How Bad Was Halloween 3!!!!

[chrizzzy]

What The Hell Was This Movie On About...Where Was Michael What Was The Story!!!!

[knife_fight]

love it.

[chrizzzy]

How Can You Love It....It Totally Wrecked The Collection! :(

[knife_fight]

yeah, all of the ones with Michael Myers in it are awesome, dude!!! :rolleyes:

[PR3SSUR3]

Perhaps if you knew Michael's middle name is AUDREY you'd understand things better, Chrizzzy.

[filmmaker2]

I liked Halloween 3 ... didn't really like it the first time I saw it, but it got better on subsequent viewings.

[hammerfan]

I liked it, too. True, it had nothing to do with Michael Myers, but on it's own it was a good movie.

[urgeok]

halloween III is a lot of fun.

a hell of a lot more fun than most of the failed movies that followed.

[PR3SSUR3]

Audrey.

That's all.

:eek:

[Despare]

Michael (and his middle name) died when he became The Shape.

[ManchestrMorgue]

I thought this movie was very watchable, in a cheesy sort of way. And the music from the Silver Shamrock television commercial really got into my head :confused:

I think this movie would have probably been less despised if it wasn't labelled as part of the Halloween series. I guess blatantly trying to cash in on the reputation of the series backfired, which is a shame.

[bwind22]

The original plan was that the character of Michael Myers was actually killed off in Halloween 2. He was supposedly dead, end of the Michael Myers stories, but the franchise had intended to keep on going with different stories set around Halloween time. The franchise did this in Halloween 3. It was a completely seperate story from the first two Michael Myers ones. The 4th installment would have been completed unrelated to parts 1,2 and 3 if the general public hadn't reacted pretty much how you are right now. People went to Halloween 3 expecting to see Michael Myers. They didn't see him. They didn't like it. So the studio brought him back for the 4th (and subsequent) sequels.

Halloween 3 would have a MUCH better reputation if it had just been released under the title 'Season of the Witch' and not associated with the Halloween franchise at all, but how could the studios have known there would be such a public outcry to bring back Michael Myers?

[ManchestrMorgue]

Originally posted by bwind22
...the franchise had intended to keep on going with different stories set around Halloween time. The franchise did this in Halloween 3. It was a completely seperate story from the first two Michael Myers ones. The 4th installment would have been completed unrelated to parts 1,2 and 3 if the general public hadn't reacted pretty much how you are right now. ...

Interesting info, thanks. Seems a shame that they didn't continue with the unrelated stories in parallel to the Michael Myers installments. Halloween III was fun, but as you point out, not what people wanted or expected from a Halloween film.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by ManchestrMorgue
. I guess blatantly trying to cash in on the reputation of the series backfired, which is a shame.

thats what every single sequel after #3 did as well.....

[Tat2]

I hated, loathed, despised, Holloween 3! And besides that, I didn't like it very much!

That damn music was like a 16 penny nail being driven into my skull with a 20 pound sledgehammer! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! 3 more days till holloween, holloween, holloween...!!!!!

*Jumps out of nearest window*

[PR3SSUR3]

Halloween III was fun, but as you point out, not what people wanted or expected from a Halloween film.

There had only been two instalments - the series was hardly as anticipated and routine as it has become now.

Myers and Loomis were expected to die and stay dead at the end of Halloween 2, only to be resurrected to join trends at the end of the 1980s.

A shame (effective though Halloween 4 is), because Carpenter's experiment with the third instalment was bold and very interesting - this was not just a cheap cash-in riding on the success of the first two films.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by PR3SSUR3
A shame (effective though Halloween 4 is), because Carpenter's experiment with the third instalment was bold and very interesting - this was not just a cheap cash-in riding on the success of the first two films.

exactly ..

its a pretty sad statement that people are satisfied with 'getting what they expected' in #'s 4 though 8. - weak garbage that does actual damage to the integrety of the 1st couple.

[_____V_____]

Actually #3 was a very interesting premise from Carpenter, and I totally agree that it shouldnt have been named #3, and rather named anything else...

Fans loved Mikey though...and the overwhelming public outcry to a Halloween flick without Mikey in the lead was more than enough for the makers to run to Mikey for #4 and the rest...

I loved #3. But it was disappointing to see that it didnt get widespread acceptance like it should have...

[Dante'sInferno]

My dog literally took a shit when he watched this movie.But the latest one suck,Curse of Michael Myers sucked.But 3 was just.........I'm not even going there.

