Product: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Rating: 4.0
Season Of The Switch...
I remember my friends absolutely hating this movie. They (and yes, I admit that I was too) were expecting another Michael Myers hunt and kill epic. We gathered to watch HALLOWEEN 3, cold beverages in hand, only to see something quite different on the screen. What, no Michael? No Laurie?? No Dr. Loomis??? Horrors! My buddies looked at each other in utter astonishment. Why, this wasn't HALLOWEEN. This was heresy! I found it difficult to enjoy the film through all of their groans and laughter. Now, twenty odd years later, I watched H3 again, minus my old pals. Low and behold, I liked it! If you just want endless Michael, then skip this one and go directly to H4-infinity. However, if you're looking for a decent little creeper with black magic, social satire, and a legion of grey-suited killer robots, then this is your best bet! Tom Atkins (The Fog, Maniac Cop) is a doctor who stumbles upon the horrific conspiracy to use television as an instrument of mass murder. His quest to uncover the truth leads him to the mysterious Silver Shamrock mask factory, where the devilish Conal Cochran (Dan O'Herlihy from Robocop) finally reveals his genocidal plot. There are some memorable scenes in H3, especially the ones involving those murderous robot-zombies! The Tv-as-deadly-weapon idea is a biting commentary on our own blind consumerism. So, there's some black comedy going on here as well. I recommend HALLOWEEN 3 to anyone who wants something a bit different, and not just another entry in a tired series...