One of the most underrated horror films of all time! Setting, atmosphere, scenery, and score. It's all so dark, and mysterious, and eerie. LOVE this damn movie
The opening scene is also pretty good I remember watching it on TV for the first time a few years back thinking how have I not seen this?? Its my favorite Halloween film now.
I remember when I was younger and watching all the Halloween movies I was dread8ng watching 3 because of it's reputation but I gotta say this intro intrigued the hell out of me
Wouldn't it be so insane that in Halloween Ends following Laurie Strode defeating Michael for the last time, she sits down to finally get some much-needed rest. She turns on the TV to see news of Michael's death, but instead of the news, a giant silver shamrock appears on the screen and the incessant "Silver Shamrock Theme" begins to play over and over again. Laurie is unsuccessful in turning off the TV and begins to shout "Stop it! Stop it!! Stop it!!!!!". Now THAT would be q way to end the movie!
True! I remember around 2010... I was home with my parents and they ran a MARATHON of this film the entire day for Halloween... I later researched it, and I wish the film had done better at the box office to carry out John Carpenter's original idea.
The first time I heard of H3 was in study hall my HS freshmen year. It was October 1982. Some kid was telling me about Halloween 3 Season of the Witch and that he wanted to see it. I was pumped because I liked H1 and H2! Finding out from him a week later that Michael Myers wasn't in it I was pissed and didn't bother going to see it. I rented it on VHS a year later and enjoyed it. H3 turned out to be one of my favorite horror movies!
To me it shows Halloween 3 had a lot of potential to be a newer film series as i felt Halloween 2 was the ending point of Michael storyline and him and Loomis death had a meaning both the dark and the light must end and the newer stuff showed there was no need to return things to the status quo
This opening is excellent, and probably my favorite part of the movie. Not to say I didn't enjoy the rest, but this sequence is so good that it just stands out that much.
I actually agree that there are literally hundreds of different "Halloween" tropes that could serve as a basis for a movie taken place on Halloween. Themes such as a psychotic home owner who kills trick or treaters, Holloween costumes which become the real thing, or even a film about the origins of the holiday.
Man, I agree! As much as I love Halloween 2 and the Rob Zombie remake, they're arguably unnecessary. It would have been far more interesting if they started this with the first Halloween sequel and guided the franchise as an anthology!
I get you. There was somethin about the 80's era in horror films that's just amazing. I remember visiting my local movie store just to look at the VHS covers.
I come here after watch Halloween Ends. When I saw the blue titles I knew immediately that they were a reference to Halloween 3, it was a amazing reference! 🎃💜
to me what i give halloween ends credit much like the japanese ring 2 film leaving you a message and a warning if you stop one evil a new one might take it place showing cory was close to becoming Michael replacement and had the bully been friends to him and not pushed him down deeper maybe he could've been helped
Wouldn't it be so insane that in Halloween Ends following Laurie Strode defeating Michael for the last time, she sits down to finally get some much-needed rest. She turns on the TV to see news of Michael's death, but instead of the news, a giant silver shamrock appears on the screen and the incessant "Silver Shamrock Theme" begins to play over and over again. Laurie is unsuccessful in turning off the TV and begins to shout "Stop it! Stop it!! Stop it!!!!!". Now THAT would be q way to end the movie!
When I saw Halloween Ends, I expected the usual orange letter intro like the first two, but this one was blue. It took me a minute but I realized this is the reason why. That’s great artistic choice!
It has one of my favorite John Carpenter synth scores, some of Dean Cundey's best cinematography and some really amazing scenes. The framing of a lot of the shots is amazingly well done. I love the far off shots of Santa Mira with the sun rising on the horizon, the misty hills, the Silver Shamrock factory in the distance. The music is eerie and elegantly subtle. The movie is very simple and the pacing is well done--something most horror films today cannot come close to pulling off.
If you look hard enough you’ll see there’s also a DeLorean in this movie, and this movie was released three years before Back to the Future. I bring that up because you mentioned Dean Cundey being the cinematographer for Halloween III. Cundey was also the cinematographer for all three Back to the Future movies.
