Halloween III [videorecording] : season of the witch / Universal ; Moustapha Akkad presents a John Carpenter/Debra Hill production ; produced by Debra Hill and John Carpenter ; written and directed by Tommy Lee Wallace.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 23606 | UniversalLanguage: English Subtitle language: French, Spanish Publication details: Universal City, CA : Universal, c2003.Description: 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0783292139
- 9780783292137
- Season of the witch
- Director of photography, Dean Cundey ; editor, Millie Moore ; music, John Carpenter, Alan Howarth ; production designer, Peter Jamison.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | HORROR Hallowee | Available | 33111006044073 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The only installment of the Halloween series to abandon the Michael Myers story line, Halloween III: Season of the Witch is an intricate sci-fi horror hybrid. A week before Halloween, an older man named Harry Grimbridge (Al Berry) is wounded by a mysteriously dispassionate group of assailants in an industrial parking lot. After receiving treatment at a local hospital from Dr. Dan Challis (Tom Atkins) -- a hard-drinking divorced father of two -- Grimbridge is killed by an assassin who later sets himself on fire. Blowing off his own kids, Challis teams up with Grimbridge's daughter, Ellie (Stacey Nelkin), to find out why the middle-aged toy salesman was murdered. The duo's search soon leads them to a Halloween-mask factory run by inventor and practical joker Conal Cochran (Dan O'Herlihy). In between bouts of passionate lovemaking, Ellie and Challis begin to realize that the sinister old businessman has something other than treats in mind for America's kids -- something to do with the Silver Shamrock masks that Challis' children and thousands of other youngsters have bought for the holiday. Original screenwriter Nigel Kneale, whose scripts for Britain's Quatermass TV series made him a beloved science fiction fixture, sued the producers of Halloween III to have his name removed from the credits after seeing the gory finished product; director Tommy Lee Wallace ultimately received screenplay credit. John Carpenter, director of the first Halloween film, co-produced the third installment with Debra Hill, who would later soldier on without Carpenter for additional, belated sequels. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi
Originally released as a motion picture in 1982.
Director of photography, Dean Cundey ; editor, Millie Moore ; music, John Carpenter, Alan Howarth ; production designer, Peter Jamison.
Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy.
Halloween III is an entirely original new movie based on the idea of Halloween and using the title but otherwise having nothing in common with the previous Halloween films. The story features witchcraft, robots, and a diabolical plot to scare 50 million children to death!
MPAA rating: R.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation, NTSC; Dolby Digital, Dolby 2.0 mono, single layer.
English dialogue, Spanish or French subtitles; closed-captioned.