Here we go. The Halloween movie that everyone either loves or loves to hate. Halloween III: Season Of The Witch came out in 1982, but with one small omission. There was no Michael Myers. What?!! Blasphemy!! That’s right kids, no Michael Myers. Instead, he would be replaced by an evil mastermind of a Halloween mask company called Silver Shamrock who planned on killing millions of kids on Halloween night by placing pieces of a stolen Stonehenge boulder into their Halloween masks! This stuff just writes itself. Panned by critics as well as fueling outrage from the faithful Halloween moviegoers, this entry into the franchise did poorly at the box office, but slowly started to develop a much deserved cult following.
Yes, I am on the one side of the electric fence that feels that this movie is a guilty pleasure, especially around Halloween time and I’ll gladly burn at the stake for thinking that. Continue reading