Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Absolutely atrocious. I admire the fact that they did try to propel the story in a different direction. But the story they chose was insanely boring.

This movie is a dirty trick on all Halloween fans.

The end result is a bit of a mess but hugely enjoyable, and often (thanks to Dean Cundey's camerawork and John Carpenter's close supervision as producer) as striking visually as its predecessors.

This is one of those Identikit movies, assembled out of familiar parts from other, better movies.

Mr. Wallace clearly has a fondness for the cliches he is parodying and he does it with style.

Lee Wallace’s directorial debut has some effective atmosphere, a solid cast led by the great Tom Atkins, and a fantastic final scene, but it’s also overlong and too slow at times.

It has taken 40 years for Halloween III to gain the cult status it rightfully deserves. Next time, that Silver Shamrock commercial plays, always remember kids, take those masks off.

Despite the fact that Halloween III: Season of the Witch is Michael Myers-less, it's a great sequel that makes Carpenter's first film even scarier.

It cannot match the first Halloween, but Halloween III: Season of the Witch is still a solid piece of horror filmmaking.

It's a shame this movie's legacy was killed by having the name "Halloween" attached. While Myers is nowhere to be found, what you do have is one of the most unique and creative horror flicks of the 80s. This is a twisted and campy classic for October.