Halloween III, so misunderstood.

[bullets]

It's been hated for many years but might find new life. I would of loved a horror franchise that did these type of stories.

 

[Gianakin_]

Oh, and I loved the continuous use of that commercial. That was the whole point, that repetition that kills you. You could tell Carpenter rewrote this without taking credit.

Also, I would've loved to see them do Carp's idea and release a movie each year that deals with different facets of that holiday. If Saw and Twilight can do it, why shouldn't Carpenter have? Instead we got Myers being turned into a Vorhees ripoff.

 

[DeGenerate10]

I almost had a heart attack when I saw this. I thought Zombie was making a sequel. Dodged a bullet there

 

[Roose Bolton]

Love this movie so much, and as every other single intelligent person on here has been saying, the idea of doing individual stories every Halloween is brilliant. The score of this theme was beyond awesome and I still find that scene with the kids head to be extremely disturbing.

Really underrated movie.

"Watch the magic pumpkin. Waaaatch."

 

[Kane52630]

Here's the entire soundtrack and yeah I freakin love the theme song. It's pretty much on par with the original Halloween theme song for me.

[YT]90YGosmxbmA[/YT]

 

[Figs]

I enjoyed it when I was a kid and watched it again recently and still like it. I can understand people's hate towards the film but it was a lot better than a **** ton of lame sequels where the villain is immortal/invincible.

 

[Thundarr]

I think the whole anthology idea might have worked had they started it with #2 instead of waiting until #3. However, it was THE STUDIO that wanted to bring Michael back for a second movie, NOT John and Debra. They wanted to do the anthology idea right away.

I thought the overall movie, Halloween III, was okay. It had some pretty creepy scenes. It only failed as a Halloween movie because everyone (myself included) was expecting to see the continued story of Michael Myers, Laurie Strode, and Dr. Loomis.

And, FYI, Mustapha Akkad (the producer of the original Halloween franchise) had it written into a contract that Michael Myers can never be killed. That's why Jamie Lee Curtis insisted on having Laurie killed off in Resurrection. She felt that they had the perfect ending to the franchise with Michael's head being chopped off in H20 (an opinion I 100% agree with). Then Akkad decided he wanted to squeeze a little more out of the Halloween cash cow and had him retconned back to life. Then when asked to reprise her role as Laurie Strode yet again, Jamie Lee said, "Look, if you're gonna screw up the totally perfect ending that H20 was with yet another Halloween movie, then just kill me off." So that's what they did. Then Mustapha and his entire family died in a terrorist attack in Egypt. Which is probably why we haven't had any more sequels since Resurection.

 

[Gianakin_]

Your 1st paragraph says it all, I think.

 

[Homer J. Fong]

I've only seen the original Halloween, the 1981 Halloween II, Halloween: H20, and this. With the Michael Myers movies, I've only been really interested in seeing the ones with Laurie...but then there's this thing. I saw this because I was curious. It was morbid curiosity - I didn't expect it to be good - but curiosity. Well, it is curious indeed, but I can't say I liked it. I wish I could; I do think there was merit to the anthology idea - but then I'm a viewer who doesn't need or want to see one Michael Myers adventure after another. I wasn't asking, "Where's Michael? Where's Michael?" I thought this one had potential for a fun, maybe campy, B-level horror picture. I just didn't find it entertaining or engaging. I was surprised to be bored as often as I was, and when it wasn't boring it was head-scratching, and not in an enjoyable way. As I just said on the underrated sequels thread, I'm glad for the people who do enjoy it, though.

 

[Kane52630]

See, I knew what I was going into when I saw Halloween III. Someone told me it wasn't about Michael Myers but a fun B horror film. The Spill.com guys were talking about how underrated that movie was, they too think it gets too much sh** from people.

 

[Eddie Dean]

This movie is a thousand times better than any of the sequels and really captures the Halloween (holiday, not the movie) spirit in a way that, besides Carpenter's film, the rest of the franchise misses.

Plus, Tom Atkins is the ****ing man.

 

[<(o_o)>]

The robot men were about the most bizarre part of this movie. Would've liked to have seen more of the druid stuff & masks that kill off the children.

 

[Octoberist]

There's some subtle steampunk-like elements here. Ambitious

 

[TheDreamMaster]

I love III. I don't really get the robots part, but the rest I think is a great film. The ending is so chilling, and I enjoy that annoying little Silver Shamrock tune. Gotta watch it before the holiday comes up.

 

[Figs]

This movie is a thousand times better than any of the sequels and really captures the Halloween (holiday, not the movie) spirit in a way that, besides Carpenter's film, the rest of the franchise misses.

Plus, Tom Atkins is the ****ing man.

I really liked him in Night of the Creeps.

