Halloween III Season of the Witch (1982) cast
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Slogan for the horror movie: "Witchcraft enters the computer age, and a different terror begins."
fans of Halloween and the second Halloween film were frustrated with the follow-up Halloween III: Season of the Witch, which was released in 1982. This is because Myers does not appear in the film.
Executive producers Carpenter hoped to extend the notion of a Halloween movie anthology, with each film presenting a new tale, and release it every year around Halloween while Halloween 3 was being created. They had some good concepts, and I wish they had been given the opportunity to develop them further. This was not the case, unfortunately.
Dr. Daniel Challis (Tom Atkins) gets dragged into a strange mystery a few days before Halloween when an elderly patient is killed after being brought into the hospital holding a mask.
Dr. Challis and Ellie (Stacey Nelkin) visited Santa Mira the home of Silver Shamrock, makers of the trendiest Halloween mask. Their catchy jingle helped sell millions of masks nationwide.
(The Silver Shamrock facility is modeled like a dairy plant.)
In addition, they are instructing children to tune in to a Halloween show, which they should see while they are still dressed in their costumes. However, Dr. Challis and Ellie were able to figure it out. They come to the conclusion that Conal Cochran, the CEO of Silver Shamrock and played by Dan O'Herlihy, is planning something that, should it be carried out as intended, would result in the deaths of thousands, if not millions, of innocent people.
There is no connection between Halloween III and Michael, Loomis, Laurie Strode, or Haddonfield. Some brief scenes where the original Halloween is being played on television are in fact Halloween III: Season of the Witch, despite its differences from both of the original two films, is a fun film in its own right.
The film's link to Stonehenge is tenuous at best, although there are some memorable moments. There's a scene in which Cochran tries out his scheme on the family of Buddy Kupfer, a salesman who gets a premium tour of the factory for selling so many masks.
Little Buddy (Brad Schacter) is placed in a small room with the mask while they watch a program planned to air that night. Needless to say, things get out of control, and you won't soon forget the carnage the result. Also memorable is Conal Cochran's history lesson of sorts, in which he discusses the real origin of Halloween.
The fact that I like the Halloween series, particularly those that came after the third one, is no secret to anybody who knows me. All of these flicks starred Michael Myers once again, and each one is a terrific horror picture in its own way. Although I'm curious to know how many more tales Carpenter could have written had they followed through on their original concept for the series.
Halloween III's underwhelming reception is not, in general, attributable to me. When the film's title included the number (page) "3," it was a mistake (which led some to believe it was yet another sequel).
Obviously everybody has their say now, but the fact that I actually did not mind Halloween III: Season of the Witch makes the absolute mess of John Carpenter and Debra Hill's staggering mishandling a little more impossible to swallow than it should be.
The movie was directed by Tom Lee Wallace.
In this film, Dan O'Herlihy, Stacey Nelkin, and Tom Atkins all play important roles.
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