Halloween III, so misunderstood.

[Kane52630]

I need to get this on blu-ray, hopefully before October ends.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Soooo good.

 

[redhawk23]

While I agree that Halloween III is misunderstood, and deserved a better reaction or at least to be taken on its own terms, I don't really think its all that great.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

I love Halloween 3 only gripe is I wish Carpenter never used his classic theme for it, aside from that it's great.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

I really need to pick this up, probably will once I pickup the Halloween 35th anniversary edition, H2O, & Halloween 2. Everything else I either despise about the franchise or don't really care about. H4/H5 annoy me because I wanted that anthology series, but instead got mediocre Meyers outings that were 100% repetitious, but I can watch them . I hate hate hate resurrection, 6, and Zombie's Halloween movies. Especially H2.

 

[Binker]

Did you guys know that John Carpenter once thought of an idea for Halloween 4 that involved Michael Myers, but it was taking a cue from III? Basically, set 10 years later, Haddonfield would still be harboring memories over Myers that a ghost version of the killer would terrorize the town until they faced the fears. The pitch was rejected for being too cerebral, and that was when Carpenter left the franchise completely.

 

[Octoberist]

It's a beautiful, misunderstood classic

 

[Piper Maru]

It's a beautiful, misunderstood classic

I share the same opinion!

 

[Broseph44]

I need to get this on blu-ray, hopefully before October ends.

It's a beautiful, misunderstood classic

I gotta grab this blu ray for sure, and yes it's def misunderstood and awesome. If you look at it as it's own thing and not part of the halloween series, despite its title. I've always loved this movie, even had bought a custom made silver shamrock shirt made. Had the logo and the three masks. Love it!t:

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

Tom Atkins is one of the best most underrated horror actors to ever grace the genre, thrill me Mr. Atkins.

 

[Piper Maru]

I really dig the theme as well;

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[Broseph44]

Tom Atkins is one of the best most underrated horror actors to ever grace the genre, thrill me Mr. Atkins.

The Fog

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

The only part that is really good imo is when they test the mask and it kills the kid. Other than that I really don't remember much about it other than being generally unimpressed.

But I do wish they had carried on with the anthology idea.

 

[TheDreamMaster]

I gotta grab this blu ray for sure, and yes it's def misunderstood and awesome. If you look at it as it's own thing and not part of the halloween series, despite its title. I've always loved this movie, even had bought a custom made silver shamrock shirt made. Had the logo and the three masks. Love it!t:

Me too. All I've been able to find is the Halloween II BluRay, which I did buy as well. The only part I wasn't a fan of was the robots, as I apparently posted last year, but otherwise I think it works. Plus, that tagline, referencing the first two but yet its own thing was really cool.

I doubt it'll happen anytime soon, but maybe Trick-or-Treat can be the anthology series we always wanted to see from Halloween.

 

[Kane52630]

I doubt it'll happen anytime soon, but maybe Trick-or-Treat can be the anthology series we always wanted to see from Halloween.

It's definitely the anthology series I wanted, it's already the movie I watch every October (aside from a few others of course).

 

[GENERAL RAAM582]

I didn't care too much for the robot plot twist, but other than that it was pretty decent.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I was never into horror films as a youngster. Might be the Catholic upbringing, might be that as a kid I was much more interested in seeing the nude nubile woman in the shower and not the "killer" creeping up to murder her. Also... I was a bit of a ***** as a kid.

But as an '80s child horror films were a big part of your pop culture world. EVERYBODY watched them, like 'em or not. I had no attachment to the Myers character in the least so having a film not feature him played no part in shaping my estimation of the film. As a child, the ideas in this film resonated and creeped me the hell out. Let's be frank... That scene with the "test audience" family is truly one of the freakiest things put on screens in the '80s. Maybe it affects you as a child so much because it's the child in the scene that is the first victim, and in the story said child is shown to be still vulnerable to evil forces even in the presence of his immediate family.

That being said, revisiting the film as an adult it is a bit of a mess. Tonally, and plot wise it has elements that pop up that do feel not all that well thought out. I mean, it's not OBVIOUS that the robot men are the product of the toy factory in the least, or at least if there is one, it's not dwelled upon. We just suddenly have robot men in the story... And huge chunks of Stonehenge... And a guy that is a techno-druid mage... It's kind of all over the map.

I wonder if the story might have been helped with less explanation? Like, if it were a short in an anthology film? Just a quick 35min. story that had the atmospherics and general thrust of the final film while cutting out many of the nonsensical elements.

 

[Piper Maru]

I love this chilling scene from Halloween III, the acting is phenomenal.

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A great scene from the underrated "Halloween III: Season of the Witch," where the sinister mask maker, Conal Cochran (Dan O' Herlihy) lays out his plan for Halloween night...

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

This movie is a must watch come late October. It's kind of the most "Halloween" Halloween movie.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

25 more days till Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, 25 more days till Halloween, Silverrr Shamrock.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Turn it off!!!

 

[NY1981]

The main theme is great but I like this one even better. It kinda feels like a techno version of his classic halloween theme.

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[Roose Bolton]

^ I like that theme over the classic Halloween theme.

 

[Kane52630]

Yeah, I love Chariots of Pumpkins.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

I have never heard a John Carpenter score that I didn't love, the man was a master.