Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
MPAA: R
A doctor witnesses the mysterious murder-suicide that takes place at his hospital, and begins to investigate with the victim's daughter for the reason of this death. As they search, they find the responsible people are an evil CEO of Silver Shamrock and his henchmen. This business giant has a horrible and morbid scheme in mind, and the protagonists must do whatever it takes to stop it from happening.
The movie stars Tom Atkins as Daniel, Stacey Nelkin as Ellie, and Dan O'Herlihy as Conal Cochran.
"Halloween 3: Season of the Witch" is an unfairly maligned film, because it is actually quite brilliant. It has a completely insane yet creative plotline that could not get past censors nowadays, great acting, good special effects, a truly creepy atmosphere, and it is just a lot of fun. Even if it doesn't have Michael Myers, it took the "Halloween" series in a really different and interesting direction. Tommy Lee Wallace did an awesome job as director, because he made a stylistically and technically great movie, which is better than any of the other sequels. What also made this a strong horror film was its gore and kills. While there wasn't a constant flow of violence, it really had a strong bite to it when it happened. Finally, the ending of the movie is one of the most outrageous and classic of horror in my opinion, and it leaves the viewer with their imagination.
I can't stress it enough that anyone that hasn't seen "Season of the Witch" definitely should. The whole bandwagon of hate for this movie is unfair, because it is one of the finest horror films of the 1980s. If you go in with an open mind and you don't expect Michael, I feel that it will not disappoint.
Grade: 9.5/10
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