tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post6164287581645591690..comments2024-03-25T21:59:05.113-07:00Comments on 13: The HALLOWEEN MoviesEegah!! and Tabonga!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05260131201716267229noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-5848417834535678222019-03-25T12:00:38.096-07:002019-03-25T12:00:38.096-07:00Halloween 3 is the 'On Her Majesty's Secre...Halloween 3 is the 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' of the slasher realm....virtually nobody liked it....UNTIL a few decades later, when they discovered that the easiest way to look hip is to claim that you knew better than all those rubes out in the Heartland who despised it. Sure, it's not as terrible as its' original reputation made it out to be....but by the same token, it's nowhere near the cinematic marvel that its' contemporary champions make it out to be, either. The scene with the 'demonstration' and the soliloquy by Cochran....those are truly great moments. The final scene is effective, as well. Aside from that, they never come close to fulfilling the potential that was there. But it was not just a failure...it was a HIGH PROFILE failure, which means that many people rejected it. Nothing warms the heart of a pretentious fool quite like defending something the masses have dismissed. By way of contrast, a good movie can, through no fault of its' own, be a box office failure. Maybe people just didn't know about it. But with something like Halloween 3, it was high profile....everybody knew about it...and almost everybody disliked it. Thus making it absolutely irresistible for the pretentious types-and today, that includes almost everybody-to swoop in and declare it a masterpiece.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-70465770969594184572016-10-06T09:26:56.738-07:002016-10-06T09:26:56.738-07:00I saw Halloween III the night it opened and wasn&#...I saw Halloween III the night it opened and wasn't crazy about it, but since then have really come to enjoy it. Like a lot of 80s Italian shockers, it doesn't make a lick of sense if you think about it too much, but it's a lot of fun and delivers the scares.<br /><br />I saw it on a double feature w/ The Fog and Tom Atkins in attendance. After H3, he came up to the stage laughing saying that he hadnt seen it in a long time and forgot how crazy it was. MDG14450https://www.blogger.com/profile/01123092027299291617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-68817808467183674032016-10-03T15:18:40.258-07:002016-10-03T15:18:40.258-07:00Agree with you about Halloween 3. Shamefully unde...Agree with you about Halloween 3. Shamefully underrated. It was a crazy movie along with an inventive plot. I had the pleasure of seeing it in the cinema when it was first released. A movie like that looks better on a big screen.Roninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923871796959105922noreply@blogger.com