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Halloween 3 - Season Of The Witch
1982
In the third HALLOWEEN installment (which has nothing to do with the first two films), a mad warlock hatches an evil plot to enact bloody mass murder. He creates creepy masks which force the wearer to commit violent acts of assassination on the night of Halloween. Read more
| Starring | Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy |
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| Director | Tommy Lee Wallace |
| Genres | Horror |
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Halloween 3 - Season Of The Witch
In the third HALLOWEEN installment (which has nothing to do with the first two films), a mad warlock hatches an evil plot to enact bloody mass murder. He creates creepy masks which force the wearer to commit violent acts of assassination on the night of Halloween.
| Starring | Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy |
|---|---|
| Director | Tommy Lee Wallace |
| Studio | MIA VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT LTD |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 32 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Horror |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 09 Oct 2000 Production year: 1982 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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This deserves a star for being the most original of the Halloween series — the problem is that it's also probably the worst. Dumping the Michael Myers storyline, the film has a mad millionaire toy mogul (Dan O'Herlihy) planning a very nasty Allhallows Eve surprise by supplying children with lethal Halloween masks. Tom Atkins plays the father who inadvertently stumbles across the evil plan. There are a few good gory bits, but the story is plain daft, and the direction from Tommy Lee Wallace — John Carpenter's editor on the original Halloween and The Fog — is disappointing.
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"...Probably as good as any cheerful ghoul could ask for..."
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Spooky Fun !
My favourite movie off all time...seriously ! It's all a bit low budget but has a great supernatural / sci fi story instead of sticking to the boring 'manic slasher' routine. Great creepy origanal music score by John Carpenter as well !
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Under-rated curiousity
This is a total anomaly in the Halloween series, being a cracking little paranoid sf thriller rather than a stalk and slash horror. It's joyfully preposterous plot has an alcoholic doctor and a distraught daughter go all Nancy Drew to uncover an evil toymaker producing killer masks with an army of life-like clockwork robot assasins. Nonsense, but still great fun for lovers of pulp fantasy, with an old-style Dr Who vibe. There's a lot of unintentional comedy here, but that only adds to the overall charm and verve. A drunk staggers up to the hero. 'That bottle looks pretty heavy, I aint got no diseases, mind if I have a drink?' Our wooden hero hands him the bottle as though it's the most normal thing in the world. Truly rolled gold.
Unfortunately this is a really, really bad DVD transfer. It's been cut to shreds so the violent frissons are practically non-existent. It's also not in the proper aspect ratio, having been compressed into a 16:9 pan and scan version. This wouldn't matter with a lot of films but director Wallace is a real Carpenter protege, and uses up all corners of the anamorphic widescreen lens to the full. As such most of the shots are shown misframed with characters and events frequently occurring off-screen. Criminal negligence on the part of the releasing company here. -
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In the third HALLOWEEN installment (which has nothing to do with the first two films), a mad warlock hatches an evil plot to enact bloody mass murder. He creates creepy masks which force the wearer ... -