain if the scenes would ever see a proper release. Well, now the miracle workers at Scream Factory have announced that their incoming Ultra 4K release of Halloween 5 will include the long-lost Dr. Death scenes.
It was over two years who now that Halloween Movies seemed to find the footage. Now we’re finally getting to see it.
Check out the original Twitter post:
Scream Factory will be releasing the first five films in the Halloween series in Ultra HD on October 5th, just in time to celebrate the Halloween Kills on October 15th. The discs are available for preorder now, so make room on your shelf for Dr. Death.
In case you haven’t heard about Dr. Death yet, here’s the lowdown. The original opening scene of Halloween 5 found Michael Myers swept under the care of a young occultist. This was in lieu of the hermit who Myers dispatches in the theatrical cut of the film. It was this character who originally adorned Michael with the symbol of Thorn. Due to the cut, the symbol appears on Michael’s wrist with no previous explanation. Reshoots discarded Dr. Death and replace him with the riverside hermit.
Here are the full features for the new Scream Factory release
- NEW 2021 4K Scan Of The Original Camera Negative
- NEW 2021 Dolby Atmos Track
- Audio Commentary With Actor Don Shanks And Author Justin Beahm
- Audio Commentary With Director Dominique Othenin-Girard And Actors Danielle Harris And Jeffrey Landman
- HALLOWEEN 5: THE REVENGE OF MICHAEL MYERS (1989) DISC TWO (BLU-RAY):
- NEW 2021 4K Scan Of The Original Camera Negative
- NEW 2021 Dolby Atmos Track
- Audio Commentary With Don Shanks And Justin Beahm
- Audio Commentary With Dominique Othenin-Girard, Danielle Harris, And Jeffrey Landman
- NEW Long-Lost Alternate Opening Sequence Featuring The Appearance Of Dr. Death
- NEW Extra Snippets Of Gore Cut To Obtain An R-Rating
- NEW “Of Darkness And Shadows – The Cinematography of Halloween 5” – An Interview With Cinematographer Robert Draper
- “Inside Halloween 5”
- “Dead Man’s Party – The Making Of Halloween 5” – A Two-part Featurette
- “On The Set: Behind-The-Scenes Footage”
- Horror’s Hallowed Grounds – A Look At The Original Filming Locations
- Halloween 5 Original Promo
- Theatrical Trailer
- TV Spots
- NEW Newspaper Ad Still Gallery By Drive-In Asylum
- Still Gallery
Don Shanks spoke with described Halloween Movies about the alternative Dr. Death sequences. Here’s what he had to share:
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. 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 (later) (producer Moustapha Akkad) thought it was too much of the occult type thing. So they decided to shoot it differently.
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