I'll admit I was confused too. As a 15 year old renting the VHS of this I was expecting a Michael Myers slasher flick. Now as as 40 year old this is one of my favorite films of all time. I think a lot of that has to do with the synth music as heard here. I keep coming back.
Yes this one oozes athmosphere similar to the first one .the second one had virtually zero athmosphere even though it had a lot of actors from the first one in it..
Hugo Swartz I was just like you when it first came out I was wondering like where's Micheal Myers where's Micheal Myers but I was so scared to even watch it all the way but I do love this movie though
@@patrickr6505 Carpenter never wanted to do a sequel to the first Halloween. He was basically blackmailed into writing the sequel. Once he'd delivered the finished script he washed his hands of the project and had nothing more to do with it. The finished film was solely the product of Producer Debra Hill and Director Rick Rosenthal.
Mickey-Mousing (as it's called) wasn't new when Carpenter and Howarth scored this movie. The original King Kong is full of it, as are Mickey Mouse cartoons.
What I love most about this intro other than the beautifully unsettling score is the digital pumpkin. In H1 and H2 we had the intro of the real pumpkin and this movie (what was supposed to be the first of an anthology) we see a new version of the pumpkin intro, being digital to go along with the story of the movie. It’s so clever and proof that Halloween should’ve absolutely been in the title because the anthology idea was so good! Imagine all of the other creative twists and takes on what would’ve been the traditional pumpkin intro!!
Brad Fiedel was heavily inspired by Carpenter & Howarth scores to make his own for "The Terminator", especially "Escape From New-York" and "Halloween III".
@@dudeymcdudeface8940 while I absolutely love that idea (and season of the witch), if it went that route, we probably wouldn't have gotten Halloween 2018
Halloween 1978 kicked this off, don't forget, and I don't think it'd be intellectually honest to refer to it as crude. The sequels, sure...but the original is a classic for a reason.
i’m sorry but this is my favourite halloween movie, it’s incredibly underrated the score, the setting and the scenery is amazing. this is my go to movie on halloween night besides the original halloween of course, i can’t wait to get the score on vinyl next week🤙🏻
It seems to me that only within the last 10-15 years that this movie has started to get the appreciation it has long-deserved. I, personally, always loved it.
You sick people. Stop praising this opening. That pumpkin was later used in an attempt to kill MILLIONS Of children with dark Magick. Only a drunk Doctor saved the day. Love this.
+jjp009 it means that even though it has nothing to do with michael myers it is still a great movie, which is true. the only reason for it's negative reviews was because it didn't have michael myers. people didn't realize it eas an attempt to make halloween an anthology series of various stories not just michael myers, which they over did
ulric henry I believe Halloween 4 was supposed to be a Ghost story...The anthology idea sounded good but people wanted Michael Myers back. Which is indeed understandable
i read they originally planned on making each halloween movie a completely different story (like one with zombies, and another of witches ) but people wanted michal myers back :/ and this did poorly at the box office so those ideas were scrapped. now im sad we never got to see Carpenter and Hill’s ideas come to fruition. i love this wierd movie and want to see more like them.
It’s a shame they never got to do what they really wanted with their series, especially because John carpenter started the whole fucking thing. Instead we got a bunch of shitty myers sequels (except 4 and H20)
The music score in this film was the best of the whole Halloween series. It's as if it were done with one of those old school Moog synthesizers but I am not sure. The sound reminded me very much of the film A Clockwork Orange. So creepy! Yeah, great music in this film. That alone made this a very cool film.
As a lifelong horror fan when nothing really scares me, at 40 years old this intro still terrifies me. I feel so uneasy. I have to prepare myself to watch it. I can’t explain it!
It's also because ST uses similar synths. This is a prophet 5 and Arp I think. ST uses Prophet 5,6 and arps ANd Roland SH-2 for the bass, using these synths in that 80s style will sound similar. Obviously carpenter influence on Survive (the guys who did ST music).
this movie only gets a lot of crap because its the "halloween without michael myers" its actually one of my favorite 80s horror movies and im a big fan of that genre, very underrated
I always loved the opening to this movie and it's in my top 3 in my favorites of the Halloween series. I wish they went with the anthology film idea instead of having Michael come back in every sequel.
