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Summary: Tommy Lee Wallace's Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Review: One year after Halloween II, Director/Producer/Composer John Carpenter and Producer Debra Hill came up with some new ideas for the Halloween series. After this movie failed at the box office, Moustapha Akkad decieded to bring back Michael Myers in a good way, and he did.
The story takes place in a California town named Santa Mira instead of Haddonfield. It has a man named Grimbridge who is wounded by an assasin. Grimbridge is taken to a nearby hospital and is treated by Dr. Daniel Challis(Tom Atkins). Later, an assasin kills Grimbridge and later lights himself on fire. Challis teams up with Grimbridge's daughter Ellie(Stacy Nelkin) about finding information for her father's death. They go into Santa Mira and are captured by the new villian Conal Cochran(Dan O'Herihly), the president of the Silver Shamrock, a mask industry. Challis manages to escape and save the day.
There were many problems with this movie. The commercial that kept playing got on my nerves so much. Without Michael Myers, Laurie Strode, or Dr. Sam Loomis the movie didn't stand much of a chance. The ending is even weirder than Halloween 4. Many people hated this film, but I thought that it was okay. Not the worst of the series, but near the bottom of the list. The ending is weirder than Halloween 4. It shows Challis watching the TV and on the phone in a gas station with the television networks saying,"Turn it off! Turn it off! Turn it off!"....
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Summary: Wasted "Witch"
Review: Stupid piece of trash that is the black sheep of the "Halloween" franchise, because, it has nothing to do with the Michael Myers saga.After the death of a toyseller, a doctor and the toyseller's daughter investigate his mysterious death. There snooping leads to the Silver Shamrock mask making company and to it's owner - a warlock bent on destroying the planet by way of his magical melting masks, that children wear on Halloween, turning them into slimy snakes, bugs and venomous insects. "Universal Pictures" bought the rights to this turd, along with "Halloween II", hoping to take the franchise into a different "Twilight Zone" style direction, with a new "Halloween" film supposedly coming out every season. Instead the studio put the series right into the toilet. John Carpenter wrote the music and serves as executive producer (with Debra Hill) and Nick Castle ("The Shape" from the original) directs this piece of celluloid waste. Stick with the original.
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Summary: I guess Michael was in a coma a the time
Review: John Carpenter and Debrah Hill the Producers for the first two succesful Halloween movies took a risk with Halloween 3 in '82 and it backfired on them bigtime. No Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence or Michael Myers, is the reason fans will never like this movie. The only thing is why this way? Yes the movie in genral has a nice score and is creepy but the fans were not expecting to see a movie about a movie away from the Myers storyline, with a plot about some evil guy trying to kill little kids by using mask and some other things. I love the Halloween movies. The original Halloween in 1978 directed by john Carpenter and Produced by Debra Hill is my favorite movie ever. In my opinion the the best horror movie ever which had manny things copied from it from the Nightmare on Elm Street and Especially the Friday the 13th Series. All we see is Myers in a commercial in this movie. We eventually learn Michael Myers is in a coma at this time along with Dr. Loomis and Laurie Strode supposedly dead, in part 4 which probrably should have been part 3. It's a good movie in it's own right, but dammit it is part III of the Halloween Series and we still did not get a Myers storyline, well I guess Mr. Myers and co. were in a coma.
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Summary: Unrealized Potential
Review: A doctor (Tom Atkins) goes into work one night at the hospital only to meet up with a seemingly drunk/crazed toy store owner. When the toy store owner later ends up dead, killed in an extremely grim manner by a mysterious man who later sets himself ablaze, the doctor becomes curious as to what was really going on that night. The doctor meets up with the daughter of the shop owner (Stacy Nelkin), and together they head to a sleepy Northern California town in hopes of discovering why someone would want to kill an innocent old man. Their search leads them to a toy manufacturing company known as Silver Shamrock, a business turning a heavy profit due to the popularity of it's Halloween masks. Unfortunately for the duo, curiosity killed the cat and they find themselves in the middle of more than they had bargained for. The owner of this company (Dan O'Herlihy) is a warlock who is bent on gaining vengeance on the world's population for it's lack of respect for the true meaning of Halloween. True, this movie has nothing to do with the rest of the series, however I must say that I like the fact that John Carpenter and Universal Pictures wanted to try something new. They wanted to steer the series in a new direction. Each movie would be linked only by the fact that it involved creepy incidences occurring on Halloween night. I think it's a great idea that could have worked quite well. Unfortunately, fans of the previous two films (which are great!) wanted to see more rehashing of the Michael Myers saga. This leads to the ridiculously unrealistic return of the villain from the previous two films, and some less-than-stellar following sequels. As for this particular film, the acting was good but not great, and the plot left something to be desired. The story was a completely original idea that could have been spectacular, but didn't live up to it's full potential. The effects and music were, however, pretty good. Overall, I would say that if you can keep an open mind and are willing to try something new then check this film out. It isn't great, but it isn't too bad either. If all you want to see is Michael Myers repeatedly returning from the dead to kill people, then this movie is definitely not for you.
