Halloween 3 (1982)
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| Directed by: |
Tommy
Lee Wallace
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| Starring: |
Tom
Atkins/Daniel |
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Stacy
Nelkin/Ellie |
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Dan
O’Herlihy/Conal Cochrane |
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| RATING
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PLOT-CRUNCH:
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Michael Myers was in the Bahamas getting a tan so Halloween 3 is about an
Irish Halloween mask company called : Silver Shamrocks run by a nutso
Irish dude named Conal Cochrane (O’Herlihy). His masks are the hottest
thing, the commercial plays all the time and kids love em. What the brats don't
know is that on Halloween the commercial will trigger the masks to do
something real gross to them. Nosy doctor Daniel (Atkins) and dumb bimbo
Ellie (Nelkin) are on the case, trying to figure out what’s going on and
how to stop the evil mask maker.
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THE
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What starts off on a promising foot, degenerates very fast into one of the
most boring, tedious movies I have ever seen. The first five minutes pulls
you in, with a man being chased by human looking androids. It’s scary
and violent. But the setup is the only good thing about this film. The
"Shamrock" commercial had me singing along to it at first but
after hearing it a zillion times, the mute button on my remote never
looked better…ANNOYING!!! Not much really happens here, the characters
are boring, Cochran’s motives have to do with druids or some crud like
that, the story lags and never really pays off. Let me put on my mask and
sing my own song…
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| ACTING: |
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Tom Atkins (Daniel) sleepwalks all the way to the bank in this one. Stacy
Nelkin (Ellie) is not playing a dummy but boy does she come across as one.
Dan O’Herlihy (Cochran) is the only one who seems to be having fun in
this drivel.
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| GORE: |
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Some skull crushing, beheadings and neato mask effects.
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If there is, I didn’t notice…signs of a very bad movie.
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| DIRECTING: |
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Wallace is no hack and the movie looks good but good looking shite is
still shite.
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| SOUNDTRACK: |
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Great, Carpenter did it and it’s in the same vibe as the other Halloween
flicks.
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| BOTTOM LINE: |
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The only good things about this movie are: Nice looking
masks, good effects, some violence a great score and a clip from a
"Michael Myers" Halloween on a TV set...that's it. It’s too
bad the script sucked cause the idea was pretty good. Skip the movie and
buy the soundtrack
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| BULL'S EYE: |
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This film cost 2.5 million dollars. The reason it was made, was because
Debra Hill and John Carpenter didn’t want another Shape entry, they
wanted to take the Halloween series in the "Twilight Zone"
direction, different story every film…they failed.
The voice in the commercial is the
director’s Tommy Lee Wallace.
SPOILER:
I would have liked the movie if everyone died in the end by
"mask" infection.
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