It’s almost time kids, the clock is ticking! Andrea and Alex explore the strange world of Halloween III: Season of the Witch, uncovering tricks and treats in the history of holiday, Celtic rituals, and our evolving relationship with our TVs.
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REQUIRED READING
Halloween III: Season of the Witch. Dir. Tommy Lee Wallace, 1982.
EXTRA CREDIT
Halloween III: Season Of The Witch – The Inside Story Of A Cult Classic. Director Tommy Lee Wallace on ditching Michael Myers to make Halloween’s best sequel, 40 years on.
The Commercialization of the Calendar: American Holidays and the Culture of Consumption, 1870-1930, by Leigh Eric Schmidt.
Irish San Francisco. An article detailing the Irish population metrics in California.
Tricks of Festival: Children, Enculturation, and American Halloween by Cindy Dell Clark.
Halloween’s Mutation: From Humble Holiday to Retail Monstrosity. NYT article on the rise and popularity of the holiday.
Video, Science Fiction, and the Cinema of Surveillance. Thomas Doherty’s article exploring the place of television in film.
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The construction of London Bridge would seem to GREATLY postdate the Axial Age, and human sacrifice doesn’t seem to have continued in the cultures that experienced that.
What a great discussion of this film. Like many, I was at the box office asking “WTF?” Over the years I have come to appreciate this one more. I wish the concept of a different story had succeeded. Might have saved us from “HALLOWEEN 19: Michael Myers in a Nursing Home!”
Lots of great sources in the show notes too . I appreciate the deep research dive you both do in prepping for these episodes. And yes, that jingle is a real “ear worm.” If other listeners are having trouble shaking it, run “POWERHOUSE” in your mind – you’ll recognize it from cartoons (Warner BROS) but it is a great cleansing tune to clear the ear worm.
What a great discussion of this film. Like many, I was at the box office asking “WTF?” Over the years I have come to appreciate this one more. I wish the concept of a different story had succeeded. Might have saved us from “HALLOWEEN 19: Michael Myers in a Nursing Home!”
Lots of great sources in the show notes too . I appreciate the deep research dive you both do in prepping for these episodes.