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

[stephanie]

Tommy Lee Wallace in the documentary on the blu ray release says that 60 percent of the screenplay they filmed is the work of Nigel Kneale. He says that John Carpenter did a rewrite and that Carpenter was surprised that Wallace did additional rewriting himself - rather than just accept the draft he had done from Kneale's original script.

[scarlett]

(at around 1h 16 mins) When Cochran talks to Daniel in the holding cell, he mentions the ancient Irish holiday, Samhain. The sacrifices referred to by Daniel are references to the Pagan tradition rituals that were developed in the early stages of the ancient holiday. Cochran says he based his plan on the ancient holiday of Samhain. Many of the customs associated with the Halloween holiday have their roots in Samhain.

[nicholas]

In one of the several commercial of Silver Shamrock can be seen a shop called "Landis Dept. Store". It's a nod for John Landis, horror director of An American Werewolf in London (1981).

[carla]

The fluid coming out of the robots' mouths is orange juice.

[lynn]

The gas station seen in the film can also be seen in John Carpenter's The Fog (1980).

[kylie]

During a reunion panel for the cast and crew of the movie in the Summer of 2015, Tom Atkins and Stacey Nelkin confirmed that the bedroom scene was one of the very first things that they shot together. Both found it humorous because Nelkin had been quickly cast as Ellie Grimbridge due to time restraints on the studio's part and the two had barely gotten acquainted beforehand.