I watched this movie when I was little, and this intro marked me for life, this music still gives me chills, but too bad that many did not like the movie, because it still want the shot, but it's for me, the best horror movie of my childhood including most of Carpenter's movies (even if he's the one who didn't direct this film, his influence makes it feel good.)^^
First time you see this credits sequence you have no idea that you are watching as someone creates the trigger that will activate millions of microchips, killing millions of unsuspecting kids. Just chilling.
The opening credits are actually the end of the story, where you the viewer watches the commercial and dies. The story shows us how we have been lulled into a Necro-consumerism that has doomed us as a species.
The Michael Myers story ended at Halloween 2 for me I love the way Halloween 3 took in a different Direction baseing it on another Halloween story it was like saying that Michael is dead now so we're going to change it and base on someone else each year. love Halloween 3 Season of the Witch.
Watching this via VHS is the best. My fav "Halloween". Although I think they should've called it "A Halloween story: Season of the witch". It would have gotten less hate I think. People were expecting Michael. But it aged like a fine wine.
Did you know that the Halloween franchise was originally meant to be a horror anthology (something like Tales From The Crypt, Creepshow, etc)? That's why this movie was so different from the first 2 & why they made it such a general movie title (Halloween is pretty vague). They wanted to incorporate different scares/stories for every Halloween. But Michael Myers just became too popular & it seemed people were unable to handle a Halloween movie w/o him in it. I thought this movie was good though.
John Michael No.. it should have been titled Halloween: Season of the Witch, because H2 shouldn't have been made. Halloween was supposed to be anthology series with Halloween in the title, but the film company got greedy and put out H2.
Duke Togo no. Halloween was never intended to spawn anything. H2 came about because Carpenter was contractually obligated to work on and the anthology idea came about after the success of 2 because Michael’s story was over and there was no logical way to continue after that (he was incinerated and had both eyes shot out).
I feel this movie is criminally under appreciated. If you’re not for the crazy plot I get it but I’m all for it. To me this one felt like a truly great spin off to the original. It felt like a true sequel to Halloween and it even feels more like a film based on Halloween night. compared to any of the other films this one really adds the Halloween theme the best in my opinion. A lot of people hate this because either they don’t like Michael isn’t in it or they don’t understand the plot. I don’t get the hate, to me it felt like a reverse wicker man and Cochran was a great villain.
My annual ritual of visiting videos related to Halloween 3. After nearly 50 years on this planet, it makes me happy to see that this film gets the respect it deserves amongst the fanbase.
Everyone wonders why H3 was different from H1 And H2. Basically, Halloween was going to be a movie series where each movie was going to be it’s own unique horror story related to Halloween. When Michael Myers was well received, they did another movie with him. After H2, they went back to the planned format with H3, but then people were confused on the whereabouts of Michael Myers and gave the movie poor reception. So they used Michael again from there. If that’s good or bad thing, you decide.
One of the most underrated horror films of all time!
Setting, atmosphere, scenery, and score. It's all so dark, and mysterious, and eerie.
LOVE this damn movie
MrBaddog7676 my thoughts exactly
Its hard too decorate for this movie, but it still the best!!!
Agree!
Yah, love it too. I think it would have been awesome to have a prequel for this one.
It is extremely underrated. Its grown into a cult classic. At least it's different so dont knock it.
You can always tell when it's a John Carpenter music score. Love this!
Yes you can. :)
Yes it has that creepy undertone, but u know it’s John carpenter
@@ryan4ever956 yeah, he just uses synth music
John Carpenter AND Alan Howarth
I wonder did he do the music for Firestarter too?
One of the most creative and ingenius movie openings ever :)
This and "the House of Seven Corpses" opening!
i came here fm Escape from New York just to hear the similarties.
THIS IS THE MOST UNDERRATED OPENING CREDIT SEQUENCE IN THE HISTORY OF FILM!!!!
