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Its laudable deviation from series formula not withstanding, Halloween III: Season Of The Witch offers paltry thrills and dubious plotting. Read critic reviews
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Movie Info
Hospital emergency room Dr. Daniel "Dan" Challis (Tom Atkins) and Ellie Grimbridge (Stacey Nelkin), the daughter of a murder victim, uncover a terrible plot by small-town mask maker Conal Cochran (Dan O'Herlihy), a madman who's planning a Halloween mass murder utilizing an ancient Celtic ritual. The ritual involves a boulder stolen from Stonehenge, the use of Silver Shamrock masks and a triggering device contained in a television commercial -- all designed to kill millions of children.
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Rating: R
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Genre: Holiday, Horror, Mystery & thriller, Sci-fi
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Original Language: English
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Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
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Producer: John Carpenter, Debra Hill
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Writer: Tommy Lee Wallace
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Distributor: Universal Pictures
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Production Co: Dino De Laurentiis Productions, Universal Pictures
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Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)
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Critic Reviews for Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Audience Reviews for Halloween III: Season of the Witch
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A Halloween movie with no Michael Meyers? Given most of the sequels were dreck, the third outing is an entertaining watch as a Halloween-themed thriller.
mark b Super Reviewer -
Halloween III is the third film in the original saga, and it doesn't have Michael Myers in it. This might be surprising to some people. The reason is because John Carpenter wanted to make his Halloween films a serialized story that focused on a different horror tale in each film. In fact, the only reason that the second film was about Michael Myers was because fans demanded a continuation of the original film. Halloween III tells the story of a mask-making company that is trying to turn children's heads into mush. Literally. A company called the Silver Shamrock has taken the nation by storm, but little do the parents know that when the children wear these masks and watch a commercial on Halloween, they will all die. This is supposed to be some kind of elaborate Druid sacrifice to the gods. The movie is accidentally funny at times. The doctor in the film who goes to investigate the mask-making company is not a very attractive man, traditionally speaking. Yet the movie is written such that all the women fall madly, deeply, quickly in love with them. The most unbelievable part of the film, actually, even more unbelievable than the Silver Shamrock plan to turn children's brains to much.
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Halloween III has almost nothing to do with Michael Myers or the first 2 Halloween movies, other than a few jokey references to the original. However, moving on with a new story was a good idea, even if it was almost universally reviled upon its release. Since then, it has grown in popularity and has minor cult movie status. It was a modest financial success too, taking in 14 million on a 2.5 million budget. However, the series went dormant for about 5 years after this odd film came out to mostly groans. I enjoy this movie. Tom Atkins is always fun and, somewhat similar to Jamie Lee, made a career in the horror genre. The plot involves an old toy maker who is a sadist and wants to sacrifice millions of children on Halloween by creating evil masks which, when worn while watching a flashing commercial created by the evil company, will trigger a deadly reaction which causes death by melting, bugs, snakes and other gruesome deaths. The concept - planning to murder millions of innocent kids on Halloween to embrace an ancient festival of Samhain. Pretty repellent stuff, but the execution is somehow less offensive and pretty creepy and cheesy at the same time. It's hard to take this movie seriously, there are so many over the top scenes and Cochran, the evil mastermind, is fun and absurd. Not a "good" movie, but for an early 80's entry in the horror genre, this one is worth a look and is better than many, and is, at the very least, original.
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One of the most ill-conceived films in movie history, Halloween III: Season of the Witch is incredibly awful. Instead of continuing the Michael Myers saga, the series veers off into an unrelated story about robots and magic. It's the most convoluted and idiotic plot imaginable. The acting is just terrible, and the special effects are cheesy. Full of all kinds of craziness, Halloween III: Season of the Witch isn't so much a film as it's a steaming pile of crap.
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