The Endless Samhain

Halloween III is a relatively controversial entry in the franchise for two reasons. First because it ditched the Michael Myers plot line completely, as part of a wider concept that failed then but which would certainly have flown high today on any streaming service: a feature-length anthology series. And second because it also ditched the original, and very likely more sophisticated, script by Nigel Kneale (of Quatermass fame) in favor of something schlockier, and what one reviewer described as being “anti-children, anti-capitalism, anti-television, and anti-Irish all at the same time.”