Absolutely. Agreed
The opening scene is also pretty good
I remember watching it on TV for the first time a few years back thinking how have I not seen this?? Its my favorite Halloween film now.
We're in the future
At least for a horror film, agreed.
I remember when I was younger and watching all the Halloween movies I was dread8ng watching 3 because of it's reputation but I gotta say this intro intrigued the hell out of me
It took 40 years boys but I think this film is finally getting the love it deserved.
True now it’s a total gem
Wouldn't it be so insane that in Halloween Ends following Laurie Strode defeating Michael for the last time, she sits down to finally get some much-needed rest. She turns on the TV to see news of Michael's death, but instead of the news, a giant silver shamrock appears on the screen and the incessant "Silver Shamrock Theme" begins to play over and over again. Laurie is unsuccessful in turning off the TV and begins to shout "Stop it! Stop it!! Stop it!!!!!".
Now THAT would be q way to end the movie!
I can't believe it's that old I always loved this movie.
True! I remember around 2010... I was home with my parents and they ran a MARATHON of this film the entire day for Halloween... I later researched it, and I wish the film had done better at the box office to carry out John Carpenter's original idea.
The first time I heard of H3 was in study hall my HS freshmen year. It was October 1982. Some kid was telling me about Halloween 3 Season of the Witch and that he wanted to see it. I was pumped because I liked H1 and H2! Finding out from him a week later that Michael Myers wasn't in it I was pissed and didn't bother going to see it. I rented it on VHS a year later and enjoyed it. H3 turned out to be one of my favorite horror movies!
To me it shows Halloween 3 had a lot of potential to be a newer film series as i felt Halloween 2 was the ending point of Michael storyline and him and Loomis death had a meaning both the dark and the light must end and the newer stuff showed there was no need to return things to the status quo
Yet, Michael makes a cameo anyway.
This opening is incredible.
@Scrapistx coma in the hospital and waking up in 1988
Yes it was eventhough you weren't in it.
You can say what you want about this horror but one thing is assured, if you like it you have good taste!
I Love This Movie !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love it too, it may not have Michael but this mask company was more efficient
Then I have good taste
I love it purely for the 80s aesthetic...
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I love the opening being a electronic version of the standard pumpkin from the first two, it’s very clever
This may be the most ominous opening credits for any film. Masterpiece music and minimalist visual.
M Sloane: master wordsmith and *ace* reviewer.
M. Sloane starred in The Fall Guy
This opening is excellent, and probably my favorite part of the movie. Not to say I didn't enjoy the rest, but this sequence is so good that it just stands out that much.
ikr I know I'm not the only one thanks that I just came here to watch the opening lol
Agreed
I wish the series had stuck to the direction of telling a different story every movie, sticking to Michael Myers all the time really sunk the series.
They could make an anthology tv series in the vein of this if they wanted to
I actually agree that there are literally hundreds of different "Halloween" tropes that could serve as a basis for a movie taken place on Halloween. Themes such as a psychotic home owner who kills trick or treaters, Holloween costumes which become the real thing, or even a film about the origins of the holiday.
The audience didn't think that way in 1982
Tell that to 2018 sequel series
Man, I agree! As much as I love Halloween 2 and the Rob Zombie remake, they're arguably unnecessary. It would have been far more interesting if they started this with the first Halloween sequel and guided the franchise as an anthology!
Of all things, I never expected Halloween Ends to actually use the same font style as Season of the Witch.
It looks great tbh.
Well Halloween 2018 used the same credits as Halloween (1978 film) and kills did the same thing with Halloween 2 (1981 film)
And they’re both a betrayal to the franchise so it makes sense.
@@Handlethis81637 no one cares about your whining and crying
Yeah, HE was good at ripping off installments before it.
@@Handlethis81637 Get lost. H3 rocks.
It's even better when you've seen the movie once already and know the context of this electronic, flashing pumpkin image.
And 40 years later, the opening credits to Halloween Ends would use the same font and color of the opening credits from this film.
I get you. There was somethin about the 80's era in horror films that's just amazing. I remember visiting my local movie store just to look at the VHS covers.
