Product: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Rating: 4.0
"Happy Halloween"
Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace. Running time: 97 mins. Rated "R".The killer, Michael Myers, only makes a cameo appearance in this movie as "Halloween III" takes you in a different direction to a stranger place we once visted inInvasion of the Body Snatchers(1956).Jamie Lee Curtis is not in this movie, however you will hear her do a voice-over as a curfew announcer/telephone operator.Nancy Kyes, who played "Annie" inHalloween(1978) andHalloween II(1981), plays a different character, Dr. Challis' wife.Dr. Challis (Tom Atkins) cares for a frantic older man (Al Berry) who was chased by an assassin in Northern California. At the hospital, after he sees the Silver Shamrock commercial, he says, "They are going to kill us all". He as holding a Silver Shamrock orange pumpkin mask. Later, the man is killed by someone at the hospital.Ellie (Stacy Nelkins) identifies her father. She later connects with Dr. Chillis and they decide to investigate her father's death and visit the Silver Shamrock factory in Santa Mira.Why are these Silver Shamrock commercials constantly playing all over the television?Dan O'Herlihy has great delivery as the villain in this film.Dick Warlock plays one of the assassins."Nurse Agnes" was played by Madie Norman. You know her fromWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Two-Disc Special Edition)(1962).Movie shown in excellent wide-screen. Audio in English. Option of captions/ subtitles: English, Spanish, French.Michael Myers returns in the next films:Halloween 4 - The Return of Michael Myers (Divimax Edition)(1988).Halloween 5 - The Revenge of Michael Myers (Divimax Edition)(1989).Halloween - The Curse of Michael Myers(1995).Halloween H20 - Twenty Years Later (Dimension Collector's Series)(1998).Halloween - Resurrection(2002).Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007).Rob Zombie's Halloween II (2009).