steak

Of course pure crap, but I had one question.

Groucho

How about somewhere in between?

And the answer to your question is NO. She was killed and replaced with a robot double.

Jules Winfield

I say it's crap but not pure. It has that catchy Halloween commercial song.

Rogue588

Yeah, I agree with Groucho. But say it was neither. It was what it was.

Though, she might not have been killed...we never saw it happen...she could still be alive...

right..? right..?

Numanoid

It's not pure, and it's not genius, but it's my favorite of the Halloween films. Had it been released without the trappings of the Halloween name/legacy, I believe far more people would consider it to be a great '80s cult film.

zak52

IMO it's very underrated. I wouldn't call it genious though. I do own it on DVD and I'm sure I'll be watching it soon with Halloween coming up.

Geofferson

Very good point. It got blasted because it deviated from the Halloween structure. While not a bad thing, it was not what fans wanted. FWIW, I think it's actually a decent film. Not pure genius, but not pure crap either.

costanza187

This movie is so AWFUL, it's actually cool. I remember waaaaay back a long time ago. We only had Encore as a movie channel, and they showed this movie all the time. I've seen it so many times. I am totally buying that dvd when it comes out next week. Some movies are so terrible that you have to love them.


Oh yea... the song!!! that song stays in your head forever

F For Fake

I'll have to go with somewhere in between, for a number of reasons. Prepare for a digression...

When I was about 10 years old, my best friend rented this and we watched it. It scared me to DEATH. During the "mask scene" at the end, I was so disturbed that I had to leave the room and sit on the front porch to calm myself down.

Of course, I was a kid, and a colossal chicken, but at that point in time, "Halloween III" became synonymous with "pure terror!" in my mind. It turned me off of horror movies for a while.

Later I inexplicably became a horror-loving teen, and "Halloween" became one of my all time favorite flicks. At that point, "Halloween III" became a subject of derision. I mocked it because it didn't fit in with the series, because I thought it was stupid, etc

Then even later, as an adult, I watched it again, and found that it was a solid little horror movie with a few good grossouts and a couple of scares. It's not Carpenter or Michael Myers, but it gets the job done.

So, in my lifetime I've progressed from "Terrifying" (if not "genius) to "Pure Crap!" to "Pretty ok."

covenant

I always loved it and found it a refreshing departure from the Michael Myers storyline. In fact I'd hoped that each movie in the Halloween series would have a different storyline. Instead they went back to the Friday the 13th mindset.

renaldow

8 more days til Halloween, Halloween, Halloween. 8 more days til Halloween, Silver Shamrock!

Damn that song gets stuck in your head like a canadian quarter.

danol

No she was human until she was 'drained' of her personna and changed into a killer or a probe, like Ilea in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Persis Khambatta) 1979



P.S. After making "Nighthawks"(1981) with Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner), Sylvester Stallone(Rocky) and Billy Dee Williams(Star Wars) she died. In "Halloween 3: Season of the Witch", I liked Tom Akins (The Fog) acting. He also acted in "Lethal Weapon" (banker and part of Heroine smuggeling mercs). His daughter jumped from the 14th floor on draino and cocaine onto a car, ala "Looker" 1981 with Albert Finney(Wolfen-1981) and Susan Dey(Partridge Family).

chanster

I like many others saw this on TV and it scared the Beejesus out of me. The part where the masks suck people faces in was pretty scary. I liked it.

Chad

Exactly. Very underrated.

I've actually come to enjoy it more over the years after repeat viewings. When I saw it for the first time years ago, I couldn't for the life of me get that damn song out of my head for months!

Rogue588

Quote:

Originally posted by danol
No she was human until she was 'drained' of her personna and changed into a killer or a probe, like Ilea in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Persis Khambatta) 1979



P.S. After making "Nighthawks"(1981) with Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner), Sylvester Stallone(Rocky) and Billy Dee Williams(Star Wars) she died. In "Halloween 3: Season of the Witch", I liked Tom Akins (The Fog) acting. He also acted in "Lethal Weapon" (banker and part of Heroine smuggeling mercs). His daughter jumped from the 14th floor on draino and cocaine onto a car, ala "Looker" 1981 with Albert Finney(Wolfen-1981) and Susan Dey(Partridge Family).

Who died? Persis Khambatta?

costanza187

who died??

Terrell

You have got to be kidding! In a series where you have the pure genius that is the original, and it's very good sequel, the awful Season of the Witch is your favorite?

Mountain Biker

Underrated classic in my book.

I'll definitely be watching it this Halloween!

Numanoid

Uh, yeah, that's what I said.

The original is great, but I've never really been into the slasher film genre, per se. I'm more of a sci-fi-thriller-horror, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, kind of guy...so HIII suits me just fine.

shill66

I loooooove Halloween III. Any movie that has such a subversive, non-Hollywood ending is A-OK in my book. And this one can boast Nigel Kneale too.

caligulathegod

They should have kept in line with H3 and had different stories every film instead of dragging out Michael Myers each time.

matome

Since there was no in between choice, I put crap, but I'd still watch it if it pops up. I just don't consider it a true Halloween movie.

Terrell

Just asking! Makes sense. Although I wouldn't call the original Halloween a slasher, even though it's routinely placed in the genre. Some of the sequels certainly are. Friday the 13th films are definitely slashers.

SunMonkey

I liked it as a stand-alone movie apart from the series, as many have noted. Not classic, but certainly not crap for its time.

bboisvert

Or, more accurately, after making Nighthawks she lived for 18 more years and made 6 other movies.. Then, she died.