If you loved Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, try Omen IV: The Awakening

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Omen IV: The Awakening has roughly 4.9× fewer votes than Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard, and they both carry the dread mood tag, and they sit in Horror territory. If that's the register that drew you to Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Omen IV: The Awakening is

Military hospital. Spring. A wail. Adopted by a young couple, Delia seems a perfect child. But accidents metastasize around the girl, and the parents confront impossible choices. Straight-to-cable supernatural franchise fare, for those keeping score.

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