Halloween III: Season of the Witch

• Tom Atkins: Dr. Daniel " Dan " Challis
• Stacey Nelkin: Ellie Grimbridge
• Michael Currie: Rafferty
• Dan O'Herlihy: Conal Cochran

Halloween III ( Alternative title: Halloween - The Night of the decision, Halloween 3). 's A horror movie directed by Tommy Lee Wallace 's 1982 After the continuation of the first Halloween movie was not the expected success, it was decided to move away from the old Halloween to solve history and tell a new, especially since Michael Myers died in the last part - with fatal consequences: the film flopped and has only the name with the Halloween series together.

Action

The film tells the story of a doctor who uncovers a conspiracy: The toy manufacturer the company " Silver Shamrock " attempts by remote controlled and groomed Halloween masks to kill thousands of children. This should be triggered in the Halloween night by a commercial. Although it is possible the doctor to turn the toy factory owner and his henchmen. He did not manage to prevent the broadcasting of the advertisement.

Background

• Michael Myers appeared only briefly in a television cut of Halloween - on the night of horror.
• Carpenter and Hill wanted first to return to the roots of the first Halloween film and produce a completely bloodless and putting on suspense film - but it was decided during the filming, but add more violence and blood scenes to risk a failure of the film.
• The idea of ​​John Carpenter was to bring every year a new Halloween movie in the theaters, each with a new story. After this flop thought back to the origin story.
• The film grossed a 14.4 million U.S. dollars.
• In January 2012, the film was removed from the index. A re-examination in March 2014 revealed an uncut ages 16 years.

Criticism

" No sequel, but a tensionless infusion of the " Halloween "series with exceptionally ridiculous story. Only the suggestive music can provide some " eerie " atmosphere. "