Halloween III: Season of the Witch, soo misunderstood! [Archive] - Horror.com Forums

evil squirrel

10-25-2006, 11:21 PM

One of the very first proper horrors i saw when i was a kid, If you kind of ignore the fact that its part of the halloween series it stands alone as (in my opinion) an effective if not slightly flawed film.
Give it a go. I love the atmospherics in it......

bwind22

10-25-2006, 11:31 PM

Yep, it's good. No MIchael Myers in the storyline at all so don't go in to it expecting the typical Halloween movie, but it's still cool in it's own right.

alkytrio666

10-26-2006, 03:45 AM

I blind-bought this this week, plan on watching it Saturday. I'll let you know what I think of it.

_____V_____

10-26-2006, 04:16 AM

I think its a pretty decent flick, independent of the franchise.

That is, if you dont blow your load all over the DVD before actually watching it, but of course...

the_real_linda

10-26-2006, 10:45 AM

aaaahhhhhhh! it was a pointless film......seriously why????

Burning in Hell

10-26-2006, 11:59 AM

The best thing in the whole movie is the Carpenter score at the beginning in my opinion...

The Flayed One

10-27-2006, 05:28 AM

aaaahhhhhhh! it was a pointless film......seriously why????

I think...I'm going...to explode...

Yes, it is worth a watch. Is it great? Not really, but it was a good attempt at unique franchise that ended up being another enless slasher film fest.

Roderick Usher

10-27-2006, 07:44 AM

"Happy, Happy Halloween...Halloween...Halloween...Happy, Happy Halloween...Silver Shamrock"

That fucking song destroyed me.

Don't watch. Highly caustic. Avoid contact with eyes, ears and brain.

scouse mac

10-27-2006, 11:18 AM

"Happy, Happy Halloween...Halloween...Halloween...Happy, Happy Halloween...Silver Shamrock"

That fucking song destroyed me.

Its contagious to the point of clawing the skull to get the fucking ditty out your head alright!

I thought it was definately worth a watch, a good stand alone flick and a nice change from the usual slashers.

slayer666

10-27-2006, 12:18 PM

I watched this again recently and liked it even more than I remember. It is dated and fairly cheesy, but there is something cool about it.

PhilnEdee

10-27-2006, 04:16 PM

The original idea bout making 10-20 Halloween movies, new one each Halloween, all different stories,,,ala Masters of Horror was great...then Michael Myers came and everyone wanted more of him, so #2 had him in it as well...I personally thought #3 was crap, but it was different and it made me hope that #4 would come out the next Halloween and NOT be about Michael Myers also, be totally diferent story...

crazy raplh

10-27-2006, 06:25 PM

I think it is the best one

1beastieibe

10-27-2006, 11:01 PM

I love this movie, and Im not afraid to admitt it, it just gets a hard rap because of the whole Michael Myers thing.

urgeok

10-28-2006, 04:08 AM

i loved - still love halloween 3

the series went into the shitter after this one..

Dee Hart

10-28-2006, 07:51 AM

PhilnEdee

10-28-2006, 08:15 AM

it wasn't even anything about the other 2 or other ones after and didn't
make any sense. but they have had friday 13th on the last few nights.
halloween 5 & 6 . on amc and pumpkinhead ontonight on scifi.but no freddy
krueger.

See my post above...the idea was to have a different story each time, each Halloween...as for Freddy, Nightmare 1 and 2 were on amc during the day I guess...and I fell asleep watching #1 the other night, check out the schedule on amc

http://monsterfest.amctv.com/schedule.jsp

tic

10-28-2006, 08:27 AM

Halloween triv.

Apart from the name, halloween 2 and halloween 3 do have a connection.

Dick Warlock now retired an actor/stuntman, was the stunt Michael Myers in H2 and the bad guy (robot?) in the beginning of H3.

Just in case it comes up in the survivor challenge somewhere!

the_real_linda

10-28-2006, 03:44 PM

i never knew that bout the whole diffrent story each halloween........i think that would have worked out kinda cool.....shame they tried it out with the 3rd one and the left it.....cause i liked the myers thing and its all there fault

Tad

10-28-2006, 03:47 PM

I honestly dug Halloween 3 more than I did 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. And it's not even about Myers. Love that god damn movie.

the_real_linda

10-28-2006, 03:55 PM

ill give it another go before sometime soon

Elvis_Christ

10-28-2006, 04:06 PM

Halloween III is great. I thought it was pretty cool how they left out Myers after his demise in Halloween II and didn't bring him back to life in some retarded way.

the_real_linda

10-28-2006, 04:11 PM

until halloween 4?????

