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When did you first see HIII and what were your thoughts?

posted 7 years ago by Glenn Head's Lover (175)
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I just asked tommy this the other day and thought about how (wildly) off topic we have been lately, which I blame IMDB and the moderators here for, and thought I'd get us back to some hot Halloween III loving.

So, when did you first see this Oscar winner and what did you think of it?

I first saw it around early September 1998. I had just started my first year of high school after an awesome summer of watching the original Halloween practically on a loop. I had seen it before but I was young so this was my first conscious taste.

I got the widescreen clamshell case VHS while visiting my grandma in Michigan. This was in June so the Halloween H20 hype machine was in full swing and since I loved Scream I had to check out the movie that inspired it.

So I watched it when I got home and loved every second. I even bought the two tape box set with plastic key chain and tiny scrapbook just two months later.

Also that summer, a new video store opened up, and effectively shut down our mom and pop one just down the street. BOO! But surprisingly had a good selection. YAY!

This new store was on the other side of the lake in our neighborhood but luckily my friend just got a row boat with a motor so every other day we were cruising over there and getting a ton of movies.

Anyway, not sure why it's taking me this long to give a simple opinion. Just memories I guess. But I didn't bother continuing with the Halloween series until after school started again.

I got both 2 and 3 due to a rent one get one free deal if I'm not mistaken and absolutely loved part 2. I thought it was an awesome continuation and solid sequel, and effectively ended the night with Michael's demise.

Next up was part three. I want to say I knew Myers wasn't in it so going in I already had reservations and was prepared to hate it.

And sure enough, I did.

I thought it was cheap, hokey and utterly pointless. Now I love it. How about you? Sorry, post ran out of room. 🎃

[–] Martoto (4085) 7 years ago

I can't remember which year it was but I remember when it came out on VHS and a friend of mine got hold of it. There were rumours going round school that watching it was cursed would set your house of fire or something like what's in the movie if you watched it. And that it was banned. I think it was my friend's big brother that started the rumours.

Anyway. My friend put the tape on and we sat there waiting for something to happen. I can't remember enjoying what we saw of the movie, but I think we only got to see about 15 minutes before my friend's mother came home from the shops and we turned the tape off and scattered. Convinced we were doing something totally dangerous. We can't ahve been older than ten or eleven.

It was a bout three more years until I saw it properly on TV. Enjoyed it then half forgot it. Rediscovered it as an adult and now love it.

I hadn't seen any other Halloween movies at that time, so I never cared that it wasn't a Michael Myers movie. And still don't.

People that judge a film on what it isn't, and never claimed to be, need to get a grip of themselves.

[–] tomservo (204) 7 years ago

But yes. As I said before it was 1987, I was 14 years old. Having just moved to a new country, Canada. I can't recall if it was September or October but it was around Halloween 1987. It came on cable tv (and cable tv in Canada at the time sucked, you only had like 87 channels. Compared to the USA's 300+). I cannot reason why I never saw H3 before this time. Like a lot of people, I rented VHS movies a lot. I sort of new that Michael Myers was not going to be in it, because in 1982 my oldest brother went to see it at the theater. I remember him coming home, disappointed, and muttered something about there was no Michael Myers in it. I kept HOPE ALIVE! Believing by some miracle Michael Myers would be in it. And... he wasn't. Expect for the Challis hostage scene where we briefly see Michael Myers on a tv commercial.

Never the less, I was a fan instantly of the film. It had a airy-creepy-Halloween vibe about the whole thing. Near the end of the film as Dan is prancing around the factory, it felt like being in a haunted house.

I don't know, the film was sucky but mystical at the same time. That is the only way I can sum up what I felt at the time. Other than the what I felt about Ellie Grimbridge. And Linda's rack.