Product: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Rating: 5.0
Watch It Again. . . Or For The 1st Time
99% of people you talk to would say they don't enjoy this movie. The funny thing though, is that most of those people have never seen the movie. Ask them what it is about and they will give you the generic cable tv description "a tale about exploding Halloween masks". Wrong!I know, this movie does not conatin Michael Myers, but so what? Was that stiff slasher character ever really that awesome or fun? This third installment of the Halloween series is both of those things, especially fun. Yes, the plot involving Stonehenge and Halloween masks is goofy and rather nonsensical, but that's part of the enjoyment. It's amazing that people can suspend disbelief and think that an invincible, walking faster than you run, Michael or Jason are stars of great horror flicks and yet still hate this movie. I like Michael Myers, but the fact that he's not here only adds to the depth of this movie since it is not just another slasher film titled Halloween. This movie does have some of the similar evil overtones of the first Halloween movie though. Seeing a kid wearing a mask that turns into snakes, bugs, etc. is pretty mean spirited, as is the fact that these plans of revenge from Cochran (the mad scientistesque bad guy)are basically being put to use against children who ignore the Samhain holiday. An evil movie, a funny movie and an exciting movie. To boot, check out John Carpenter's soundtrack to this movie as it is perhaps the best of the series.