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Halloween III: Season of the Witch is a 1982 American science fiction horror film and the third installment in the Halloween film series. It is the first film to be written and directed by Tommy Lee Wallace .
Oct 22, 1982 · Halloween III: Season of the Witch: Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace. With Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy, Michael Currie. Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.
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- Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
- Tommy Lee Wallace
- 1982-10-22
- Shayna Murphy
- John Carpenter and Debra Hill only got involved because they didn’t have to focus on Michael Myers. Carpenter and Halloween co-writer/producer Debra Hill were approached about a third film pretty quickly after the release of Halloween II.
- Season of the Witch was intended to be part of an anthology. “It’s a pod picture, not a knife picture,” Hill told The New York Times in 1982 when they asked her about the upcoming third installment of the Halloween series.
- Joe Dante was originally set to direct it. Although Wallace would end up directing the film, he wasn’t the first candidate attached to the project. To bring Season of the Witch to the big screen, Carpenter and Hill initially recruited Joe Dante, who was starting to build up a name for himself with cult gems like 1979’s Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (which starred Halloween alum, P.J.
- The original script was written by Quatermass creator Nigel Kneale. Before Dante quit Season of the Witch, he reportedly recommended Nigel Kneale for the screenplay.
Oct 12, 2022 · Halloween III: Season of the Witch – Oct. 22, 1982. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers – Oct. 21, 1988. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers – Oct. 13, 1989. Halloween: The Curse...
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Oct 22, 1982 · Halloween III opened theatrically in October 1982 on the same weekend as First Blood. Both movies were rated R and both depended on the male movie goer. In 1981, Halloween II opened up the same day as Time Bandits. While Halloween II did well against the PG fantasy, Halloween III however was no match for First Blood.
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.
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Oct 29, 2021 · Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) The third film in the franchise is one of the most bizarre and confusing for many fans. Though it is a sequel to the previous two films, Halloween III: Season of the Witch is the only entry in the series to not feature Michael Myers.
