Product: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Rating: 1.0
Painful - That is the best description I have.
There are two issues to cover regarding this movie:1: Changing the storyline. In part 3 of the series we find the story is no longer involving the main character Myers. For some odd and not altogether sane reason they removed Myers and made the story about a toy company gone bad. The whole concept is not just cheesy; its sad. People watch this francise for the same reason they watch Freddie and Jason (Yeah, see that, you know 'em by first name! Point proven), they want to see a killing machine in action causing a jolt here and there. It isn't about the concept being deep and inventive. The point is the opposite, these movies are mindless fun.2: The new story. I cannot recall one moment in the film where there was anything interesting or scary going on. The whole concept of a mask manuafacturer killing the kiddies is almost bad enough to make me think they wanted to lose money for the tax break. I would suggest that this movie easily could have been released and stood on its own merits with some people out there, though not me. The wise thing would to have released it by its own name, and not tied it to a series it has nothing in common with. Dont expect to be scared or to be wowed. Expect to be stunned by their attempt to destro a francise.In the end you have to realize that this movie may be called Halloween III, but it really has not earned that name in any form. For practical purposes it would be best to just call it Season of the Witch. Then it wouldn't drag this series' name through the mud.