Passes the Bechdel test
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989. Directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard, written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill and Michael Jacobs.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
7 women characters. 7 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 3 scenes out of 287. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
It's one year later after the events of Halloween 4. Michael survives the shootings and on October 31st he returns with a vengeance. Lurking and stalking, Jamie, Rachel, and Rachel's friends, Michael forms a plan to lure Jamie out of the children's hospital where events lead up to the confrontation at the Myers house.
- Released
- 13 Oct 1989
- Genres
- Horror, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 4.9 / 10
- Metascore
- 28 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Tina 100 lines, woman
- Loomis 64 lines, man
- Jamie 32 lines, woman
- Rachel 25 lines, woman
- Billy 23 lines, man
- Samantha 18 lines, woman
- Charlie 14 lines, man
- Meeker 14 lines, man
- Sam 12 lines, man
- Spitz 11 lines, man
Full cast, 31 people
- Danielle Harris as Jamie Lloyd
- Donald Pleasence as Dr. Sam Loomis
- Ellie Cornell as Rachel Carruthers
- Wendy Foxworth as Tina Williams
- Beau Starr as Sheriff Meeker
- Don Shanks as Michael Myers
- Jeffrey Landman as Billy Hill
- Tamara Glynn as Samantha Thomas
- Matthew Walker as Spitz
- Betty Carvalho as Nurse Patsey
- Troy Evans as Deputy Charlie
- Frankie Como as Deputy Nick Ross
- David Ursin as Deputy Tom Farrah
- Harper Roisman as Mountain Man
- Karen Alston as Darlene Carruthers
- Max Robinson as Dr. Max Hart
- Fenton Quinn as Eddy
- Greg Nicotero as Guy In Gas Station
- Jonathan Chapin as Mikey
- Stanton Davis as Young Policeman
- Jack North as Gardener
- Russ McGinn as The Announcer
- Jon Richard Platten as Cop at Pageant
- Jay Bernard as Tall Policeman
- Angela Montoya as Little Girl
- Patrick White as Mole Man
- Steven Anderson as Cop in Field
- Frank Kanig as Trooper #1
- Donré Sampson as Trooper #2
- John Gilbert as Fat Sniper
- Tom Jacobsen as Jail Cop
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 6 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 8% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 287
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 to 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 to 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 to 24 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 to 30 | 14 | 4 |
| 31 to 36 | 17 | 5 |
| 37 to 42 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 to 48 | 4 | 5 |
| 49 to 54 | 1 | 2 |
| 55 to 60 | 2 | 12 |
| 61 to 66 | 5 | 0 |
| 67 to 72 | 6 | 15 |
| 73 to 78 | 11 | 9 |
| 79 to 84 | 0 | 2 |
| 85 to 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 to 96 | 8 | 9 |
| 97 to 102 | 0 | 11 |
| 103 to 108 | 4 | 5 |
| 109 to 114 | 11 | 2 |
| 115 to 120 | 1 | 10 |
| 121 to 126 | 19 | 5 |
| 127 to 132 | 8 | 11 |
| 133 to 138 | 1 | 1 |
| 139 to 144 | 1 | 1 |
| 145 to 150 | 11 | 12 |
| 151 to 156 | 7 | 1 |
| 157 to 162 | 19 | 4 |
| 163 to 168 | 4 | 8 |
| 169 to 174 | 6 | 0 |
| 175 to 180 | 5 | 0 |
| 181 to 186 | 1 | 0 |
| 187 to 192 | 0 | 0 |
| 193 to 198 | 4 | 5 |
| 199 to 204 | 0 | 3 |
| 205 to 210 | 0 | 5 |
| 211 to 216 | 2 | 9 |
| 217 to 222 | 0 | 0 |
| 223 to 228 | 0 | 2 |
| 229 to 234 | 1 | 4 |
| 235 to 240 | 0 | 7 |
| 241 to 246 | 0 | 1 |
| 247 to 252 | 1 | 6 |
| 253 to 258 | 0 | 3 |
| 259 to 264 | 0 | 3 |
| 265 to 270 | 1 | 0 |
| 271 to 276 | 0 | 1 |
| 277 to 282 | 3 | 3 |
| 283 to 287 | 0 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
RACHEL: Yeah! She'd like that a lot. TINA: I'll stop back after second period. If you're here, we can have a blaster day! If not, have a blast anyway!! RACHEL: C'mon Max, it's just a cat.
TINA: Mike, thank God! JAMIE: Tina!
TINA: Jamie! NO!!! JAMIE: Tina! TINA: Run, Jamie!
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 49 are women's.
181 lines from women, 187 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
7 women and 22 men in the cast. 7 women and 20 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 5 of 400.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 23 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 47% of the words (1,382), men 53% (1,530). Women have 49% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
11
Two men
16
Exhibit F: behind the camera
None of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 10% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Dominique Othenin-Girard (man)
- Written by
- Shem Bitterman (man), Dominique Othenin-Girard (man), Michael Jacobs (man)
- Produced by
- Ramsey Thomas (gender not listed)
- Shot by
- Robert Draper (man)
- Edited by
- Charles Tetoni (man), Jerry Brady (gender not listed)
- Music by
- Alan Howarth (man)
- Production design by
- Brenton Swift (man)
- Costumes by
- Simon Tuke (man)
- Cast by
- Deedee Bradley (gender not listed), Dawn Steinberg (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
2 women, 16 men, 9 not listed
-
Art
1 women, 4 men, 16 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 9 men, 10 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 7 men, 10 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 7 men, 9 not listed
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Production
1 women, 4 men, 8 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 3 men, 3 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 2 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 27 on average. Men: 37 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Danielle Harris 12, Tamara Glynn 20, Wendy Foxworth 23, Ellie Cornell 25, Betty Carvalho 57
Men
Jeffrey Landman 11, Matthew Walker 20, Don Shanks 39, Beau Starr 45, Donald Pleasence 70
Exhibit H: the money
It made 3.9 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $3 million
- Box office
- $11.6 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 287 scenes and 400 lines of dialogue. How the test works
