Why Halloween III: Season of the Witch Is One of the Best Halloween Movies
The 1982 sequel without Michael Myers was hated on release, but it has since built a cult following
One of the best Halloween movies doesn't have Michael Myers in it at all: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), starring Tom Atkins. I know many people don't like this movie, but in my opinion it's one of the best entries in the franchise, as long as you don't go in expecting Michael Myers.
Why audiences hated Halloween III without Michael Myers
When the movie first came out, people went to the theater excited to see Michael Myers on screen again. When they left and there had been no Michael Myers, they hated everything about it. Over the decades, though, the movie has built a cult following.
The Halloween series was meant to work like Black Mirror
The problem was the name. They called it Halloween 3 because they didn't expect to bring Michael Myers back for every single movie. The idea was almost a series like Black Mirror, with different stories that would all carry the Halloween name and explore all sorts of different things in the Halloween universe.
Fans hated that idea. That's why the franchise went back to Michael Myers with Halloween 4, and then made a bunch of other random Halloween movies that weren't that great.
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Adapted with AI from Movie Facts Pro's video of 30 September 2026 and checked against the video before publication. Editorial standards · Corrections
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