Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Release date: 1982-10-22
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
Production Co: Dino De Laurentiis Company, Universal Pictures
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
Rating: 4.9/10
Length: 1h 38min

Storyline

An apparent murder-suicide in a hospital emergency room leads to an investigation by the on-call doctor, which reveals a plot by an insane toymaker to kill as many people as possible during Halloween through an ancient Celtic ritual involving a stolen boulder from Stonehenge and Halloween masks.

Plot Keywords

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Short Review

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.