Happy 40th anniversary to this movie!
I come here after watch Halloween Ends.
When I saw the blue titles I knew immediately that they were a reference to Halloween 3, it was a amazing reference! 🎃💜
Yeah but i wonder what font is that like the real name of it
to me what i give halloween ends credit much like the japanese ring 2 film leaving you a message and a warning if you stop one evil a new one might take it place showing cory was close to becoming Michael replacement and had the bully been friends to him and not pushed him down deeper maybe he could've been helped
Wouldn't it be so insane that in Halloween Ends following Laurie Strode defeating Michael for the last time, she sits down to finally get some much-needed rest. She turns on the TV to see news of Michael's death, but instead of the news, a giant silver shamrock appears on the screen and the incessant "Silver Shamrock Theme" begins to play over and over again. Laurie is unsuccessful in turning off the TV and begins to shout "Stop it! Stop it!! Stop it!!!!!".
Now THAT would be q way to end the movie!
When I saw Halloween Ends, I expected the usual orange letter intro like the first two, but this one was blue. It took me a minute but I realized this is the reason why. That’s great artistic choice!
Creepy synth theme is awesome. I like this movie a lot more than the other Halloween sequels. I dig the tone, atmosphere of it.
It has one of my favorite John Carpenter synth scores, some of Dean Cundey's best cinematography and some really amazing scenes. The framing of a lot of the shots is amazingly well done. I love the far off shots of Santa Mira with the sun rising on the horizon, the misty hills, the Silver Shamrock factory in the distance. The music is eerie and elegantly subtle. The movie is very simple and the pacing is well done--something most horror films today cannot come close to pulling off.
you guys should have been alive in 1982 we needed your support for this film like the thing too
If you look hard enough you’ll see there’s also a DeLorean in this movie, and this movie was released three years before Back to the Future. I bring that up because you mentioned Dean Cundey being the cinematographer for Halloween III. Cundey was also the cinematographer for all three Back to the Future movies.
I'll admit I was confused too. As a 15 year old renting the VHS of this I was expecting a Michael Myers slasher flick. Now as as 40 year old this is one of my favorite films of all time. I think a lot of that has to do with the synth music as heard here. I keep coming back.
The score is pure Carpenter and Alan Howarth. Reminds me a lot of the score for Escape from New York.
Yes this one oozes athmosphere similar to the first one .the second one had virtually zero athmosphere even though it had a lot of actors from the first one in it..
Hugo Swartz I was just like you when it first came out I was wondering like where's Micheal Myers where's Micheal Myers but I was so scared to even watch it all the way but I do love this movie though
@@patrickr6505 Carpenter never wanted to do a sequel to the first Halloween. He was basically blackmailed into writing the sequel. Once he'd delivered the finished script he washed his hands of the project and had nothing more to do with it. The finished film was solely the product of Producer Debra Hill and Director Rick Rosenthal.
I just rewatched Halloween 3 on Halloween night and it's now not only my favorite Halloween sequel, but one of my favorite movie sequels of all time!
I got the Scream Factory 4K of this recently and this intro/music was totally mesmerizing. Tempted to say this is my favorite Halloween movie!
I still don’t understand how the music go so perfect with the opening making the Halloween face
More and likely they created the theme first then made the opening to time with it.
They recorded the computer graphics, and then Howarth and Carpenter recorded and created the music as they watched it... it's pretty flawless
Mickey-Mousing (as it's called) wasn't new when Carpenter and Howarth scored this movie. The original King Kong is full of it, as are Mickey Mouse cartoons.
This is one of the best movie themes from John Carpenter.
Terrifying opening. This came out when I was three, and it's improved with age.
What I love most about this intro other than the beautifully unsettling score is the digital pumpkin. In H1 and H2 we had the intro of the real pumpkin and this movie (what was supposed to be the first of an anthology) we see a new version of the pumpkin intro, being digital to go along with the story of the movie. It’s so clever and proof that Halloween should’ve absolutely been in the title because the anthology idea was so good!
Imagine all of the other creative twists and takes on what would’ve been the traditional pumpkin intro!!