PhilnEdee

10-29-2006, 09:55 AM

until halloween 4?????

The lashout when 3 came out was so bad that the whole project got shelved, rumors are Tobe Hooper had a story going for #4...may be one of his other movies out now...then somehow, someway they got back to the Michael Myers idea...but the orginal idea was for totally different story each year at Halloween.

gorbyak

11-01-2006, 12:49 PM

I really havent seen it in many many years, probably near 20. I do remember being bored as hell and not enjoying it, maybe someday I will watch it again.

freddy69

11-06-2006, 02:37 AM

no halloween 3 sucks big time ,it makes no sense to me , ithought it was really stupid:rolleyes:

Darthboy

02-01-2007, 02:00 PM

Sure some of you are saying "There is no Michael Myers in this one, what did this have to do with the first two? or the series?" well i believe this highly malgined and unloved Sci-fi horror thriller is very good.

You see folks, you have to realize that Michael Myers died at the end of "Halloween II", John Carpenter with Dino De Laurentiis studios and Debra Hill with Moustapha Akkad had an idea to make the series into a big-screen horror anthology series much like "Creepshow" or "Tales from The Crypt" centering around the halloween holiday which would have been better if the Halloween sequels continued this route to do something different instead of the same old Michael. Unfortunately it bombed at the box-office and was panned by both critics (Even though a few of them liked the movie) and horror fans alike thus the anthology idea was scrapped and Michael returned in "Halloween 4".

I thought this was an interesting movie that combines occult horror with technological sci-fi much like "Event Horizon" or "Evilspeak", it's got a great Carpenter score and a good storyline with a fine performance by tom Atkins who's good as always in his movies with good splatter.

Just suspend your disbelief over the title and enjoy the movie for what it is.

The_Return

02-01-2007, 02:02 PM

Edited Post

Elvis_Christ

02-01-2007, 02:52 PM

I really like this flick. It would've been quite cool if the anthology thing happened but I guess people didn't want to think outside the square.

The_Return

02-01-2007, 03:03 PM

Ive yet to see it myself, looks pretty cool though.

Planning to work my way through the Halloween series in a couple months, once I get my hands on 'em all. Ive gone through Friday the 13th and Im going to finish the Nightmare on Elm Street movies tonight...Halloween just seems like the natural next step. As yet Ive only seen the first 2, both of which are among my favourite slashers.

Elvis_Christ

02-01-2007, 03:23 PM

The first two are easily the best (#2 is my favorite). I like this whole series except for Ressurection... but that had a great opening (Busta Rhymes is fucking painfull to watch however).

Gus

02-01-2007, 07:02 PM

the keys, the keys

Roderick Usher

02-01-2007, 07:33 PM

fucking Silver Shamrock song broke my brain...totally toxic, I can't watch the film without having an apoplectic fit

Spec7ral

02-01-2007, 08:24 PM

It's got tom atkins. that's about all you need to make a sure shot rockstar of a movie.

garthmanorgirl

02-01-2007, 09:28 PM

Seriously, I think that guy gets lucky with complete strangers in movies quicker than anyone else I've ever seen:D

pinkerton

02-01-2007, 09:44 PM

Here is a link to a debate about Halloween 3:

http://www.reelhorror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10082

Its not spam, just other opinions about the same topic.Sorry if I am out of place.

The Flayed One

02-02-2007, 06:32 AM

I feel strangely violated.

paws the great

02-02-2007, 05:12 PM

halloween 3 is great fun ..
.

I agree with you.:)

Halloween 2 is my favorite, but part 3 is alot of fun.

Ballz Deep

02-03-2007, 04:49 AM

I really enjoyed Part III also:)

VampiricClown

02-03-2007, 07:06 AM

Whoa...That's freaky. I just responded to this same exact thread on ReelHorror.com...

