Halloween is a property of many timelines, and perhaps the loneliest of them all is the one occupied by Halloween III: Season of the Witch. As the only Michael Myers-free installment of the whole horror franchise, the standalone 1982 film was an attempt to rebrand the slasher saga as an anthology series, and fans and critics alike didn’t much care for the change of pace.
After the hostile response received by this departure, the franchise ultimately resumed its regularly scheduled programming with 1988’s tellingly titled Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. In the year’s since, however, the defenders of this red-headed stepchild have only grown in numbers, and among them is apparently writer-director Brandon Tobatto, who pays tribute to this divisive cult flick with his own short sequel, named Return of the Witch.
The 27-minute film is now up on YouTube and available for your enjoyment:
Tobatto has previously offered the following synopsis,...
After the hostile response received by this departure, the franchise ultimately resumed its regularly scheduled programming with 1988’s tellingly titled Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. In the year’s since, however, the defenders of this red-headed stepchild have only grown in numbers, and among them is apparently writer-director Brandon Tobatto, who pays tribute to this divisive cult flick with his own short sequel, named Return of the Witch.
The 27-minute film is now up on YouTube and available for your enjoyment:
Tobatto has previously offered the following synopsis,...
- 10/30/2018
- by David Pountain
- We Got This Covered
Halloween III: Season of the Witch remains an oddity in a series with more than its share of unusual chapters. As the only Michael Myers-free installment of the whole horror franchise, the standalone 1982 film was an attempt to rebrand the slasher saga as an anthology series, though things didn’t go quite as planned.
Unhappy with the change in approach, the feature was widely rejected by fans at the time, prompting the franchise to resume its regularly scheduled programming with 1988’s tellingly titled Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. In the year’s since, however, the defenders of this red-headed stepchild have only grown in numbers, to the point that many would hold Season of the Witch up as the finest of the sequels.
It’s a sign of this ongoing reappraisal that the cult flick is even getting its own fan-made follow-up, named Return of the Witch in...
Unhappy with the change in approach, the feature was widely rejected by fans at the time, prompting the franchise to resume its regularly scheduled programming with 1988’s tellingly titled Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. In the year’s since, however, the defenders of this red-headed stepchild have only grown in numbers, to the point that many would hold Season of the Witch up as the finest of the sequels.
It’s a sign of this ongoing reappraisal that the cult flick is even getting its own fan-made follow-up, named Return of the Witch in...
- 10/17/2018
- by David Pountain
- We Got This Covered
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