Review of Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Initial Thought: I originally had this on my watched list and had it rated at the lowest point. Now I have finally decided to go ahead and watch it. Then I will give an actual rating. I will just watch it as it's own movie and not think about it within the actual series. If I do that I won't be pissed off watching this.

Characters/Acting: Well Tom Atkins is almost the only thing going for this film. There is also a cameo of Jamie Lee Curtis that I wasn't originally aware of until now. Some characters making the dumbest decisions and reactions. I wish there was a little bit more for the characters as I didn't really find any of them interesting. The acting was okay I suppose.

Story: A large Halloween mask-making company has plans to kill millions of American children with something sinister hidden in Halloween masks. That's actually kind of an amusing little plot if it were done correctly. There are so many unimpressive and ineffective jump scares. The first death scene was just plain dumb to me. Well it's hard to see this as a standalone when a scene sort of references the original film. I guess the Silver Shamrock commercials were about the creepiest thing about this whole thing. The twist was kind of lame and expected. Wow an ambiguous ending! Too bad I don't care what happened.

Directing/Writing: You know a film is a disappointment when two of the writers including John Carpenter wish to go uncredited for it. Carpenter being a legend you would think he would have known better than to try to change the series. I can't say that I've heard of Nigel Kneale or seen anything from him. Tommy Lee Wallace is decent when it came to the movie It. Everything else he does is a bit of a drag.

Final Thought: I found this to be extremely difficult to sit through. I kept doing other things than actually sitting down and watching it straight through. The deaths are pretty boring with only a very small few that caught my attention. The loud rise of music and jump scares were pointless and just plain ridiculous. I did like the haunting music though whenever it was playing normally. It's not an enjoyable watch as part of the Halloween series or even as it's own standalone film. It might have been better as a short film. Anyways this can be skipped as it has no relation to the actual series.