Manic1511

02-03-2007, 08:37 AM

i personally dont like this movie at all its weird and stupid :mad:

Twilight_Zone

02-03-2007, 12:04 PM

halloween 3 is a good movie, not great but definatly underated. The song in this movie is so cachy

alicefan

02-03-2007, 03:13 PM

i thought part 3 was alright, but i definitely like all the other Halloween films better, it had no Michael so it wasn't as good as all the others

Elvis_Christ

01-24-2010, 12:04 AM

infact if anything Halloween 3 did what John Carpenter originally wanted to do, make different stories that take place on Halloween

Yeh people forget that. I like this flick a lot... nowhere near as bad as H20 or Resurrection. Tom Atkins is pretty cool he's the only thing I dug about the My Bloody Valentine remake.

crazy raplh

01-24-2010, 07:43 AM

its the best one in the series

fortunato

01-24-2010, 03:48 PM

Yeah, I always really enjoyed this one, too.
Really goofy and lots of fun. I think because it was labeled a Halloween movie, people judged it differently than they otherwise would.
Got to see it on the big screen a few years back. Such a blast with people laughing and singing along to the commercial jingle:

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friday13thfan

01-24-2010, 07:39 PM

Ok I did not like this film. Not cause of lack of Michael Myers (thats didnt bother me cause this movie was as you said what Carpenter intended) I just found it to be overall boring and not interesting at all. This is just my opinion.

infernalhale

01-25-2010, 10:45 AM

I too get a lot of flack for liking this movie. I'm not a huge fan of any others in the series, so this one was a pretty big deal for me when I first saw it. Excellent story-line, well executed plot & overall cool as hell! Catchy song too, I might add. :cool:

Doc Faustus

01-26-2010, 11:48 AM

I say this a lot and I'm going to say it again: Franchise horror is a ridiculous sacred cow. Even Universal's 30s non Franchise horror was better. I sort of like the Halloweens with Donald Pleasence in them because of Donald Pleasence, but other than that, what do they really do?

Doc Faustus

01-26-2010, 12:57 PM

Six is good as a lesson on how not to write. Six films into a series they pull backstory out of their ass? Any attempt to explain The Shape takes it out of Lovecraft country, which is where it belongs. The point of Halloween: evil is out there. We can't hide behind moral relativism or suburban comfort. A small boy can become Something Else and that thing can rain down shit on your humdrum little life. Imposing some lazy druid story on it is the worst thing that you can do.

Doc Faustus

01-26-2010, 01:13 PM

If it weren't so sloppy and tacked on, it might have worked. They could have done some cool gialloish stuff.

mlauzon

01-27-2010, 09:15 AM

Come on, I love cheesy '80s movies, having been born in the mid-'70s, but this movie was shit; I know that Carpenter wanted the movie to go a different direction than the first 2 movies from what I understand, but this one bombed badly for a reason..

HarryCanyon

01-27-2010, 01:51 PM

I love this one, well i didn't like it at first because of no Myers. Then later when i realized by doing research on Halloween 3 on it's concept i loved it. Michael died in Halloween 2 as John Carpenter intended because he had enough of him and wanted his story to be over so that Laurie can live happily ever after.

He came up with a concept to turn the franchise into a Crepshow and Twilight Zone like anthology of different Halloween themed horror movies ever year sort of like "SAW" but it failed at the box-office and confused audiences due to them not telling them the idea behind it.

Doctor Loomis

01-29-2010, 05:11 PM

i personally hate this movie the most out of all the halloween movies. it has absolutely NOTHING to do with the others in the series, and is horrible all around (acting, story, dialogue, etc)

Doc Faustus

01-31-2010, 12:48 PM

I'm cool with this persona. More levelheaded, not as inclined to start shit. I feel less morally ambiguous about trying to stand up for this dude. Takes me from aggressive almost hippieish neutrality in favor of someone who crosses the line but is nonetheless kinda cool minus the antagonistic streak to the verge of moral highground. I"m going to conduct myself as if you didn't say what I thought you said. May I humbly suggest you be a better fake dude and do the same?

Laura6

02-02-2010, 08:02 AM

I really like this movie...I thought about Why? I don't know but I always have!

Doc Faustus

02-02-2010, 12:46 PM

Only one man knows for sure.

My bad. I thought you and beyond were one and the same in spite of different demeanors and he was rescinding his claim of leaving on post 666 to restart from where you were. In my defense, I was on a caffeine cleanse at the time because some dude in Wanted had joked about trying an energy drink cleanse and I thought maybe it would be a good idea. It was about as good an idea as adapting an awesome graphic novel about a young man born into a cabal of supervillains into a shitty movie about generic assassins with a magic loom. I apologize for being jumpy, cryptic and preachy. And recommend nobody just drink Monster, Pepsi Max and Shockwave laced Mountain Dew on an empty stomach for an entire day.