Halloween III - Season of the Witch
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List Price: $9.95
Features
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• DVD-Video
• Letterboxed
• Widescreen
• NTSC
In Theaters : 22 October, 1982
DVD Release : 01 May, 2001 |
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Halloween III - Season of the Witch description
The one Halloween sequel in which He doesn't come home, Halloween III: Season of the Witch was producer John Carpenter's attempt to get the series away from the original's psycho-on-the-loose story line and turn it into a vehicle for more far-fetched Halloween-themed horror tales. Incredibly, the fans voted for more of the same and Carpenter walked away for others to rehash the Michael Myers plot line in a succession of look-alike movies that are still turning up every few years. After the mysterious death of a toyshop owner, a doctor (Tom Atkins) and the man's daughter (Stacy Nelkin) investigate the Irish-dominated Northern California community of Santa Mira, a company town owned by the Silver Shamrock Novelty corporation. Atkins and Nelkin are typical low-rent horror movie protagonists, dim bulbs who discover an Invasion of the Body Snatchers-style conspiracy involving sharp-suited corporate robots. But guest star Dan O'Herlihy steals the film as a Celtic joke tycoon who hates the way American kids are despoiling the religious spirit of Samhain and decides to teach them a nasty lesson. His scheme, which involves a stolen Stonehenge megalith and a techno-magic spell that turns the heads of TV watchers into writhing masses of snakes and insects, is value for money, and O'Herlihy mixes enough serious malice into the charm to come across as a great screen bad guy. --Kim Newman |
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Halloween III - Season of the Witch Customer Reviews
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:Singing: Two more day till halloween, halloween!
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The Film: Halloween III-Season Of The Witch
Year Made: 1982
The packaging: 3 Stars. I loved the overall look of the outside packaging. Inside, the disc is easy to pop out, yet stays nice and secure once placed back in the CD holder which is a huge plus. No extras here though on the disc, not even the trailer for the film. All you really get is the main feature film. This is about as basic as you can get. I got the impression that the company just wanted to just toss this on the market for sale, but did not really want to put any real effort into making this a all around top notch package. This is a disappointment, considering just how great the film is itself.
Spook Meter: 2 Stars This film is just amazing. It's not your average horror film in that, it's not very scary at all but does have a certain edge too it that is very unique. Your probably thinking, well why 5 stars overall then for the film.. What this movie does so well is it's just plain fun to watch. It's suspenseful horror more then overall scary horror. This is one of my favorite horror films because it just has a very unique feel to it. The music with the pumpkins playing the song "two more days till Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, two more days till Halloween, silver shamrock" is very catchy and will put a smile on your face every time you hear it. If you want to watch a great horror film that will not leave you awake for days at a time afterward. If you want a really fun experience that will leave you singing the special tune that plays throughout the film, this IS the one to watch. DO NOT do what so many reviewers always make the mistake of doing. DO NOT watch this film and compare it to other Halloween movies. Watch this and make your opinion about this on it's own merit and I'm sure you will LOVE this. The masks are killer (pun intended) hahahhaa to look it. The way everything was filmed is really cool, it just has a very cool feel throughout the whole movie.
Gore Meter: 3 Stars. This is pretty mellow as far as gore. There is a few scenes that will make some viewers cringe but overall their is very little gore involved. The few scenes that are more graphic, are done so in the more cheesy campy type tone that does not leave you thinking. "umm did that person just die for real" feeling, like some very graphic films can do so well at. This one does for the most part what so many horror films tend to do and that is, a death scene is shown to a point, but then the camera pans away so you don't exactly see all that is happening. It's left to your imagination on the details of what just happened for the most part. I do give the gore meter a 3 star mark though because of the couple of scenes that are a bit graphic and will make some viewers wonder why nobody warned them.
Profanity Meter. 1 Stars. A few words, but this film is another reason why I love this so much. Very little profanity involved here, so you can sit back and actually enjoy this film and not have to cringe at every time someone opens their mouth in this. I find that even the most scary and most gory films, are so much more enjoyable when very little profanity is used.
Sexual Meter: 2 Stars. There is a makeout scene in this one, but it's not very graphic at all and won't offend most viewers. There is a part where a viewers sees a guys "moon" shot for a moment when he gets out of bed. hmmm I could have done without that. laughs..
Final thoughts. Seems that people either love this film or hate it. I'm not the type of person who compares a film to another one. I review each and every one on it's own Merit as I have said. With that said, this is a amazing and fun film to watch. I watch this every year at Halloween and it has earned a permanent spot on my play list for great watching each year. I never tire of this film, it's really amazing! I love this beyond words.
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