Halloween III grossed a little over half of what Halloween II did in the U.S., making it the worst-performing installment yet (although it did make a profit). While investigating the town, Dan and Ellie discover that Silver Shamrock's CEO, Conal Cochran ( Dan O'Herlihy), has nefarious plans in the works.and that Harry's death served as a warning of things to come this Halloween season.

Ellie's father had recently visited the company to pick up a shipment of their popular Halloween masks - masks like the one Harry had in his hands the night he died. Challis teams up with the man's daughter, Ellie ( Stacey Nelkin), to unravel the mystery, and the trail leads them to the town of Santa Mira, which serves as the home of the Silver Shamrock Novelty Company. It gets stranger from there - one of the salesman's assailants breaks in, murders Harry, then burns himself alive. Dan Challis ( Tom Atkins) gets called in to treat Harry Grimbridge, a horribly beaten toy salesman with a Halloween mask in a death grip who mumbles ominous warnings in Challis's presence.

The film starts a week before Halloween, when Dr. Halloween III attempted to accomplish the task, but ended up meeting with a massive backlash from both critics and a fanbase hungry for more Michael following the success of Halloween II. This premise came about when Carpenter, director of the original 1978 film, decided to make a film in line with his original vision for the series - a yearly anthology of unrelated films centered around various aspects of Halloween. It is notable among the franchise's entries for not featuring central antagonist Michael Myers in the film, and is still the only Halloween installment to do so. Halloween III: Season of the Witch is a 1982 Sci-Fi Horror film and the third installment in the Halloween franchise, written and directed by Tommy Lee Wallace with franchise co-creators John Carpenter and Debra Hill returning as producers.

Halloween II by Jack Martin