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Halloween 3: Season of the Witch

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Halloween 3: Season of the Witch (1982)

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Reviews Counted:15

Fresh:5

Rotten:10

Average Rating:4.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: In the third HALLOWEEN installment (which has nothing to do with the first two films), a mad warlock hatches an evil plot to enact bloody mass murder. He creates creepy masks which force the wearer... In the third HALLOWEEN installment (which has nothing to do with the first two films), a mad warlock hatches an evil plot to enact bloody mass murder. He creates creepy masks which force the wearer to commit violent acts of assassination on the night of Halloween. [More]

Starring: Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy, Ralph Strait

Starring: Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy, Ralph Strait

Director: Tommy Lee Wallace

Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
Screenwriter: Tommy Lee Wallace
Producer: Debra Hill, John Carpenter
Composer: John Carpenter, Alan Howarth

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Sep 29, 1998

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Reviews for Halloween 3: Season of the Witch

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 26 2009 03:16 AM

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Dustin Putman

It is high time for viewers with a hang-up to reevaluate the pleasures that Halloween III: Season of the Witch has to offer.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 29 2008 11:16 AM

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4/10

Tim Brayton

There are more than enough giant logic holes, stilted characters and idiotic developments to make sure that it is bad for reasons transcending its simple poorness as a sequel

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 27 2008 10:21 PM

Antagony & Ecstasy

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2/5

Steve Crum

Has little connection with first two "Halloweens," including true terror.

comment Comment | Feb., 19 2008 07:08 PM

Video-Reviewmaster.com

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2/4

Though the film certainly isn't awful, the filmmakers couldn't decide on their focus.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 27 2007 06:01 PM

TV Guide's Movie Guide

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The end result is a bit of a mess but hugely enjoyable, and often (thanks to Dean Cundey's camerawork and John Carpenter's close supervision as producer) as striking visually as its predecessors.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 24 2006 03:26 AM

Time Out

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3/5

Emanuel Levy

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comment Comment | Oct., 01 2005 04:51 PM

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1/5

Michael Szymanski

No review available.

comment Comment | Sep., 25 2005 11:54 PM

International Press Academy

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1/5

Clint Morris

Something stinks!

comment Comment | Mar., 11 2005 03:52 AM

Moviehole

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1.5/4

Roger Ebert

This is one of those Identikit movies, assembled out of familiar parts from other, better movies.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 23 2004 10:25 PM

Chicago Sun-Times

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3/5

Vincent Canby

Mr. Wallace clearly has a fondness for the cliches he is parodying and he does it with style.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 30 2004 10:16 PM

New York Times

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F

Eric D. Snider

Were it not for the middle 30 minutes, which take approximately 73,000 hours to watch, forgetting it would be easy.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 29 2003 08:06 AM

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1/5

Christopher Null

Oh boy, this is a howler, justly ranked as one of the worst films in history and shocking in that it didn't kill Carpenter's career outright.

Full Review Source: | comment 3 Comments | Sep., 30 2003 05:06 PM

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3/5

Ken Hanke

Very peculiar variant on Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Connected to the Halloween series in name only.

comment Comment | Apr., 21 2003 10:35 PM

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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2.5/5

Scott Weinberg

Points for trying something new, but the results are more laughable than terrifying.

comment Comment | Jul., 26 2002 10:34 PM

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David Poland

No review available.

comment Comment | Jul., 26 2002 06:36 PM

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