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Box office. $14.4 million (US) 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. John Carpenter and Debra Hill, the creators of Halloween and Halloween II, return as producers.
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.
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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.
The wardrobe is lacking and everything just looks dark and manky. Like everyone is wearing half crunchy moldy Our Town costumes that were left backstage for 6 years and forgotten about. And the worst part is it isn't even scary. So it is neither eery, smart, or scary. It's a totally bonkers horror film.
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"They're coming"
On Saturday, October the 23rd, about one week before Halloween. At nighttime, a novelty shop owner, later identified as middle-aged toy salesman Harry Grimbridge, ran on foot from a pursuing car's headlights into a deserted car parts and wrecking lot, where he was pinned on the ground by a mysterious manwearing a gray business suit and shiny black shoes (later identified as a Silver Shamrock android henchman). Grimbridge released a parked car that rolled toward them, crushing the man between...
One more day till Halloween
Saturday, the 30th. At the Silver Shamrock factory office, Ellie and Dr. Challis were told that Mr. Grimbridge picked up and signed for his order on the 21st, and then drove away in his green station wagon. As they were about to leave, the Kupfer family arrived and Buddy Kupfer was personally greeted by Mr. Cochran as the salesman who had sold more Shamrock masks than anyone else in the country. Ellie and Dr. Challis were assured that Mrs. Guttman had been flown for treatment to San Francisco...
Cochran's plan
Sunday, the 31st - Halloween. Cochran led Dr.Challis to the final processing area, as he described how he had made the androids - "simple to produce," "another form of mask-making," and "loyal and obedient unlike most human beings." He described his factory as combining "advanced and ancient technology." In a large room where a circle of computers and white-coated technicians sat, a large fragment of the 5-ton Bluestone stolen from Stonehenge was being chipped and hammered away: "From an anci...
Tom Atkins as Dr. Daniel 'Dan' ChallisStacey Nelkin as Ellie GrimbridgeDan O'Herlihy as Conal CochranMichael Currie as RaffertyDevelopment
When approached about creating a third Halloween film, original Halloween writers John Carpenter and Debra Hill were reluctant to pledge commitment. According to Fangoria magazine, Carpenter and Hill agreed to participate in the new project only if it was not a direct sequel to Halloween II, which meant no Michael Myers. Irwin Yablans and Moustapha Akkad, who had produced the first two films, filmed Halloween IIIon a budget of $2.5 million. Special effects artist Don Post of Post Studios desi...
Writing
Producers recruited Manx science fiction writer Nigel Kneale to write the original screenplay mostly because Carpenter admired his Quatermass series. Kneale said his script did not include "horror for horror's sake." He adds, "The main story had to do with deception, psychological shocks rather than physical ones." Kneale asserted that movie mogul Dino De Laurentiis, owner of the film's distribution rights, did not care for it and ordered more graphic violence and gore. While much of the plot...
Casting
The cast of Halloween III: Season of the Witchconsisted mostly of character actors whose previous acting credits included small roles or bit parts on various television series. The exceptions were Tom Atkins and veteran actor Dan O'Herlihy. Cast as alcoholic doctor Daniel "Dan" Challis, Tom Atkins had appeared in several Carpenter films prior to Halloween III. Atkins played Nick Castle in The Fog (1980) and Rehme in Escape from New York (1981). Atkins guest starred in television series such a...
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. Halloween III, like its predece...
In the bar scene, a trailer for the original Halloweenis shown right before the Silver Shamrock commercial.Various Silver Shamrock masks are shown in the 2018 Halloween film.On June 25, 2021, a trailer for Halloween Kills revealed that said film would feature another Halloween III easter egg: the audience are shown a trio of Michael Myers' latest victims carefully disp...In northern California, on the night of Saturday, October 23, we see a man running down a semi-rural road as the movie opens. Obviously being pursued, the man Harry Grimbridge (Al Berry) runs into a junkyard to try to hide or find help. Then we see his pursuers coming down the road in a car and entering the junkyard.
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