Review of Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) by Ben D — 16 Nov 2014

Was it a cheat that Halloween III skipped out on more Michael Myers mayhem? Well, it certainly was annoying that the advertising didn't let audiences know that little fact in the teasers and trailers. And a great many fans are still pissed about that to this very day. Pay no mind that it was always the intention to transform Halloween into an anthology series â?? an idea that still seems rich with potential.

But, to be frank, people need to lighten up about this third entry because Season of the Witch is actually a pretty terrific little midnight movie, in keeping with John Carpenter's other chillers of the era, specifically The Fog and The Thing. On many levels, the films kinda play like an eerie trilogy of haunting ghost stories, filled with monsters, mad men and vengeful ghouls. But yes, as a pure sequel to Halloween â?? Season of the Witch blows.