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I just don't get it

posted 2 years ago by [deleted]
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I mean, Halloween the movie franchise has had lots of movies starring the EXECRABLE Michael Myers, and only, ONLY the original was considered ANY good at all!

Then along comes this one-off movie which is NOT about Michael Myers, and for some reason, even though people HATE the Michael Myers sequels, they choose to hate this movie more. Why is that?

To me, Halloween 3: Season of the Witch and the first Halloween movie are the ONLY Halloween movie worth considering, even though I consider Michael Myers to be overrated and another BORING movie boogeyman.

[–] Galilguy (2476) 2 years ago

This one is my favorite out of the series. Even more than the first..

[–] pjl69 (2647) 2 years ago

They chose to hate this one, because they were cheated into thinking it was a sequel to the Myers story line. Probably a lot of pissed off fans in the audience. Halloween III isn't that great of a movie, but a lot of bad will could have been avoided if they just dropped III from the title, and called it just Halloween: Season of the Witch.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

Yes, I've heard about dropping the III. But I've read many responses saying that this movie should not have the "brand name" "Halloween" in it at all, just call it "Season of the Witch".

If this movie had been second after the original Halloween, then the original fans probably wouldn't have minded so much. But as it is, they got it into their heads (and why shouldn't they?) that Halloween was going to be solely about Michael Myers from then on, like Friday the 13th was about Jason Voorhees, so when this movie came out, they were like "WTF!?! WHERE'S MICHAEL??" and no wonder the reaction to this was terrible.

[–] pjl69 (2647) 2 years ago

I think the movie deserved Halloween-prefix because it was intended be a beginning of series of Halloween-themed movies.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

That's correct: every Halloween movie was meant to be with all different characters and settings but with Halloween as the general theme, but no, the makers of Halloween 2 had to continue with Michael Myers, throwing the whole concept into doubt. Maybe they didn't have enough ideas for Halloween, or they wanted to be a multi-movie franchise like Friday the 13th. I should point out that I'm not sure if Friday the 13th came out at the same time, before or later. I should research that.

[–] bozo_500 (13118) a year ago

Season of the Witch: A Halloween Tale

[–] legnadibrom (6233) 2 years ago

the first sequel, while not as excellent as the original, keeps the same atmosphere and pacing for the most part

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

I prefer the Halloween 3 atmosphere, to be honest. Slasher movies are boring, Michael Myers is boring.