The night NO ONE comes home.
For many years, Halloween 3: Season of the Witch was the bastard child of the Halloween franchise. The 1982 film took a huge risk by attempting to re-brand the series as an anthology of unrelated tales, but when fans just weren’t into the idea, Michael Myers was brought back into the fold. These days, however, Halloween 3 is a HUGE fan-favorite.
It may have taken a couple decades, but the oddball third installment has finally been embraced for what it is rather than disregarded for what it’s not, and many fans have come to realize that the Halloween film without Michael Myers in it is actually a whole lot better than some of the films he was in. The bold move has paid off all these years later, and it’s kind of wonderful.
Halloween 3 was released on October 22nd, 1982, and audiences got their first taste of the film earlier that year thanks to a teaser trailer that was nothing short of a total mystery. In the 40-second tease, a spider emerges from the mouth of a witch mask and then a set of eyes appear within the mask… and that’s really it. Can you imagine how confused people must have been, seeing this back in ’82? ‘Where’s Michael Myers?!’ they must’ve thought. ‘What the hell is this?!’
They just don’t make teasers like this anymore. Check it out below!
