Halloween III (1982)
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"Witchcraft enters the computer age, and a different terror begins." is the tagline for the picture.
Many Halloween fanatics were turned off by the 1982 picture Halloween III because, unlike in Halloween and Halloween II, Myers is not present.
Halloween III: Season of the Witch was one of Carpenter and Hill's efforts to establish what might have been a type of anthology, with a new Halloween film being released every year around the holiday. The anthology would have included a new Halloween movie. I thought it was a good idea, but I regret that they didn't have more time to build on it. That didn't work out as planned, unfortunately.
A few days before Halloween, Dr. Daniel Challis (Tom Atkins) gets involved in a strange mystery when an elderly patient he was taking care of is found dead with a Halloween mask in his hand.
Dr. Challis took Ellie to Santa Mira where he found the Silver Shamrock Company, which produces the world's most popular Halloween mask. Silver Shamrock has sold millions of masks owing to an intensive advertising effort that has allowed them to do so.
(Based on a milk processing plant, the Silver Shamrock company was created.)
Silver Shamrock CEO Conal Cochran (Dan O'Herlihy) is planned something that might kill hundreds or millions of innocent people. Plus, they advise kids to watch a Halloween show in costumes. As Ellie and Dr. Challis investigate, they learn that Silver Shamrock CEO Conal Cochran is planning something.
Other than two brief scenes in which Michael Myers appears on TV, Halloween III bears no resemblance to Michael Myers, Dr. Loomis, Laurie Strode, or Haddonfield, Illinois. Despite its shortcomings, the picture stands on its own as an enjoyable film in its own right.
Despite its flaws (such as some confusing allusions to Stonehenge), the film has numerous memorable sequences, the finest of which is a test run by Cochran on Buddy Kupfer's family (played by Ralph Strait), a successful salesman who was given a special tour of the plant as a reward for his efforts.
A television program planned to run on Halloween night forces Buddy's kid, Little Buddy (Brad Schacter), to watch it in a tiny room. Is it any surprise that things quickly devolve into an uncontrollable carnage? In this episode, Conal Cochran gives us a history lesson on the origins of Halloween.
It's no secret that I adore the Halloween movie franchise, especially the films that came after the first Halloween and featured Michael Myers once again (Halloween 4 and Halloween V). If Carpenter and Hill had proceeded to develop the premise for the series, I can't help but wonder what kinds of stories they might have told.
Halloween 3's lack of support is not the fault of anyone; it is the responsibility of the (source) person who chose to include the number "3" in the movie title.
In retrospect, it's hard for me to accept that Carpenter and Hill's premise for Halloween 3 failed.
Tommy Lee Wallace is the man behind the camera.
Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, and Dan O'Herlihy star in the event.
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