History Film / HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch

* BodyHorror: When [[spoiler:one of Cochran's little pranks misfires]] in Marge's face, it's partially peeled away, and [[{{Squick}} ''bugs'']] start coming out of her mouth. What's left stays alive a while longer -- unfortunately. Doubles as a sick ChekovsGun to what happens when the mask works ''as intended''...

* BodyHorror: When [[spoiler:one of Cochran's little pranks misfires]] in Marge's face, it's partially peeled away, and [[Squick ''bugs'']] start coming out of her mouth. What's left stays alive a while longer -- unfortunately.

* BodyHorror: When [[spoiler:one of Cochran's little pranks misfires]] in Marge's face, it's partially peeled away. What's left stays alive a while longer -- unfortunately.

** Cochran's mooks were basically {{Magitek}} clockwork robots and obedient factory workers, but unlike [[LandOfOz past]] [[CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory examples]], there wasn't anything the LEAST bit funny about them - they were designed as low-tech [[TheTerminator Terminators]].

** Cochran's mooks were basically {{Magitek}} clockwork robots, but unlike [[LandofOz past examples]], there wasn't anything the LEAST bit funny about them - they were designed as low-tech [[TheTerminator Terminators]].

* HumanSacrifice: Make that sacrifice'''s'''.

** Cochran's mooks were basically {{Magitek}} clockwork, but unlike [[WonderfulWorldOfOz past examples]], there wasn't anything the LEAST bit funny about them - they were designed as low-tech Terminators.

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie [[spoiler:Dan rescues Ellie, only to find out in the end that she's been replaced by a robot.]]

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie [[spoiler:Dan rescues Ellie, only to find out in the end that she's actually a cyborg.]]

->-- '''Conal Cochran'''

* DownerEnding[=/=]DiabolusExMachina[=/=]CruelTwistEnding: [[spoiler:Challis succeeds in getting the commercial pulled from two channels, but it plays on a third. Thus, [[TheBadGuyWins Cochran's plan ultimately,]] resulting in the probable deaths of millions of children. Worse, he was in the Pacific Time Zone (see FridgeLogic) so the commercial likely already had played in three other time zones while he was still battling Cochran in his factory.]]

* DownerEnding[=/=]DiabolusExMachina[=/=]CruelTwistEnding: [[spoiler:Challis succeeds in getting the commercial pulled from two channels, but it plays on a third, [[TheBadGuyWins thus allowing Cochran's plan to succeed,]] resulting in the probable deaths of millions of people. Worse, he was in the Pacific Time Zone (see FridgeLogic) so the commercial likely already had played in three other time zones while he was still battling Cochran in his factory.]]

The red-headed stepchild of the ''Film/{{Halloween}}'' franchise, ''Halloween III'' came about when producer JohnCarpenter, feeling that Michael Myers had died for good at the end of ''Halloween II'', decided to instead try to transform the series into a yearly {{anthology}} of films centered around various aspects of [[AllHallowsEve Halloween]]. ''Halloween III'' [[InNameOnly was an attempt to do just that]], but led to a massive backlash from a fanbase hungry for more of Michael.

->''You don't really know much about Halloween. You thought no further than the strange custom of having your children wear masks and go out begging for candy.''

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* InNameOnly: Originally not intended, but an UnpleasableFanbase forced it to be that way.

* ArtifactTitle: From the beginning, Carpenter had planned for all of the ''Halloween'' movies to be stand-alone stories taking place on Halloween. With that in mind, the title isn't really so baffling. Then Michael Myers wound up becoming so popular that the ''Halloween'' series basically became the ''Michael Myers'' series, and...

* DownerEnding[=/=]DiabolusExMachina[=/=]OuterLimitsTwist: [[spoiler:Challis succeeds in getting the commercial pulled from two channels, but it plays on a third, [[TheBadGuyWins thus allowing Cochran's plan to go off,]] resulting in the probable deaths of millions of people. Worse, he was in the Pacific Time Zone (see FridgeLogic) so the commercial likely already had played in three other time zones while he was still battling Cochran in his factory.]]

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The red-headed stepchild of the ''{{Halloween}}'' franchise, ''Halloween III'' came about when producer JohnCarpenter, feeling that Michael Myers had died for good at the end of ''Halloween II'', decided to instead try to transform the series into a yearly {{anthology}} of films centered around various aspects of [[AllHallowsEve Halloween]]. ''Halloween III'' [[InNameOnly was an attempt to do just that]], but led to a massive backlash from a fanbase hungry for more of Michael.

* BodyHorror: When one of Cochran's little pranks misfires in Marge's face, it's partially peeled away. What's left stays alive a while longer -- unfortunately.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Several. [[spoiler:Cochran's robots]] have several very nasty and creative ways of killing their targets, including [[ThisIsADrill power drills]], crushing their nasal passages to suffocate, and simply [[OffWithHisHead ripping people's heads off]]. Never mind what happens to a woman when [[spoiler:one of Cochran's magic mask seals misfires]] in her face. The ultimate has to be Buddy and his family, though, when [[spoiler:a test mask executes its program and slowly destroys his kid before his eyes.]]

* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:When one of Cochran's little pranks misfires in Marge's face, it's partially peeled away. What's left stays alive a while longer -- unfortunately.]]

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Several. [[spoiler:Cochran's robots have several very nasty and creative ways of killing their targets, including power drills, crushing their nasal passages to suffocate, and simply ripping people's heads off. Never mind what happens to a woman when one of Cochran's magic mask seals misfires in her face. The ultimate has to be Buddy and his family, though, when a test mask executes its program and slowly destroys his kid before his eyes.]]

* ForTheEvulz: "Mr. Kupfer was right, you know. I do love a good joke, and this is the best ever, [[spoiler:a joke on the ''children'']].

* InferredHolocaust: One of the more horrifying examples: [[spoiler:it's one specifically directed at children.]]

The [[DisContinuity red-headed stepchild]] of the ''{{Halloween}}'' franchise, ''Halloween III'' came about when producer JohnCarpenter, feeling that Michael Myers had died for good at the end of ''Halloween II'', decided to instead try to transform the series into a yearly {{anthology}} of films centered around various aspects of [[AllHallowsEve Halloween]]. ''Halloween III'' [[InNameOnly was an attempt to do just that]], but led to a massive backlash from a fanbase hungry for more of Michael.