3/5
Written by Luke Barnes
Summary
Taking a drastic departure from Michael Myers, this film explores the efforts of one man, played by Dan O’ Herlihy, to murder children through an elaborate scheme involving flashing adverts and children’s Halloween masks.
Many people dislike this film as it tried to change what the franchise was perceived to be about, however, I think the film is stronger for doing this and in many ways ahead of its time. Furthermore, I think this film has more than enough personality and interesting ideas to be worth merit entirely on in its own right.
That is not to say this is a perfect film. The plot is widely nonsensical, cheesy and silly and whilst this can allow for some enjoyment it also reduces the fear of the film making it less effective as a horror film. I didn’t find myself being scared like I did with the original Halloween whilst watching it.
I thought the acting across the board was fairly strong, with no one letting the side down.
A final thought is that I would like to see the Halloween franchise go back to the idea of anthology as there is a lot that could be done there, I don’t mean have a film filled with little shorts but rather have each subsequent film in the series feature knew characters and ideas but share the same world as those before it. Basically to expand the universe out.
Overall, an interesting film though one that is not in any way scary.
Pros.
The ending
The ideas of Celtic magic
Doing something new
Cons.
It is not scary
There are pacing issues throughout
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Another Millennial Reviewer 
The horror of Halloween 3: Season of The Witch does not reside in jumps or gore. Even though there is one or two good scenes that are pretty graphic.
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