The soundtrack to this movie reminds me of "The Terminator" movie's soundtrack. That deep tone to the score. Hmm.
I've always thought that exact thing!!! Glad I'm not the only one
velocirapture Likewise.
Came out 2 yrs before TERMINATOR
Brad Fiedel was heavily inspired by Carpenter & Howarth scores to make his own for "The Terminator", especially "Escape From New-York" and "Halloween III".
When I first heard this in an unrelated video, I thought for sure they were ripping off a Sega Genesis or Terminator score!
I love this movie. It doesn't deserve the hate that it gets.
I used to hate it until I sat down and watched it. Soooo twisted! But it doesn't belong in the Halloween (Michael Myers) saga.
Icehouse One of my favorites in the series!
good movie but I agree it doesn't belong in the Michael Myers series
The halloween series was supposed to be an anthology series. Each film telling a different story based around halloween.
@@dudeymcdudeface8940 while I absolutely love that idea (and season of the witch), if it went that route, we probably wouldn't have gotten Halloween 2018
It sounds like something out of a Terminator movie!
A work of art. Music is great.
Here getting a fresh look bc of HALLOWEEN ENDS
I saw this for the first time last year, & I was BLOWN away with this captivating intro. Totally underrated movie.
Vaporwave will never top the real authentic 80s aesthetics.
Never ever.
@@blastromlifyedah I don't put them against each other vaporwave keeps that sound alive
@@tn420animations9 true
One of the all time creepiest opening themes in horror films!
Grossly underrated film. Highly original, very sinister and better than the crude slasher Myers films. My favourite opening credits music here.
Halloween 1978 kicked this off, don't forget, and I don't think it'd be intellectually honest to refer to it as crude. The sequels, sure...but the original is a classic for a reason.
Agree plus this one actually has something to do with Halloween
This was used for the halloween ends intro but a little different due to the pumpkins popping out which is a lovely reference.
Dope nostalgic ominous music! I miss the 80s!
Cochran was not a maniac toy factory owner but was a warlock, thousands of years old.
A Dick Warlock as I added
plus a high degree illuminati ( "1785")
i’m sorry but this is my favourite halloween movie, it’s incredibly underrated the score, the setting and the scenery is amazing. this is my go to movie on halloween night besides the original halloween of course, i can’t wait to get the score on vinyl next week🤙🏻
I really disagree but I respect your opinion. I can totally see it I was getting tired of the Michael Myers story after Halloween II anyway.
I just rewatched Halloween 3 on Halloween night, and it's now not only my favorite Halloween sequel, but one of my favorite movie sequels ever!
Its my 3rd favorite of the series next to the 1st and 2nd film and I would love to see modern remake of it someday
It seems to me that only within the last 10-15 years that this movie has started to get the appreciation it has long-deserved. I, personally, always loved it.
You sick people. Stop praising this opening. That pumpkin was later used in an attempt to kill MILLIONS Of children with dark Magick. Only a drunk Doctor saved the day.
Love this.
Gives me more of a Terminator vs Michael Myers feel
And the ad campaign jingle for the mask company...
happy,happy halloween,
repeated several times...
the flashing jack o lantern..cool effect!
This movie is so underrated. Taking everything back to the true celtic origins of Halloween.
The best of the sequels
Halloween Ends!
Ngl this is my favorite Halloween film. The atmosphere in this film was unmatched
I love the music in this movie
Halloween Ends has the same opening Credit’s font as H3: SOTW
This film is so underrated! I love it!
Epic horror, wrongfully criticised because it was not a slasher.
THIS MOVIE IS A MASTERPIECE!!! A CLASSIC!!! SCREW YOU ALL HATERS!!!
agreed we needed you back in 1982
It's awesome
excellent point my friend@@ryan4ever956
You are excellent
I Looooooved Halloween 1, 2 3 and all the others and even Friday the 13th
To all the haters it is still a great movie.
