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(SPOILERS) Although Halloween III: Season of the Witch has officially entered "cult" status, it definitely didn't start out that way. The filmmakers were hoping to turn Halloween into an anthology series, each subsequent film based on its own characters and stories and centered around Halloween night. But poor box office receipts and a lot of negative reviews killed that idea and Michael Myers was brought back six years later.
All of that aside, Halloween III is definitely a weird ass movie. An Irish witchcraft theme with a science fiction bent, it might be best described as an entire nation being terrorized by one annoying tv commercial: the Silver Shamrock Novelty company and their Halloween masks. If you didn't know already, this old guy wants to kill as many little kids as he can by using these masks with medallions embedded with microchips (and tiny chunks of the actual Stonehenge) that cause crickets and snakes to crawl out of your head. Why? Because why not?
Well local businessman Harry Grimbridge is on to the shady Silver Shamrock Novelty company and he ends up dead. The alcoholic Dr. Dan Challis, who was at the hospital during the murder, teams up with Grimbridge's daughter, Ellie, to get to the bottom of the murder. (Also looking to get in her pants). They eventually uncover a massive plot to kill all of America's children using a tv commercial and the microchip masks. After being captured, Dr. Challis must make his escape, battle sharp dressed robots and the evil Conal Cochran (the all time genius of the practical joke!) in time to stop the nationwide tv commercial from filling every child's head with crickets and snakes. But can he pull it off? 7 crickets and snakes out of 10.
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