The quick pitch: An evil toy maker creates a line of Halloween masks designed to horrifically kill the wearers on Halloween night. All of this without a whiff of Michael Myers.
It’s too bad this movie was titled Halloween III. The film gets an unfair shake from those who whine about it not being a Michael Myers film. John Carpenter always intended for the Halloween franchise to be like this - a different Halloween-themed story each year. I wish the series had kept this idea.
I’ve always enjoyed watching Halloween III: Season of the Witch. To begin with, I’ve always found the Myers-less plot of Part III fairly original. Sure, the story’s not perfect and some of it makes no sense (Stonehenge? Really?), but there’s enough here that we’ve never seen before to keep things interesting. Dan O’Herlihy makes for an excellent, but underutilized, baddie. His Stepford-esque henchmen are especially creepy. Another plus are the special effects - perfectly gory. Even after repeat viewings, there’s at least one scene I still find disturbing and difficult to watch. Finally Stacey Nelkin has to be one of the most stunning women I’ve ever seen in a horror movie. If I didn’t find Tom Atkins and his questionable mustache so unappealing and that Silver Shamrock earworm jingle so annoying, I might rate Halloween III even higher.
6/10
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