Halloween 3: Season of the Witch (1982)

Good, Solid 80's Horror

By Yahoo! Shopping User  May 1, 2002 | 1 out of 1 found this Halloween 3: Season of the Witch (1982) review helpful

So it has nothing whatsoever to do with the previous two movies. That's somewhat refreshing when one looks back on the countless carbon copy sequels that multiply like rabbits in Hollywood. Halloween III is actually a pretty cool little movie, with... a campy atmosphere (as opposed to Halloween II's grim nihilism), goofy plot and a fast pace. A crazy dude carrying a Halloween mask is being chased by some corporate-looking assassins. He escapes, stumbles into a gas station ranting and raving that "they're going to get us" and is taken to the hospital, where he's killed by one of the assassins, who then blows himself to bits in the parking lot. This disturbs Dr. Challis (Tom Atkins) and the crazy dude's daughter (Stacy Nelkin), who take it upon themselves to investigate his death. Turns out he was a shopkeeper who found out that the Halloween masks he stocked in his store were programmed to kill millions of kids when a TV special airs Halloween night. This plot was devised by evil toymaker Connell Cochran (Dan O'Herlihy), who's pissed that the Pagan roots of All Hallow's Eve have been lost in commercialism, and wants to teach us all a lesson. Lots of enthusiastically gross special effects (faces erupt with swarms of bugs and snakes, heads are crushed and ripped off, people puke up green slime) and some great B-movie dialogue make this one a must for genre addicts. Forget those who shrug this one off and give it a fair shot. You'll be surprised at how genuinely entertaining it is. Read more Less