Halloween 3:
Season of the Witch (1982)
After Halloween II, a controversial decision was made concerning the future of the franchise.
Feeling the slasher genre had
burnt itself out, the producers
decided to adopt an anthology
format. The idea was that each
new installment would tell a completely different story set around
the Halloween season. Michael
Myers would no longer feature.
It was a brave move, but far from
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a wise one. The film was slaughtered by fans and critics alike. As
is so often the case though, Halloween 3 has been reassessed,
and is held in far higher regard
by genre fans today.
As a kid, this was actually the
first film in the series I had the
pleasure of seeing. I was too
young to have grown up with
the first two installments so I presumed every movie in the fran-
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