1982 Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace
Dr. Daniel Challis and Ellie Grimbridge stumble onto a gruesome murder scheme when Ellie's novelty-salesman father, Harry, is killed while in possession of a halloween mask made by the Silver Shamrock mask company. The company's owner, Conal Cochran, wants to return Halloween to its darker roots using his masks -- and his unspeakable scheme would unleash death and destruction across the country.
Tom Atkins Stacey Nelkin Dan O'Herlihy Michael Currie Ralph Strait Jadeen Barbor Brad Schacter Garn Stephens Nancy Kyes Jonathan Terry Al Berry Wendy Wessberg Essex Smith Maidie Norman John MacBride Dick Warlock Joshua John Miller Michelle Walker Paddi Edwards Norman Merrill Loyd Catlett Jamie Lee Curtis Tommy Lee Wallace Martin Cassidy
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Halloween:
Dude in a mask terrorizes a neighborhood
Halloween 2:
Dude in a mask terrorizes a hospital
Halloween 3:
Toy manufacturer creates masks that kill children when an annoying commercial plays a jingle which triggers the mask to crush their heads and release bugs and snakes. The manufacturer also has coins that create lightsabers to instantly kill adults.
I am pretty sure the pitch to get the third movie made is "What if we drop Michael Myers and just go fucking wild" to which I appreciated because this chaotic mess was really fun.
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McDonald's Happy Meal Version of 'The Wicker Man': Mass-produced, induced-demand, consumer-driven, standardized, repeatable, profitable. The 1980's Reagan/Thatcher Era transformed Seasonal Ritualized Mass Sacrifice into a slick corporate entity delivering The Good Times And Good News to All The Children Everywhere! Benevolent weather patterns and bountiful crop yield became positive quarterly projections, reaped bonus dividends, and investor satiation. Ultimately, does it matter which gods we are being sacrificed to without ever knowing their names? Those names change. The appetites of which the names are but a key to the mouth of the throne only grow. That said, Burger King or the aforementioned really missed out on a tie-in with the Silver Shamrock Co. in Autumn 1982!!!
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Corporate witchery. Small-town idyllic life bought out, and industrial employment carried in from the Big City. Death is prepped and prepared for existence, and for no other reason than that. Tommy Lee Wallace strips down the Carpenter Template to a rough, electronic wound - bleeding synths from all edges and oozing a sinister property not yet discovered. Even the exposition is meaningless, as the narrative is set-dressing for the final moment - every channel the same message, the same tune, and Carpenter's artistry is now an accomplice of branding. Our demise is self-imposed - how can we stop it when we let it happen?
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Fun revisit after a couple of decades. Might be my favorite Halloween. Saw this on Halloween night at the Watchung, NJ Blue Star triplex in 1982. I remember it being sold out and the audience loving it. Confused but loving it.
Watched the Scream Factory Blu-ray which has a gorgeous remaster.
Bonus Features
- Audio Commentary With Writer/Director Tommy Lee Wallace
- Audio Commentary With Actor Tom Atkins
- Stand Alone: The Making Of Halloween III: Season Of The Witch Featuring Interviews With Writer/Director Tommy Lee Wallace, Actors Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Brad Schacter, Stunt Coordinator Dick Warlock, Executive Producer Irwin Yablans And More!
- Horror's Hallowed Grounds: The Locations Of Halloween III Host Sean Clark And Writer/Director Tommy Lee Wallace Revisit The Original Shooting Locations Of The Film
- Teaser Trailer
- Theatrical Trailer
- TV & Radio Spots
- Still Gallery
It was super cool and breezy for a late summer day so I was just in the mood.
Honestly, I could care less about Michael Myers not appearing in this movie (besides on a tv screen) and that’s never been cause for me to judge or overly obsess over Halloween III—I love Season of the Witch on its own merits... the mood, visuals, sleepy town vibe, cast, Tommy Lee Wallace’s direction, and John Carpenter’s soundtrack. Oh yeah, and the ‘let’s kill all the children!’ plot is aces. Paranoia horror thrills via the Trojan horse holiday—I love it.
Perfect way to end an overlong work day.
Forever caught up in the atmosphere of this, I've never worried about how little the plot makes sense or how Tom Atkins character sexually harasses every woman he comes into contact with. It's just dread and helplessness and mystery...weird, goopy, creepy crawly mystery, and I love it.
Easily one of my favorite OSTs of all-time.
The fact that this has a 4.5 on IMDb
is what's wrong with the world.
CW: classism, capitalism, mass murder
Why did he do it? For the same reason all companies make products they know are deadly, to make as much money as quickly as possible. To watch those they deem lesser die and exult in it. This is a more honest version of capitalism than even They Live. It is the paranoia of Invasion of the Body Snatchers combined with the campy glee of a children's horror flick, the gruesome death of 80s horror combined with the investigative plot of 70s thriller, and the hopelessness of any struggle against.
October count: 15/31
