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Tommy Lee WallaceOperatőr:
Dean CundeySzereplők:
Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy, Michael Currie, Ralph Strait, Jadeen Barbor, Brad Schacter, Garn Stephens, Joshua John Miller (több)Streaming (2)
Tartalmak(1)
Daniel Challis-t (Tom Atkins), egy kórház ügyeletes orvosát, sürgős esethez riasztják. Egy halálra rémült férfit szállítanak kórházba, aki azt ismételgeti, hogy "Mindenkit megölnek", és egy halloween-maszkot szorongat a kezében. Az éjszaka folyamán a beteget meggyilkolják, a gyilkos pedig az orvos szeme láttára felgyújtja magát a kocsijában. A későbbi vizsgálatok során azonban nem találnak emberi maradványokat az elszenesedett járműben. Daniel érdeklődését felkelti az eset, és elkíséri a meggyilkolt férfi lányát Santa Mirába, ahol a férfi halloween-maszkokat akart beszerezni a gyártótól. A furcsa történések arra utalnak, hogy valami nincs rendben a gyár körül, mígnem világossá válik, hogy a Silver Shamrock tulajdonosa ártatlan embereket készül meggyilkolni a maszkok segítségével. (Film+)
(több)Recenziók (5)
Audiovizuálisan egy rendes film, remek Carpenter-zenével, amely forgatókönyvileg is jól felépített az utolsó harmadig (a gyár körüli rejtélyek titkolása). De a téma kidolgozása abba a formába, amelyben végül feltárja a kártyákat, és az, ahogyan a főszereplő megoldja a helyzetet, az egészet betemeti. Végül az egészből csak egy nevetséges B-kategóriás film lesz. Stacey Nelkin úgy nézett ki, mint Michael Jackson.
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I didn’t mind at all that it wasn’t about Michael Myers, I liked the departure from the Halloween universe. The premise was in keeping with what was being made in the 1950s and 60s, i.e. appropriately wacky, but in a nice, interesting way. But the cinematic execution of it is absolutely, utterly awful. This is what happens when a film is made by someone with vision but no talent. Zero production value, lack of tension, scenes that unintentionally parody themselves, and the whole thing is clumsily edited on top of that. 97 minutes of suffering, but at least the final few seconds were nice.
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The editor of the first film wrote a script, which he then directed, to model a whole new mythology on a pedestal called Halloween, which somehow doesn't include Michael Myers. It's a bold move, especially considering the fact that atmospherically it works quite well (even though it's an unprecedented rip-off of Carpy’s methods). But the plot starts to fall flat after a few minutes, and as the runtime progresses, one of the strangest sequels in the film universe is born. Had this been written and directed by Carpenter, this would have been a 100% notch in his collection of cult B-movies.
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A notoriously tragic step in the wrong direction which could have resulted in ‘just’ a bearable silly B flick if only its creators didn’t try to patch it onto the Halloween series. Overall, Halloween III: Season of the Witch is decently structured and benefits from an outstanding musical track by John Carpenter as well as some memorable scenes (including that obnoxiously repetitive Silver Shamrock ad). But as the incongruous link in an otherwise cohesive series, the film inevitably makes every viewer disappointed and angry.
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"Halloween 3" is a disappointment if you expect it to be something like "Halloween" again. It simply isn't. It is much closer to the weirder films of the 80s, sometimes you are not even sure if it is meant to be taken seriously or not. Tommy Lee Wallace made something that doesn't fit into the series, but at the same time doesn't impress much as a standalone film either. Unexpected twists are more of a drawback, as they are rather hard to accept.
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