Product: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Rating: 5.0
Underated Classic
Michael Myers is not apart of this film which has made this movie an easy target among Halloween fans. But I would argue that this film looks, sounds, and feels like the first two Halloweens more so than any of the other sequels. And none of the original contributors that made the first two so great (Carpenter, Hill and Wallace) are apart of any of the sequels following Season of the Witch.The story behind it is that John Carpenter and Debra Hill were finished with the Halloween/Michael Myers story after the original sequel and had no intention of doing any more. So when approached to do another one, neither were interested unless they could do one that had nothing to do with Michael Myers. The original idea behind this shift was that every October they would release a different story for Halloween, each unique from the previous, thereby creating a continuing anthology. Unfortunately Halloween III wasn't received well at all at the box office, mostly because fans wanted to see Michael Myers, not a totally brand new story. So the idea or movie didn't find an audience and was dead soon after release.30 years later, I believe Halloween III: Season of the Witch has found an audience. If it was released without the Halloween label, I think it would be looked upon more like the classic The Fog rather than the Halloween movie without Michael Myers. But to me, it doesn't matter, I enjoy this movie very much and believe it's one of the strongest in the series.