Product: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Rating: 3.0
Potential
Although there are some incredibly dumb, cheesy and unnecessarily grotesque scenes, this story has some INCREDIBLE potential if the right person were to remake it. Rob Zombie, STAY AWAY!!! The original story could be spun remarkably well with the computer, networking and information technologies that exist in the world today. Selling the idea of a remote digital signal that triggers mayhem via microchips could easily be accomplished IF the right subject matter experts, consultants and conspiracy theorists were hired. Toss in a charming but severely warped old Irishman bent on playing a trick on the children via technological witchcraft, and you have the makings of a terrifyingly chilling and nearly feasible modern plot. In 1982 the technology was too far-fetched. Robots and main-frame computers didn't quite cut it. Downgrade killer robots to mere men with no conscience and fierce loyalty to a crazy old man, and voiala! A nice remake. Halloween: Season of the Witch. The existing film barely survives as a decent waste of time. Not a miserable flick, but certainly not a great one either. About as middle of the road as they get.