Creepshow and Halloween III: Season of the Witch

My Halloween ended this year by watching two horror movies that have been on my list for a while.

I'm a fan of horror anthology shows like The Twilight Zone and Tales From The Crypt, and Stephen King is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors, so this seemed right up my alley. It's based on the old EC horror comics, so it's five short tales of terror.

Father's Day: Wow. I honestly can't remember the big picture of this part. I guess it was okay, but nothing spectacular.

The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill: This little tale, based loosely on H.P. Lovecraft's The Colour Out Of Space, features King as the titular hick who finds a meteorite that causes a strange plant to grow everywhere. It starts out pretty funny, but by the end it gets downright depressing.

Something to Tide You Over: Okay, as far as Liam Nieson goes, I've seen Scary Movie 3-4, Airplane!, and Dracula: Dead and Loving It!. From the titles alone, you can probably guess that he would be playing against type as a horror movie villain. But lo and behold, he plays the role, and plays it well.

This seemed the most like the episodes of Tales From the Crypt that I love: a horrible person getting a supernatural punishment.

The Crate: This one dragged on too long. There were some funny moments, like one character imagining killing his wife, but nothing too spectacular.

They're Creeping Up On You!: If you're afraid of roaches like I am, AVOID THIS! I mean, seriously. I feel sorry for Tom Savini, since those were real roaches and he has a phobia against them. Otherwise, it’s a creepy ending to a great horror anthology.

I liked Creepshow, and I'm interested to see the sequels. But that's for next Halloween.

I finished up the holiday with Halloween III: Season of the Witch. The sequel that would have turned the series into an anthology, it focuses on an evil executive who wants to commit mass murder using cursed masks.

Since seeing James Rolfe's Top 10 Sequels That Aren't As Bad As Everyone Says list, I wanted to see this, but I was not impressed. The plot moved a bit too slow, and it ends right before the curse would have gone into effect. It felt like it was missing its climax, even though we get a confrontation with the bad guy.

Also, I feel like pointing out that, when I remembered the plot point about a piece of Stonehenge going missing but not where it came from, I thought it came from some 80s cartoon like G.I. Joe. Oh well.