Product: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Rating: 4.0
Surprisingly Disturbing
When this first opened in theatres, I remember being disappointed that the Michael Myers-amok-in-Haddonfield formula had been abandoned. Even so, there is one scene in this movie that so disturbed me I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I think it was one of the first times in American horror movies that a child died horribly on camera. And when shown on broadcast television, or even cable channels like American Movie Classics, the scene is usually trimmed because it's so violent. The plot is surprisingly twisted and comments on television and the way children are manipulated by corporations. If you are able to ignore the fact that Jamie Lee Curtis is not going to show up, you can give yourself over to the tension and thrills. Very definitely a good movie to watch at Hallowe'en time.