Product: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Rating: 5.0
What could have been of the Halloween series...
The Halloween series has faltered as much as any other horror franchise. The charm of the first 3 was John Carpenter. This movie was going to set the series in a new direction, but instead more sequels just dulled it into the typical horror progression. Halloween could have been a series involving multiple characters and stories, but we still see the same guy stabbing away at...Busta Rhymes? I thought Halloween 3 was a very unique movie. The concept of an evil novelty inventor, along with a legion of mechanical henchmen, out to instill fear into the night of Samhain. The fact that he made mechanical people, like he would mechanical toys, to help destroy the lives of children seems a bit more twisted than another kniving. And he succeeded, which wins points. Horror movies do not need happy endings, and this is a great example. Plus the score is one of my favorite horror scores ever. Give it a chance, unless you're a part time horror fan.