Here we go again. I know, I know, Micheal Myers isn't in this one and it's all kinds of cheesy. I'm supposed to hate it, right? Well, apparently this is yet another of those movies that I'm not supposed to like that I actually do like. Apparently, Carpenter had this idea that they could churn out a new Halloween every year, but he wanted each to be an individual horror yarn taking place on the ghoulish holiday. I think that's a great idea, but neither Michael Myers nor his legions of rabid fans were interested. So, we got lots of Halloween movies revolving around the psycho killer in the bleached William Shatner mask and this one oddity that strays from that formula. And what an oddity it is! The plot features such bizarre elements as robots, mad scientists, Stonehenge, and killer Halloween masks. It's a bit of a departure from standard slasher fare, right? Halloween III stars underrated genre vet Tom Atkins, who does a fine job in the lead role, though the the pointless love story inserted into the mix doesn't do him any favors. Not only is he far older than his female co-star, but they lack chemistry and we're supposed to buy into their efforts to find time to scrog when they're supposed to be saving all the little children. Of course, there are other elements of the movie that make less sense, so I digress. There's also the Silver Shamrock commercial that appears repeatedly throughout Halloween III and is guaranteed to drive the audience mad. Yes, it's a bad movie, but it's fun to watch and it has moments. Hell, given all the crazy shit being thrown at the screen in this 1982 romp, some of it was bound to entertain.
Finale Grade: C
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