👎👎👎👎😡😡😡😡
+jjp009 💩💩💩💩💩
+jjp009 it means that even though it has nothing to do with michael myers it is still a great movie, which is true. the only reason for it's negative reviews was because it didn't have michael myers. people didn't realize it eas an attempt to make halloween an anthology series of various stories not just michael myers, which they over did
ulric henry I believe Halloween 4 was supposed to be a Ghost story...The anthology idea sounded good but people wanted Michael Myers back. Which is indeed understandable
Fuck you'll haters
Just the real genius can appreciate this type of movie. Perfect intro, and the whole atmosphere was excellent
One of the best horror movies ever made....stop it...stop it...stop itttttttt😵😵😵😵😵😵
Fantastic soundtrack!
i read they originally planned on making each halloween movie a completely different story (like one with zombies, and another of witches ) but people wanted michal myers back :/ and this did poorly at the box office so those ideas were scrapped. now im sad we never got to see Carpenter and Hill’s ideas come to fruition. i love this wierd movie and want to see more like them.
Yeah I think the closest we'll ever get to Carpenter's idea for an anthology series is Michael Dougherty's movie, "Trick r' Treat."
It’s a shame they never got to do what they really wanted with their series, especially because John carpenter started the whole fucking thing. Instead we got a bunch of shitty myers sequels (except 4 and H20)
@@aft5264 Halloween 4 sucks, just my opinion, and yeah the H20 was ok
I would've loved to see a different Halloween movie every year that would've been great.
Favorite halloween movie! The small town, the corporation just give you that erie fall day feeling
Original Halloween, Halloween 2, Halloween 3, & Halloween 4. All have the Best Openings.
The music score in this film was the best of the whole Halloween series. It's as if it were done with one of those old school Moog synthesizers but I am not sure. The sound reminded me very much of the film A Clockwork Orange. So creepy! Yeah, great music in this film. That alone made this a very cool film.
Thumbs up for those sweet 80's syntheziers sound... unmatched till today
As a lifelong horror fan when nothing really scares me, at 40 years old this intro still terrifies me. I feel so uneasy. I have to prepare myself to watch it. I can’t explain it!
it's 39
@@kascnef I meant I’m 40, sorry
@@FlashySolution production on this film was in 1981 during halloween 2
@@kascnef yeah but as a 40 year old woman it still unnerves me :)
Halloween, Halloween II and Halloween III were the only films that had the pumpkin opening title.
Halloween 5 and Halloween 2018 have pumpkin opening titles...
This is such an amazing intro, the music is perfectly matched to the visuals
yes totally agree, some of my favorite horror movie music in this one
The low tone of the 🎵 music sets up whats to come for the 🎥.
Love this film. I still have it and have it in VHS
Stranger Things opening credits are very similar to this one... even the music!
and the terminator
damn! im here becuz of stranger things! i thought the same thing! that is my new fave show of all time. perfect 80's throwback.
I watched the series it was interesting and yea Strangers Things opening credits are more similar to Terminators
It's also because ST uses similar synths. This is a prophet 5 and Arp I think. ST uses Prophet 5,6 and arps ANd Roland SH-2 for the bass, using these synths in that 80s style will sound similar. Obviously carpenter influence on Survive (the guys who did ST music).
Diego PEREZ FLORES same thoughts
this movie only gets a lot of crap because its the "halloween without michael myers" its actually one of my favorite 80s horror movies and im a big fan of that genre, very underrated
I always loved the opening to this movie and it's in my top 3 in my favorites of the Halloween series. I wish they went with the anthology film idea instead of having Michael come back in every sequel.
I watched this movie when I was little, and this intro marked me for life, this music still gives me chills, but too bad that many did not like the movie, because it still want the shot, but it's for me, the best horror movie of my childhood including most of Carpenter's movies (even if he's the one who didn't direct this film, his influence makes it feel good.)^^
First time you see this credits sequence you have no idea that you are watching as someone creates the trigger that will activate millions of microchips, killing millions of unsuspecting kids. Just chilling.
Sounds like the terminator 1984
Who’s here because of Halloween End’s intro
My favorite line in the movie “listen he just walked up outta the rain I swear to god that’s all there was to it” best movie ever.
