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Halloween 3 - Season of the Witch

Posted on 9/23/26 at 8:49 am
Posted by Raoul Stimulato
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Posted on 9/23/26 at 8:49 am
Widely mocked when it came out - primarily due to the absence of Michael Myers - but I gotta say this one is pretty well-crafted.

Stonehenge? Cursed masks? Eye gouging?

I’m a big fan of this sleeper from 82. Kinda moves to the beat of its own drum.
This post was edited on 9/23/26 at 8:56 am
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
158064 posts
Posted on 9/23/26 at 9:03 am to
Its biggest flaw was naming it Halloween 3. Had it been named something else, it would have been lauded.

I remember it being not overly good, but also weirdly interesting in its own right, if that makes sense.

And I remember being absolutely terrified of the mask/bugs scene when I was a kid. That shite fricked with my head big time.
Posted by UnluckyTiger
Member since Sep 2003
44634 posts
Posted on 9/23/26 at 9:25 am to
80s horror was the best

Posted by BuckeyeGoon
Member since Jan 2025
1599 posts
Posted on 9/23/26 at 9:30 am to
Halloween 3 was a decent movie. I think the original plan was to make the Halloween franchise a set of anthology movies and michael myers wouldn't be the only character. Probably would have been more interesting than releasing the same same exact michael myers movie every other year.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
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Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 9/23/26 at 9:35 am to
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Its biggest flaw was naming it Halloween 3. Had it been named something else, it would have been lauded.


Yep, as a stand alone halloween/horror flick, it holds up well.
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
10111 posts
Posted on 9/23/26 at 10:59 am to
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Halloween 3 was a decent movie. I think the original plan was to make the Halloween franchise a set of anthology movies and michael myers wouldn't be the only character. Probably would have been more interesting than releasing the same same exact michael myers movie every other year.

yeah would have ended up being way better than pretty much every thing from Return through Curse.

i dont know what the board's opinion is on H2O and Resurrection, but i like both of those movies.
Posted by LSUDVM1999
North Carolina
Member since Aug 2010
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Posted on 9/23/26 at 11:53 am to
quote:

I think the original plan was to make the Halloween franchise a set of anthology movies and michael myers wouldn't be the only character.


It was done a couple of decades later in a single movie without MM and named it Trick R Treat (a fricking fantastic Halloween movie).
Posted by LUS Tiger in FL
TrampaBay
Member since Apr 2010
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Posted on 9/23/26 at 12:14 pm to
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Its biggest flaw was naming it Halloween 3


Agreed.. Makes me think of The Wire jumping from S1 to S2 the docks.
It was different
This post was edited on 9/23/26 at 12:17 pm
Posted by Philzilla2k
Member since Oct 2017
13426 posts
Posted on 9/23/26 at 12:21 pm to
Stacey Nelkin is in it.
Posted by PhilipMarlowe
Member since Mar 2013
22184 posts
Posted on 9/23/26 at 12:40 pm to
Is this the one where somebody puts a jack o lantern on their head and it turns into cockroaches or something? I remember seeing that as a kid and it freaked me out lol.
Posted by teke184
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Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 9/23/26 at 12:56 pm to
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Is this the one where somebody puts a jack o lantern on their head and it turns into cockroaches or something? I remember seeing that as a kid and it freaked me out lol.


That’s the one.

Other main thing that stands out to me is Dan O’Herlihy (The Old Man from Robocop) picking chunks of scenery out of his teeth as the Silver Shamrock company head.
Posted by TygerLyfe
Member since May 2023
4615 posts
Posted on 9/23/26 at 4:56 pm to
When I was a kid that stupid song stayed in my head forever.
Posted by This GUN for HIRE
Member since May 2022
6443 posts
Posted on 9/23/26 at 6:20 pm to
I hated it, hated the bug scene & haven't watched it since. I may give it another shot next month.

Posted by Rambone
Member since Sep 2026
821 posts
Posted on 9/23/26 at 6:59 pm to
I forget which Howloween. There's been so many, I think it was the one directed by Rob Zombie.

Anyway, I was a bit surprised and a little taken aback by how extremely well the first act did in charactering a severely conduct disordered (anti-social) child.

So infrequently do movies get mental illness or personality disorders right. The first half of that movie absolutely nailed it.
Posted by LSUDAN1
Member since Oct 2010
11621 posts
Posted on 9/23/26 at 7:45 pm to
Watched thr other night. Very underrated. Song jingle to London Bridge was very catchy.
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
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Member since Aug 2021
51093 posts
Posted on 9/23/26 at 7:53 pm to
Prime example of trying to jump on a franchise and wearing it as a skin suit for a completely different story.

They should’ve just made it its own thing.
Posted by Someone
West Monroe, LA
Member since Jan 2007
2037 posts
Posted on 9/23/26 at 7:53 pm to
quote:

Other main thing that stands out to me is Dan O’Herlihy (The Old Man from Robocop) picking chunks of scenery out of his teeth as the Silver Shamrock company head.


Posted by WestSideTiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
5657 posts
Posted on 9/23/26 at 7:59 pm to
Wouldn’t mind a modern day remake / reimagining. Pretty taboo with kids but just make the focus on adults.


Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
76059 posts
Posted on 9/23/26 at 8:56 pm to
This is always stuck in my head when I watch that movie.

Posted by LouisianaLonghorn
Austin, Texas
Member since Jan 2006
16284 posts
Posted on 9/24/26 at 8:55 am to
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Widely mocked when it came out - primarily due to the absence of Michael Myers - but I gotta say this one is pretty well-crafted.


I liked how it tied our present day Halloween to the original Celtic celebration of Samhain.
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