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Tag line: "Witchcraft enters the computer age, and a different terror begins."

Halloween and Halloween II fans did not like 1982's Halloween 3: Season of the Witch. The point for this was, of course, the disappearance of the cruel killer Michael Myers.

When executive producers Carpenter and Hill set out to make Halloween 3: Season of the Witch, they envisioned it as the start of a series in which a new Halloween film would be released yearly around Halloween. It was a fantastic concept, and I wish they would have had the chance to develop it further. It was not to be, unfortunately.

Doctor Daniel Challis (Tom Atkins) finds himself at the heart of a peculiar mystery in the days leading up to Halloween after the death of one of his patients in the hospital with a Halloween mask on.

Ellie, the dead man's daughter (Stacey Nelkin), and Dr. Challis visit Silver Shamrock Company, which creates the trendiest Halloween masks. Thanks to their marketing effort, Silver Shamrock Company has sold millions of masks.

(The Silver Shamrock plant was built in a milk factory.)

In addition, children are encouraged to tune in to a special Halloween night show that will enable them to remain in costume. The more Dr. Challis and Ellie investigate, the more they learn that Conal Cochran (Dan O'Herlihy), the CEO of Silver Shamrock, is planning something that, if successful, would kill thousands, if not millions, of innocent people.

Even though Halloween 3 doesn't have much to do with Myers, Loomis, Strode, or Haddonfield, besides a few short scenes where the original Halloween is shown on television, it is still a fun movie on its own.

This film isn't exactly a masterpiece, but there are a few memorable moments worth mentioning. When Buddy Kupfer, a salesman who received a premium tour of the facility for selling so many masks, decides to put Cochran's scheme to the test on his own family, that's when the comedy hits its stride.

Buddy's son Little Buddy puts on a Silver Shamrock mask and watches the Halloween night show while the family and friends are confined to a tiny room. Needless to say, things quickly escalate, and the ensuing carnage is unforgettable. Conal Cochran's history lecture on the actual origins of Halloween will also be remembered by the audience.

No one should be surprised that I like the Halloween franchise, even the ones that came after Halloween III: Season of the Witch. All of the movies and TV shows where Michael Myers was the main character. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and Halloween V: The Revenge of Michael Myers are both great horror movies, and Carpenter are back in the movies where Michael Myers was the main character. Still, I can't help but wonder what stories Carpenter might have told if they had the chance. My family and I are fans of the Halloween series, including the movies that came after Halloween 3: Season of the Witch and all of them featuring Michael Myers. But here's the funny thing: all of them actually feature Michael Myers. In a way, it makes me think about what might have happened if Carpenter had stuck to their original plan for the series.

Even though I think film fans are to blame for not liking Halloween 3, I don't agree that the people who added "3" to the name of this movie are to blame (which led people to believe it was yet another sequel to the classic original).

Obviously, it's all over now, but the fact that I had this blog fun with Halloween 3: Season of the Witch makes the absolute bungle of John Carpenter's extreme disappointment even more impossible to swallow.

The film's director, Tommy Lee Wallace, is on board to helm the project.

A cast of Stacey Nelkin, Tom Atkins, and Dan O'Herlihy.

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