The opening credits are actually the end of the story, where you the viewer watches the commercial and dies. The story shows us how we have been lulled into a Necro-consumerism that has doomed us as a species.
Highly underrated!
Halloween Ends uses the same font and color
The Michael Myers story ended at Halloween 2 for me I love the way Halloween 3 took in a different Direction baseing it on another Halloween story it was like saying that Michael is dead now so we're going to change it and base on someone else each year. love Halloween 3 Season of the Witch.
Watching this via VHS is the best. My fav "Halloween". Although I think they should've called it "A Halloween story: Season of the witch". It would have gotten less hate I think. People were expecting Michael. But it aged like a fine wine.
Great synthesizer music
I always Wanted A Concert KeyBoard myself, Very Cool Music
I still want to know how they moved that giant rock from Stonehenge.
You wouldn’t believe how they did it!
This is really scary
It's time again. In the end, we don't decide these things, you know....the planets do. They're in alignment, and it's time again!
Did you know that the Halloween franchise was originally meant to be a horror anthology (something like Tales From The Crypt, Creepshow, etc)? That's why this movie was so different from the first 2 & why they made it such a general movie title (Halloween is pretty vague). They wanted to incorporate different scares/stories for every Halloween. But Michael Myers just became too popular & it seemed people were unable to handle a Halloween movie w/o him in it. I thought this movie was good though.
Of all the intros and scores, I'd say this one was most influential on the "80s nostalgia aesthetic" of shows like Stranger Things, etc.
"Season of the Witch" it should've been titled, alone.
John Michael No.. it should have been titled Halloween: Season of the Witch, because H2 shouldn't have been made. Halloween was supposed to be anthology series with Halloween in the title, but the film company got greedy and put out H2.
Duke Togo no. Halloween was never intended to spawn anything. H2 came about because Carpenter was contractually obligated to work on and the anthology idea came about after the success of 2 because Michael’s story was over and there was no logical way to continue after that (he was incinerated and had both eyes shot out).
agreed
It is the only one that actually has anything to do with Halloween so it should be called that
@@robertpreston2220 The original Halloween was set on Halloween
This movie is so underated. I loved it. It has a creepy pacing and mood which simply will never be done again in the horror genre. A classic. Period.
A cool intro.
Sounds like the music to "The Thing"
Which one?
just the bass line . nothing more
The "pulse"
The Thing was scored by Ennio Morricone
Yes, it does! The slow synth buildup. The “pulse” as someone above said!
Greatest Halloween Film Ever!!!!
I feel this movie is criminally under appreciated. If you’re not for the crazy plot I get it but I’m all for it. To me this one felt like a truly great spin off to the original. It felt like a true sequel to Halloween and it even feels more like a film based on Halloween night. compared to any of the other films this one really adds the Halloween theme the best in my opinion. A lot of people hate this because either they don’t like Michael isn’t in it or they don’t understand the plot. I don’t get the hate, to me it felt like a reverse wicker man and Cochran was a great villain.
One of my favourite horror movies ever made love it love the soundtrack love the story masterpiece
My annual ritual of visiting videos related to Halloween 3. After nearly 50 years on this planet, it makes me happy to see that this film gets the respect it deserves amongst the fanbase.
this is clearly what inspired james cameron terminator 1984 opening of course the 80s was full of synth
the people that made this movie they have to fix it because Michael Myers isn't even in it
+Oscar Leon shut up punk
Haha punk you can't do shit
Fantastic score and opening. Really eerie and sets the tone perfectly.
Halloween Ends 2022 used the same blue italics font, as an "easter egg" for closing up the Gordon Green trilogy
Without the word HALLOWEEN in the title this film would have been a hit by itself!!!
Agreed
Everyone wonders why H3 was different from H1 And H2. Basically, Halloween was going to be a movie series where each movie was going to be it’s own unique horror story related to Halloween. When Michael Myers was well received, they did another movie with him. After H2, they went back to the planned format with H3, but then people were confused on the whereabouts of Michael Myers and gave the movie poor reception. So they used Michael again from there. If that’s good or bad thing, you decide.