Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)'s comments

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patato

Friday 13've seen it all, elm street and now I'm watching the saga of Michael Myers, who is not in this movie. this is the worst movie so far, really disappointing. the fourth begins after the second. deserves to belong to the saga? I say no.

12 years 9 months ago

aino

Boring as hell and has nothing to do with the original.

12 years 1 month ago

On cinema at the cinema

Absolutely boring. -6 bags of popcorn

3 years 12 months ago

danisanna

I'd like the last 2 hours of my life back, please.

4 years 5 months ago

Torgo

The biggest problem with the film is not that it doesn't feature Michael Myers or hasn't got anything to do with the Halloween franchise, but rather that it's a shitty movie which is neither scary, thrilling, entertaining or anything. Hard to the say what's more ridiculous: our charmless protagonist, the goofy plot or that annoything jingle. Cinematography, music and that Carpenter vibe weren't bad, though.

How this is getting some kind of positive cult reexamination is mysterious to me.

8 years 11 months ago

RoastMutton10

That little jingle that's constantly on the t.v is really horrible >.

13 years 3 months ago

DisneyStitch

The first film in what might have been the start of an anthology of films surrounding the Halloween holiday but it never took off. I found it rather entertaining and it's obvious that Carpenter went completely all out with the plot despite how zany it is. Manages to catch that folk horror vibe with the town rather well, I thought. It also is buoyed by the clear take on commercialism which means it only gets more relevant as time goes on.

After finishing the entire run of the Halloween franchise this one really sticks out for the different direction it took. Despite having no Myers it still blows some of the other entries out of the water.

9 months 3 weeks ago

shitmovies

Amazing flick. I don't even like horror but I loved this.

1 year 7 months ago

RyanGerardM

Its okay, that's all I can say really. Would have liked it slightly better if it was a stand alone film and not part of the Halloween series.

10 years 8 months ago

BeasleyOnFilm

It's fine. That's as complimentary as I can be.

11 years 11 months ago

Ronet

One of the 50 greatest sequels of all time? What have you been smoking, Empire Online?

12 years ago

Joris B.

@ Quanthor ''Give it a different name and it's a horror classic because it's a Carpenter film through and through.''

This movie doesn't have much to do with John Carpenter accept for the Halloween name.

And by the way, I think it's a good thing Michael Myers doesn't appear in this movie, because he was definitely dead at the end of Halloween II.

12 years 5 months ago

CrazyPenguinJuice

One of the best Halloween movies!

13 years ago

imokaylarry

A fun and silly throwback to paranoia horror sci-fi like Bodysnatchers and Quatermass. In my mind both Halloween 2 & 3 succeed for completely different reasons. 2 has absolutely no plot of its own, simply extending the plot of the first film by a few hours - but it does it with panache, and there’s a real command over the filmmaking. Yes it’s sometimes clumsy, but so’s the first one. It gets away with this clumsiness better however because of a radically different tone that takes itself less seriously, clearly influenced by giallo, and frankly nailing it, though some of the deaths could do with being a bit more grizzly. If only there was a little more substance to it, or at least a plot. That’s where Halloween 3 comes in: it’s all plot, and makes a good fist of it too. It may lack the intoxicating style of 2 and the characters and iconography from the rest of the series, but it’s a memorable stand alone film that’s iconic in its own right. Again, it’s very silly and not to be taken seriously, but that’s perfect for Halloween viewing.

2 years 5 months ago

Siskoid

An artifact from when the Halloween films were supposed to be a thematic anthology, Halloween III: Season of the Witch probably gets ignored or trashed because it isn't a Michael Myers flick. Or maybe audiences find the awkward mix of science-fiction and horror tropes not to their liking. But I tend to give films extra points if they're a little bit bonkers. I think this fits the bill (but look away now lest you be spoiled every surprise)... spoiler

A couple of quality gory moments along the way, and Carpenter synths accompanying the action, plus a covert cameo from the Halloween Queen herself, Jamie Lee Curtis. Better than its reputation.

2 years 11 months ago