Product: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Rating: 4.0
One of THE most underrated horror movies of all time.
I reluctantly popped this into my DVD player not expecting much. I knew going in that it would not have Michael Myers as the villain and would be a completely new story that doesn't have anything to do with the first two films. At one point it was even sold on a "Double Feature" DVD with "Halloween II," which made me think that they weren't selling enough copies of "Halloween III" by itself because it was a terrible movie - kind of like how "Poltergeist III" was grouped as a double feature with "Poltergeist II" on DVD.I was pleasantly surprised at just how well done this movie is! It's actually pretty darn horrifying! After seeing this movie, it makes me wish that they continued on this route of making different horror stories in subsequent sequels that perhaps take place on Halloween but don't involve Myers.This movie stands on its own and can perhaps be thought of as a "spin-off" of the other Halloween movies - since we actually see characters in this movie watching the original "Halloween" film on TV a couple different times. It doesn't quite exist in the same universe. But that does not make it any less of a good horror story. If you simply judge it on its own merits and quit being disappointed that Michael Myers isn't in it, you might actually love this movie if you're a fan of classic horror movies.