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Halloween III: Season of the Witch

  • 1982
  • R
  • 1h 38m
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5.1/10
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
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Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.

  • Director
    • Tommy Lee Wallace
  • Writers
    • Tommy Lee Wallace
    • John Carpenter
    • Nigel Kneale
  • Stars
    • Tom Atkins
    • Stacey Nelkin
    • Dan O'Herlihy
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.1/10
    57K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Tommy Lee Wallace
    • Writers
      • Tommy Lee Wallace
      • John Carpenter
      • Nigel Kneale
    • Stars
      • Tom Atkins
      • Stacey Nelkin
      • Dan O'Herlihy
    • 814User reviews
    • 231Critic reviews
    • 50Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Top cast

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    Tom Atkins
    Tom Atkins
    • Daniel Challis
    Stacey Nelkin
    Stacey Nelkin
    • Ellie Grimbridge
    Dan O'Herlihy
    Dan O'Herlihy
    • Conal Cochran
    Michael Currie
    Michael Currie
    • Rafferty
    Ralph Strait
    • Buddy Kupfer
    Jadeen Barbor
    • Betty Kupfer
    Brad Schacter
    Brad Schacter
    • Little Buddy
    • (as Bradley Schachter)
    Garn Stephens
    Garn Stephens
    • Marge
    Nancy Kyes
    Nancy Kyes
    • Linda Challis
    Jonathan Terry
    Jonathan Terry
    • Starker
    • (as Jon Terry)
    Al Berry
    Al Berry
    • Harry Grimbridge
    Wendy Wessberg
    • Teddy
    Essex Smith
    • Walter Jones
    Maidie Norman
    Maidie Norman
    • Nurse Agnes
    John MacBride
    • Sheriff
    Loyd Catlett
    Loyd Catlett
    • Charlie
    Paddi Edwards
    Paddi Edwards
    • Secretary
    Norman Merrill
    • Red
    • Director
      • Tommy Lee Wallace
    • Writers
      • Tommy Lee Wallace
      • John Carpenter(uncredited)
      • Nigel Kneale(uncredited)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The movie's novelization was published in 1982 by science-fiction writer Dennis Etchison under the pseudonym Jack Martin. Despite the movie's critical failure, the book became a best-seller and was even reissued two years after the movie's release, in 1984.
    • Goofs
      The technicians at the Shamrock factory are still making the deadly computer chips and masks and working on the Blue stone an hour before the Big Giveaway at 9. These chips and the thousands of others in boxes around the factory will never be used as Cohran's goal will have been achieved after 9 pm.
    • Quotes

      Conal Cochran: Enjoy the horror-thon, Doctor, and don't forget to watch the big giveaway afterwards.

      Daniel Challis: Why, Cochran, why?

      Conal Cochran: Do I need a reason? Mr. Kupfer was right, you know. I do love a good joke, and this is the best ever: a joke on the children. But there's a better reason. You don't really know much about Halloween. You thought no further than the strange custom of having your children wear masks and go out begging for candy.

      [pauses]

      Conal Cochran: It was the start of the year in our old Celtic lands, and we'd be waiting in our houses of wattles and clay. The barriers would be down, you see, between the real and the unreal, and the dead might be looking in to sit by our fires of turf.

      [pauses]

      Conal Cochran: Halloween... the festival of Samhain! The last great one took place three thousand years ago, when the hills ran red with the blood of animals and children.

      Daniel Challis: Sacrifices.

      Conal Cochran: It was part of our world... our craft.

      Daniel Challis: Witchcraft.

      Conal Cochran: To us, it was a way of controlling our environment. It's not so different now... it's time again. In the end, we don't decide these things, you know; the planets do. They're in alignment, and it's time again. The world's going to change tonight, Doctor, I'm glad you'll be able to watch it. And... Happy Halloween.

    • Alternate versions
      The UK MIA DVD is completely uncut. The UK version was uncut during its theatrical exhibition. The video release in 1986 was cut by 2 minutes 6 secs before the video was submitted for a certificate and has all the violent scenes cut out. For instance: When Harry Grimbridge is killed, the gruesome killing of him is cut out. We see the fingers poised and the feet and Halloween mask moving, and then immediately it shows the assassin wiping his blood covered gloves on the curtain. When Starker gets decapitated, this scene including the fountain of blood is cut out. When Marge Guttman's face explodes, the gruesome insect scene is cut and it just shows her quivering hands move slowly down her face then it fades out. The drill murder of lab assistant Teddy ends as the drill starts turning and no footage is shown of her kicking legs. The 2000 MIA DVD featured the full uncut version though the 2002 widescreen release from Sanctuary featured a re-edited print which was missing footage of the two face mutilations.
    • Connections
      Featured in Coming Soon (1982)
    • Soundtracks
      Do the Boogaloo
      Written by Gerhard Narholz and Jean-Claude Madonne (as Jean Claude Madone)

      Performed by Quango and Sparky

      c/o Sonoton Music Inc

    User reviews814

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    Featured review
    6/10
    Slasher franchise gets inventive kick up behind
    From what I can gather this is a pretty much detested film, however if we look at the continuing dross in this franchise we can begin to put this movie in perspective.

    This film is not in the same league as Halloween, how could Tommy Lee Wallace be as good as old John Carpenter. However the film is inventive, interesting and even creepy in limited part. The film may be messy overall but It Is very ambitious.

    It's not all that bad and cetainly not as bad as Halloween 3, 4, 5.......etc
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    • Oct 12, 1998

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    FAQ6

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 22, 1982 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • HalloweenMovies.com
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Season of the Witch
    • Filming locations
      • Loleta Grocery - 352 Main Street, Loleta, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Dino De Laurentiis Company
      • Universal Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $2,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $14,400,000
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,333,259
      • Oct 24, 1982
    • Gross worldwide
      • $14,400,000
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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