Product: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Rating: 4.0
Halloween 3 stands on its own merits
Those looking for yet another film in the Michael Meyers series, read no further . . . Mr. Meyers does not appear in this film and that comes as a welcome relief. In fact, the only onscreen connection with this film's predecessor, Halloween 2, is Dick Warlock (what a great name for horror films) who played "The Shape" in Halloween 2 and here he's unmasked and plays an android assassain. Anyhow, Halloween 3 is the story of a sinister mask maker (played by Dan O'Herlihy) who develops a diabolical plot to kill America's children with his Silver Shamrock Halloween masks. It's a pretty good story that, in some ways might remind you of the original "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." It's also a social commentary on the brainwashing that occurs in certain children's advertising. The electronic synthesizer score, by John Carpenter and Alan Howarth, is eerie and is one of their best collaborative scoring efforts.Goodtimes' DVD looks good, thanks to the widescreen presentation and Dean Cundey's photography. Sadly, the film's sound is presented in mono which is curious since Goodtimes also released Halloween 2 and that presentation was released in surround sound. There are no extras on this DVD save the standard 18 chapter breaks that Goodtimes seems to use for all of their DVD releases and subtitles in English, French and Spanish.