[PR3SSUR3]

"....so sucky that my dog sucked its shit straight back up its arsehole, then shat it out again when it saw Halloween 6"

[urgeok]

repeating the process until it literally had a shit yo-yo going - pounding smelly brown bump marks all over the living room rug in the process !!!!

[_____V_____]

blah...the only thing pts 4-8 achieve was to "glorify" ol'Mikey with a carver knife going slash! slash! slash! at everything like he was in a kitchen stacked with veggies...

It was a much better idea for the Halloween franchise...what if they HAD made a series of annual movies of different stories due out each Halloween each year? It wouldnt have been repetitive, and probably more people would have flocked to it, just to see something different being offered every year...

But oh well...

[PR3SSUR3]

\o/

[crazy raplh]

^^ Kind reminds you of a popular jingle you hear frm a popular commercial. I think that part 3 was actually the greatest of them all. I think it was a intermissiom for micheal give him time to lay low and rest for part 4

[Posher778]

Originally posted by chrizzzy
How Can You Love It....It Totally Wrecked The Collection! :(

No.... Just the IDEA of a FIRST sequel wrecked the original, there is no collection, just an amazing movie and then a pile of shit.

[PR3SSUR3]

How Can You Love It....It Totally Wrecked The Collection!

This sums it up - the gathering of movies, collecting them in sequence, building a film base, their relationships to one another...

It's a problem, particularly for younger viewers obsessed with losing themselves in pristine collections and hoarding things that they can get out and have another look at because they are bored or need to lose themselves in something.

I blame the DVD revolution, and special edition boxsets etc. (and of course the internet, where nerds and fanboys can flourish).

I like it that Halloween 3 is a real fly in the ointment for some people.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by PR3SSUR3
This sums it up - the gathering of movies, collecting them in sequence, building a film base, their relationships to one another...

It's a problem, particularly for younger viewers obsessed with losing themselves in pristine collections and hoarding things that they can get out and have another look at because they are bored or need to lose themselves in something.

I blame the DVD revolution, and special edition boxsets etc. (and of course the internet, where nerds and fanboys can flourish).

I like it that Halloween 3 is a real fly in the ointment for some people.

shit - i remember (people) bitching about it long before the DVD was a concept ..
it may bring a new breed of unbelievers now but that bitching was always there ..

i like it - i always did like it ... a hell of a lot more than any 'proper' sequel that came after ..

[Doc Faustus]

I don't think three is altogether incongruous. Michael, as the Shape, is a walking Halloween mask himself. No face, few lingering threads of identity, just a terrifying image. But, this terrifying image has the capacity to cut a swathe through everything it sees. Seems like a company that makes fatal Halloween masks is a pretty sensible parallel. That said, the protagonist of the movie is flat as a pancake and his acting is an embarassment. Maybe if they'd paralleled things and used Loomis as a connecting thread, having him in there somewhere investigating the insanity, it might have felt like a more organic sequel, not to mention more fun to watch. I know it was meant to stand on its own, but it would have disappointed fewer people with firmer bearings on the franchise. Halloweens 1 through five, I actually stand behind, with a little less loyalty to 3. The war between Michael and Loomis I think has an appeal that can somewhat excuse the redundancy, laziness and all around crapitude that sometimes runs rampant in the movies. (And yes, crapitude is the word.)

[VampiricClown]

I'm going to admit something, I really didn't like this movie when I watched it. Looking back on it, it wasn't bad though. I just don't think it should be named "Halloween". Cool concept though.

[bwind22]

Originally posted by PR3SSUR3
There had only been two instalments - the series was hardly as anticipated and routine as it has become now.

Myers and Loomis were expected to die and stay dead at the end of Halloween 2, only to be resurrected to join trends at the end of the 1980s.

A shame (effective though Halloween 4 is), because Carpenter's experiment with the third instalment was bold and very interesting - this was not just a cheap cash-in riding on the success of the first two films.

Carpenter only directed the original Halloween. Every sequel thereafter had a different director. And as of yet, I haven't heard who's directing Halloween 9.

[_____V_____]

Scripter Jake Wade Wall has this to say about "Halloween 9: The Missing Years" :-

Jake goes on to say that it's reportedly "set to go" and that they're in the process of getting a "big named director" to go behind the camera. The only problem (for Jake anyway) is that the director they have in mind sees himself following his own work instead of someone elses, meaning Jake's script might be rewritten if they greenlight the project with the director.

