Halloween 3: Season of the Witch (VHS)

i bought this movie because i love it! my vhs copy has seen better day's. i've watched it so much,that i needed to buy a new one! even though michael myers is not in this movie,it is one hell of a great movie!!! i love tom atkins!! he is an amazing actor!! anybody who has not seen this movie,you have to watch it!! i give it a 10+!! 4 stars!!!

Despite receiving a universal slating from critics around the globe, this third installment of the 'Halloween' franchise is actually an adept and interesting movie. With 'Halloween III: Season of the Witch', Tommy Lee-Wallace ['Fright Night II'] has offered horror fans a fresh approach, taking the masked menace out of the frame and concentrating solely upon the origins of Halloween itself, most notably the Pagan festival of Samhain.

Conal Cochran [Dan O'Herlihy], a deranged toymaker, has created a franchise of Halloween masks within the guarded walls of his factory in Santa Mira, a small town somewhere in the state of California. Along with the help of certain Irish immigrants, his own androids that resemble human beings, and an early form of CCTV Cochran busies himself with the creation of Silver Shamrock masks - skull, witch and jack-o'-lantern - ready for the 'great giveaway' on October 31. His demented plan is to sacrifice the children of America in a similar way the druids supposedly sacrificed humans and animals hundreds of years before at ritualistic sites such as Stonehenge [indeed, he has placed pieces of the aforementioned monument into chips hidden within the masks].

Dan Challis [Tom Atkins, 'The Fog', 'Creepshow'] is suspicious of the masks and tracks Cochran down, inflitrating the toy factory in an attempt to stop the evil warlock before the advert goes out and the children of America are turned into nothing short of pumpkin squash.

Tommy Lee-Wallace has certainly done his homework with Halloween III which, incidentally, is his first feature film. He carefully explores the origins of Halloween, accurately conveying the association between domestic evil and the Celtic festival of Samhain - a festival linked heavily to sacrifice and witchcraft. He was wise to leave Michael Myers out of the picture and I do not think the film suffered at all despite the absence of the suburban psychopath. In fact, no film has since come close to the true theme of Halloween.

John Carpenter, of course, provides the score as he did with 'Halloween' and 'Halloween II', which is a nice touch, and he also produces the film with Debra Hill ... so the old team are still there in the background. 'Halloween III' is definately the most accomplished of the franchise after the first film; there are few tricks attached to this film and plenty of treats for the average horror fan.

Matthew J Lee-Williams, Salisbury, United Kingdom, Review.

i have had this movie before and i liked it but lost it in katrina as i did all of my videos. exciting movie good seller, perfect shipping and will buy more in the future.