 

[Mace Dolex]

If it were just called Season Of The Witch it could've done better but as it is it's still a decent horror film and tons better than all the stupid horror films of the 80's.

 

[Thundarr]

If it were just called Season Of The Witch it could've done better but as it is it's still a decent horror film and tons better than a lot of the stupid horror films of the 80's.

There! Fixed it!

Now we agree 100%.

 

[cryptic name]

People say the same thing over and over again, "Where's Michael? where's Laurie? and where's Loomis?". Well you see folks, Michael died at the end of "Halloween 2" and so did Loomis as John Carpenter and Debra Hill came up with a concept to make the franchise into a big screen yearly horror anthology of different horror movies (ala, "Creepshow" or "Tales from The Crypt") under the "halloween" banner each telling a different halloween themed horror movie each year.

Unfortunately the concept blew in Carpenter's face when it bombed in theaters and fans demanded Michael back, yet so he did in 1988 and the anthology idea was scrapped. I thought this was an interesting Sci-fi horror thriller with ideas and a nifty twist ending.

I just wish they would have continued the idea of different halloween themed horror movies each year instead of the same old mindless rehashes of the first two movies. Maybe for Rob Zombie's reinvention of the franchise he and Carpenter can try this idea again.

The idea of an anthology series is actually really cool and should have been the route taken. However, the 2 big problems were that Halloween 2 was a direct sequel, setting up the expectation for the series, and that Halloween 3 is a bad movie regardless of its connection to the first film. I'm happy it's having a bit of resurgence because it is fun to watch, but it's by no means good.

 

[danoyse]

If it were just called Season Of The Witch it could've done better but as it is it's still a decent horror film and tons better than all the stupid horror films of the 80's.

The best was that on the VHS copy of the movie, the description on the back was entirely a disclaimer stating that it had nothing to do with the previous Halloween movies. It never mentioned what this movie was about at all.

The story was an awesome concept, but it's an awful movie. Naturally, you have to suspend a certain amount of disbelief in a movie (sometimes even more so in a horror film), but the execution of this one was just plain stupid.

First, don't make your 'hero' an unlikeable creep with a drinking problem.

Secondly, the curse is from a stolen piece from Stonehenge! Wow...um, wait, what? Who the hell stole part of Stonehenge without anyone noticing? And how is it cursed? You can't just swipe a landmark and tell everyone it has magical turn-your-Halloween-mask-into-snakes-and-bugs powers without a better explanation other that "Well, we don't know where this came from..."

Third, the big giveaway will be at 9:00! On what coast? If the villian is planning some nationwide mass killing, odds are good that if it's at 9:00 everywhere that word will get out once the East Coast finds out what the prize is.

Fourth, the bad guy thought this was a practical joke? He thought he would be able to sit back and laugh? He'd become a mass murderer and spend the rest of his life being hunted down around the world. So yeah, that sounds hilarious for him.

Fifth, network TV isn't going to shut down all of their stations because a crazy person calls them in hysterics from a gas station.

Sixth, someone showed up at the factory to get more Halloween masks the day before Halloween? By the time she got back to her store, Halloween would be over.

I do get a kick of this movie, because it's hilarious in its badness, but it really is a dreadful movie.

 

[Kane52630]

Like I said, it's a B-movie horror that has a ridiculous plot yet it's still fun to watch. If you try to deconstruct it you are kinda missing the point and fun of it all. Although the film does have that anti-corporate message if you want to look into it with deep meanings.

 

[danoyse]

Like I said, it's a B-movie horror that has a ridiculous plot yet it's still fun to watch. If you try to deconstruct it you are kinda missing the point and fun of it all. Although the film does have that anti-corporate message if you want to look into it with deep meanings.

Oh, it's fun in that it's hilariously bad. I always watch it at Halloween. I enjoy it in the same way I enjoy MST3K movies.

But misunderstood? Hell, no. It's a terrible movie.

 

[Mace Dolex]

And why does the old man keep those human looking droids around with yellow mustard blood?

 

[THANOSRULES]

this movie got heavy rotation on WPIX in Ny back in the day...fond memories sucky or not.

 

[3rdstone]

I watched this at the cinema during the high school years, but reading this thread it's clear that I should need to see it again. The only thing I remember is that TV-ad that was posted as a gif here in the thread.

Robots, Stonehenge? Totally lost in memory, but it's almost 30 years ago on the other hand (and if I would have remembered it as good, I prolly would rewatched it long time ago).

Well, if it's a funny bad horror flick, I'm curious to check it out again.

 

[Kane52630]

Was re-watching this earlier today, I still love it. I was wondering if they changed the 3rd act (minus the ending which is still awesome) a little bit it would've been a legitimate great horror film.