Jake's new idea for the series is a prequel following a young Michael Myers before he's sent to the mental institution. The film would esssentially feature new characters and be "set around Michael’s real home ‘Smith’s Grove’, which is where the asylum was, some 150 miles away from Haddonfield." Hopefully the script is good, because he personally can't think of much Michael could have done before he was sent to the institution. Since nothing has officially been confirmed, we'll have to wait and see what happens.

This was on 6th of this month...

[NECRO666]

Halloween isn't part of the Halloween series. Why the fuck did the make that film. Maybe from all slasher series H3 is the worst but Friday 13th part9 is'nt that far off. :D

[PR3SSUR3]

Halloween isn't part of the Halloween series

That's that then.

[AUSTIN316426808]

Not all that much imo, far from the claims made in discussions I've been in. It's not the worst of the Halloween series, and damn sure not the worst slasher or overall horror movie I've ever seen. There's some faaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr worst films out there than Season of the Witch, which like I said already isn't all that bad imo.

[hauntedohio]

I liked H3, but yeah it shouldnt have been part of the series...but as for the movie its self...it was cool

[Yeti.13]

I thought it was pretty good, and that little Jingle was awesome, 153 days to Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, 153 days to Halloween, Silver Shamrock!! Far better than the original London Bridge is falling down:)

[PR3SSUR3]

Yes it was indeed one of the great, great cover versions.

[Shadowman]

If I dircted all of the halloweens

Halloween--- Michael Myers. It would be one movie from parts one and two in it combind

Halloween 2--- A poltergeist takes over a town and haunts every house.

Halloween 3--- Same as it was

Halloween 4--- Zombie Plague

Halloween 5--- A posessed boy stalks the streets of LA on halloween

Halloween 6--- Vampires take a band "The Eagles" captive while they capture famous people

Halloween 7--- Michael Myers Returns to kill Lauri.

Halloween 8--- A dark cloud covers the Sahara Desert and causes mummies to rise and cause chaos in a small military base in the desert.

[The Flayed One]

Originally posted by PR3SSUR3
That's that then.

Sometimes, you just have to wonder.

[scaryminda15]

i agree with u chrizzy i saw it and was like what the heck. i guess those masks were the connection but it was bad without michael.

[Beyond]

As a kid I hated the fact there was no Michael Myers in it, but over the years I've come to love it & even that jingle! :D

[Jameslofton]

Very interesting thread, and some great posts. I do not remember hearing about how all the sequels were supposed to be about different subjects. Is that from a John Carpenter interview? I really wish they had went in that direction. I like Halloween 3. A very risky move that sadly didn't pay off. I think 4 is also good, but 5 was pure garbage, and so was every one that followed.

[The Flayed One]

Originally posted by Jameslofton
Very interesting thread, and some great posts. I do not remember hearing about how all the sequels were supposed to be about different subjects. Is that from a John Carpenter interview? I really wish they had went in that direction. I like Halloween 3. A very risky move that sadly didn't pay off. I think 4 is also good, but 5 was pure garbage, and so was every one that followed.

+10 pts to awesome for reading the entire thread and seeing the numerous posts about this. Most people just want to chime in and say OMG WTF?! weres michel why the hell did they make this?!!1

It grows tiresome reposting the same bit of info over and over.

[Jameslofton]

Originally posted by The Flayed One
+10 pts to awesome for reading the entire thread and seeing the numerous posts about this. Most people just want to chime in and say OMG WTF?! weres michel why the hell did they make this?!!1

It grows tiresome reposting the same bit of info over and over. Yeah, I know what you mean. I post at quite a few other forums(and I'm a vice admin/ global mod at one), and meaningless posts really get on my nerves. It clutters up the threads, and kills the flow of discussions. Something else I hate are those posts that only have a smiley, and they say nothing. I always just deleted those.:D

[The_Return]

Originally posted by Jameslofton
Yeah, I know what you mean. I post at quite a few other forums(and I'm a vice admin/ global mod at one), and meaningless posts really get on my nerves. It clutters up the threads, and kills the flow of discussions. Something else I hate are those posts that only have a smiley, and they say nothing. I always just deleted those.:D

Please stay!

[filmmaker2]

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[Beyond]

Originally posted by filmmaker2
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[PR3SSUR3]

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[Jameslofton]

Originally posted by The_Return
Please stay! I plan on it. This is a really cool forum. I have always been a big horror film buff. I am actually surprised I never seen this forum until now.