Halloween III: Season of the Witch - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Halloween III: Season of the Witch or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Halloween III: Season of the Witch

[kenzi]

The book that Marge Guttman is reading before her death in the motel room is "The Eagle's Gift" by Carlos Castaneda.

[ivan]

(at around 7 mins) At the beginning of the film the Silver Shamrock masks are introduced as the "Big Halloween 3"- an obvious play on the movie's title.

[francisco]

(at around 24 mins) The plaza where Challis called his ex-wife on the pay phone to shirk his parental responsibilities was also featured in Halloween II (1981) when Darcy is trying to get Karen to keep her promise of taking her home.

[leo]

After Michael Myers died at the end of Halloween II (1981), the plan by John Carpenter was to make a new "Halloween" movie each year, each telling a different Halloween-related story. After this movie underperformed at the box office, the film-makers decided to bring Michael back to life for future sequels.

[janice]

In the Rose of Shannon motel registry, Harry Grimbridge noted the location of his shop as an address in Sierra Madre. The bar that Ellie finds Challis in and the shop with the televisions in the window were located there in real life.

[christina]

The "Big Halloween Three"- the Silver Shamrock masks that are ceaselessly advertised in the movie- consisted of two altered masks that were already in the Don Post Studios' repertoire (the skull and the witch) and one made exclusively for the film (the jack-o'-lantern). The company was sold to Pennsylvania-based business Paper Magic Group, Inc. just before they were planning on re-releasing the masks to the public during the 2012 Halloween season. However, the rights were bought by California-based company Trick or Treat Studios and replicas of the original have been available to the public since 2014.

[ethel]

(at around 1h 30 mins) A special platform was built for the scene that shows the robot Ellie Grimbridge's head poking out of the ground next to her body. The scene was done by having Stacey Nelkin stick her head through a hole in the platform while a body double wearing Ellie's clothes stuck her head down another hole on the platform.

[nora]

After Daniel yells "STOP IT!" on the phone at the very end of the film, the screen cuts to black and then the end credits. Originally, the ending theme wasn't going to be played during the credits. Instead, it was supposed to be the screams of millions of children being murdered. Director Tommy Lee Wallace decided not to add this, so the ending could be ambiguous and add a possibility that they were saved.

[bernard]

(at around 21 mins) You can hear the voice of Essex Smith, the actor who plays gas station attendant Walter, as the play-by-play commentator of the baseball game Challis is watching in the bar when Ellie finds him.

[tom]

Director Tommy Lee Wallace credits the concept of witchcraft in the computer age to producer Debra Hill.

[amber]

(at around 28 mins) When Challis fills in the register at the motel office, he scans the list of names for evidence of Ellie's father's stay. All of the other names on the list are the names of the crew.

[bessie]

(at around 31 mins) Jamie Lee Curtis provides the voice over the intercom, informing Santa Mira residents of the curfew.

[toni]

The voice of the announcer in the Silver Shamrock commercials and radio spots is that of the film's writer/director Tommy Lee Wallace.

[stephanie]

Despite the film ending with ambiguity over whether Dan Challis saved the children by convincing the broadcasting company to stop the commercial, the novelization for "Halloween III: Season of the Witch" by Dennis Etchison makes it very clear in describing that Challis failed. It is described that the endless screams of dying children could be heard 'throughout the station, the town, and the land beyond.'

[jamie]

(at around 1h 8 mins) When Cochran tells one of his humanoids to roll the Silver Shamrock commercial for the Kupfers while they are being held in Test Room A, he presses the numbers 666.

[eli]

Supposedly, part of the genesis of this film came from a comment made by film critic Rex Reed. Reed said Halloween II (1981) was so bad that, "If they make a Halloween III, I'll turn in my press card."

[miriam]

Contrary to what has been reported, Jamie Lee Curtis was NOT the voice of the operator in Santa Mira. This has been confirmed by director Tommy Lee Wallace, Halloween superfan Sean Clark, and Jamie Lee Curtis herself.

[willard]

(at around 29 mins) When the Kupfers' RV pulls into the motel, the song playing on the radio is "Do The Boogaloo" performed by Quango and Sparky.

[ray]

(at around 42 mins) Garn Stephens refused to wear the prosthetic mask during the misfire scene. So a body double was used to complete the scene.