Rotten
This is one of those Identikit movies, assembled out of familiar parts from other, better movies.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
The night no one comes home.
1982 · 1h 39m · R
Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
Directed by
Tommy Lee Wallace
Overview
After a terrified toy salesman is mysteriously attacked and brought to the hospital, clutching the year's most popular Halloween mask, Dr. Daniel Challis sets out to investigate the strange events and finds himself thrust into a nightmarish conspiracy.
Director and cast
- Tommy Lee Wallace Director
- Tom Atkins as Dr. Daniel 'Dan' Challis
- Stacey Nelkin as Ellie Grimbridge
- Dan O'Herlihy as Conal Cochran
- Michael Currie as Rafferty
- Ralph Strait as Buddy Kupfer
- Jadeen Barbor as Betty Kupfer
- Brad Schacter as 'Little' Buddy Kupfer Jr. (as Bradley Schachter)
- Garn Stephens as Marge Guttman
- Nancy Kyes as Linda Challis
- Jonathan Terry Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
48%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Mr. Wallace clearly has a fondness for the cliches he is parodying and he does it with style.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh
The end result is a bit of a mess but hugely enjoyable, and often (thanks to Dean Cundey's camerawork and John Carpenter's close supervision as producer) as striking visually as its predecessors.
Time Out
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