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Summary: Shouldn't have been named Halloween 3
Review: First, this movie would have been better off having been named something other than Halloween 3, because it has nothing to do with the other 7 movies in the series. Michael Myers' is not in it at all. But if this movie had been made independent of the Halloween series, it would be long forgotten. This movie just comes across as cheesy, and unbelievable. A big rock that shoots deadly laser beams when exposed to a t.v. that has a flashing pumpkin on it? Hahahahaha, that's, uh, original at least. I only give this movie just a shade better than 1 star because it still has a few creepy moments in it with an effective score to add to the effect, and is fairly demented, and that's not necessarily a bad thing for a horror movie. But still, just a hokey idea with mediocre acting in certain areas.
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Summary: "The Night Nobody Came Home"
Review: Some towns suffer through tornadoes, others endure hurricanes, but I think the town of Santa Mira has had it the worst. First they endured aliens (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) and now an evil conspiracy involving old world sorcery combined with new world technology to create an unspeakable horror in Halloween III: Season of the Witch. I rather enjoyed this movie. From reading reviews, it seems the biggest problem people have is being a sequel of the original movie, they are disappointed by the fact Michael Myers isn't in the movie. I've read that since Michael died in the second movie, the intent was to create new sequels, each involving different tales relating to Halloween. Only problem was that this movie was poorly received, so the idea was canned and Michael was brought back for the next movie. I would have liked to have seen where the original idea would have led myself. As a stand alone movie, I thought this was pretty good. After the strange murder of a patient in his hospital, Dr. Dan Chalis (Tom Atkins) meets the daughter of the recently deceased, Elle Grimbridge (Stacy Nelkin) and together they investigate the mystery behind her father's death. This leads them to the town of Santa Mira, the Silver Shamrock Toy Company and it's mysterious owner, Conal Cochran, played by Dan O'Herlihy. As the story moves along, the conspiracy slowly reveals itself, and we can see the extent of the plan. As Dan and Elle get captured, we now see them not only trying to expose the plans, but fight for their very lives. While the movie did move along pretty well, there were some points that sort of dragged, but not, in my opinion because of the actors, but because of the script. The dialogue was a little clunky in some areas, sort of drawing me out of the movie. There were many aspects I would have liked to seen developed more, like the witchcraft angle, or the technical elements, but that's the way it goes. The one part I did find unsettling was the death of that young child. Yeah, he was annoying, but it seems pretty rare that young children get killed in these movies. I am not saying I wish that scene wasn't in the movie, as it was actually integral to the story, just like in Jaws when the shark killed the Kitner boy. I am just used to teenagers or adults as victims in these types of movies, not young children. No extras, but a really good presentation of an often misaligned movie. Had this movie had a different name, I am sure it would have been better received. I guess if you are going to call your movie a Halloween sequel, it better have Michael Myers in it.
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Summary: worst movie ever
Review: this movie is one of the worst horror movies i seen. they should of never had made this piece of crap in the first place.
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Summary: TERRIBLE
Review: This sh** and hellraiser inferno are the WORST horror???? movies of all time.
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Summary: Why such negativity?
Review: I feel that this installment in the Halloween series is one of the most underrated films of all time. I'm a big Michael Myers/horror fan and I, like most, feel that the first Halloween is the best. However, I look at this as an original horror film that doesn't give into the cliches of the genre. The characters were well-done, the storyline is crafty and it's just a fun movie to sit down and watch. If this movie was called anything else but Halloween, I think it might have done much better. Try to think of it as such like I have and you'll love it.
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Summary: Wasted "Witch"
Review: Stupid piece of trash that is the black sheep of the "Halloween" franchise, because, it has nothing to do with the Michael Myers saga. After the death of a toyseller, a doctor and the toyseller's daughter investigate his mysterious death. There snooping leads to the Silver Shamrock mask making company and to it's owner - a warlock bent on destroying the planet by way of his magical melting masks, that children wear on Halloween, turning them into slimy snakes, bugs and venomous insects. "Universal Pictures" bought the rights to this turd, along with "Halloween II", hoping to take the franchise into a different "Twilight Zone" style direction, with a new "Halloween" film supposedly coming out every season. Instead the studio put the series right into the toilet. John Carpenter wrote the music and serves as executive producer (with Debra Hill) and Nick Castle ("The Shape" from the original) directs this piece of celluloid waste. Stick with the original.
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