"There was supposed to be at least some doubt as to whether he was human or some super-human force of pure evil. By the time of Halloween IV, Myers only differed in superficial detail from immortal meatheaded fiends like Jason, Freddy Kruger, and company."
There was no doubt in the first Halloween that Myers was super-human. No one built like Nick Castle can lift a man up with one hand in the manner that he did it onscreen. Combine that with being shot six times in the chest at close range and falling to the ground from a second-floor balcony, and managing to quickly leave the scene, and you have a clear case of super-human.
"Halloween III had the guts to do something different"
Change "guts" to "stupidity" and you're right. It should have been blatantly obvious to them that titling a movie as a sequel, even though it wasn't a sequel in any way, was a bad idea.
"and the story wasn't half bad"
It wasn't half good either.
"even if absurd (any more preposterous than the invulnerable Michael Myers?"
Yes, a cheesy amalgamation of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror was more preposterous.
"And you have the ultra cool uber-man Tom Atkins as a bonus."
Tom Atkins was neither "ultra cool" nor an "uber-man". There's a reason he's considered a character actor rather than a leading man.
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Grimace788 (257)
5 years ago
"There was no doubt in the first Halloween that Myers was super-human. No one built like Nick Castle can lift a man up with one hand in the manner that he did it onscreen. Combine that with being shot six times in the chest at close range and falling to the ground from a second-floor balcony, and managing to quickly leave the scene, and you have a clear case of super-human."
Lifting the guy up with one hand was not realistic, but otherwise Michael was more or less human in the first movie. We didn't actually see Michael alive after he was shot and fell out the window. The body was gone which implied he was alive, but it was meant to be vague. He didn't really get the super powers until part 2.
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MaximRecoil (4058)
5 years ago
"Lifting the guy up with one hand was not realistic"
That's the definition of superhuman, i.e., someone doing something that can't be done in reality; "not realistic" means it can't be done in reality. Myer's feat of strength in that scene is just as impossible as someone flying like Superman.
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5 years ago
I don't care about slasher movies, which is why Halloween 3 is the ONLY one of those movies worth considering, in my humble opinion. Go and keep your moronic Michael, Jason and Freddie, I'll stick with Conal Cochran, a COOL creepy villain!
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Starduster (268)
5 years ago
I agree; the slasher movies with characters that cant be killed and dont die, began to wear thin long ago. Just going on killing sprees over and over doesnt make for creative sequels.
The problem with Halloween 3 is that people who wanted and expected more of Michael Myers mayhem, didnt get what they wanted.
The movie really needed to divorce itself from the Halloween/Myers franchise and let it be know up front that it was something completely different. TO ME, the idea of taking over nad putting the nations kids in peril in such an innocent fashion was a far more brilliant and compelling idea. In todays world of technology this idea would be even MORE scary. Like the new Childs Play, the technology could really take over kids and cause untold problems.
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