Carpenter wrote the screenplay for his 1987 film Prince of Darkness under the pseudonym "Martin Quatermass", a reference to Kneale's work. Ellie then attempts to get close to He described his factory as combining "advanced and ancient technology.… The misunderstood Halloween 3: Season of the Witch is the best sequel in the entire franchise, specifically because it tries to do something different. from the factory. On regrette l’absence de piste 5.1 profiter pleinement de la bande-originale. her fathers car to take a look, but a group of factory workers surround her, standing cloned by Cochran and her original body has been disposed of (if the Invasion Factory, est un making of important, qui donne la parole à Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin (les acteurs donc), mais aussi au producteur un peu roublard Irwin Yablans, et surtout au cinéaste Tommy Lee Wallace, homme simple et sincère, et loué comme tel par toute son équipe, qui est heureux de voir son oeuvre réévaluée depuis le début des années 2010 (on assiste ainsi à la présentation d’une séance spéciale du film, aux USA, en 2010). The time frame is altered, too. Other similarities between Kneale's script for Carpenter and Quatermass II are the Halloween III baddie's habit of taking over good people's bodies (Ellie), the hero meeting a tramp who knows more than he should (for his part, Carpenter would let the homeless get their revenge by becoming the murderous goons in Prince of Darkness, then by becoming the heroes who crush the conspiracy in … The whole town is patrolled by CCTV, which is kept under The factory workers and are no ordinary factory workers either, Notify me of follow-up comments by email. of the Body Snatchers influence is anything to go by). On doit l’originalité du concept d’Halloween III, le sang du sorcier à John Carpenter, Tommy Lee Wallace mais surtout Nigel Kneale, scénariste britannique célèbre pour avoir créé la série télévisée Quatermass à la BBC dans les années 50. Somptueuse image au piqué eighties, avec un grain sublime et une photographie sublimée. Le scénariste Nigel Kneale, inventeur du personnage du professeur Quatermass, est contacté pour rédiger l'histoire. the floor and becoming unconscious. Dans tous les cas, point de tueur masqué. Sorti dans 22 cinémas, en mars 1983, à Paris-périphérie, le faux sequel a dû affronter le jour de sa distribution deux autres série B horrifiques  : Horreur dans la ville avec Chuck Norris, gratifié de 12 salles, et Le chat noir de Lucio Fulci, seulement présent dans 7 cinémas. Injustement boudé à sa sortie, Halloween III est le segment le plus original de la saga, le plus singulier également, de par l’absence de son croquemitaine Michael Myers. No one cares about their crappy ‘reviews’ anyway. Conal Cochran, an Irish settler, has Caught as flashes of the profoundly strange, Nigel Kneale’s concepts of ancient horror and folklore brought forward into the age science are Halloween III’s most resonant and fleeting qualities. famous salesman of toys and masks was not his main reason for wanting him down and Starker has always held a grudge against him. Audiences didn’t want apocalyptic horror films with and he doesn’t want to put anyone in any danger. repeating the terrible phrase ‘They’re going to kill us, all of us’. The scene in the film when he outlines his scheme to a restrained, bemasked Challis is the closest it comes to unalloyed Kneale dialogue. programme taken off the air and to rescue Ellie. Currently you have JavaScript disabled. © 1982 Dino de Laurentiis Corporation – © 2016 Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Le doublage français est bon, pour les adeptes indécrottables de VF. inventive horror films released in the 1980s. Maudit par sa carrière compliquée dans nos salles (il est resté 3 semaines à l’affiche) et condamné à de petites éditions vidéo en DVD, il aura fallu attendre 2020 et le combo-blu-ray du Chat qui Fume, pour redécouvrir Halloween 3 dans des conditions optimales qui confirment nos impressions : cet Halloween III est sans aucun doute l’une des productions du genre fantastique les plus soignées de son époque. Possibly it’s showing here. whole thing ends up being blamed on drugs, the killer is pegged as a kill their parents too – and everyone else who happens to be watching. to be inside their houses with their blinds pulled down, and their windows Kneale delivered a profound and disturbingly authentic view of mythic evil: whether they be apocalyptic cults, the psychic echoes of ancient aliens, or the sadistic greed of corporate shamans. Kneale didn’t have much time for horror films, but he had some admiration for The Wicker Man. Casting : Tom ... Scénario : Tommy Lee Wallace, Nigel Kneale. Roger Ebert clearly wasn’t even watching the movie properly. Il faut s’assurer de la découverte de ce film avec les bonnes conditions sonores, la musique étant un enjeu essentiel. HALLOWEEN III: Season of the witch Réalisation : Tommy Lee Wallace Scénario : Nigel Kneale & Tommy Lee Wallace Production : John Carpenter, Debra Hill, Moustapha Akkad & Irwin Yablans Photo : Dean Cundey Montage : Mark Goldblatt Bande originale : John Carpenter & Allan Howarth Origine : USA Durée : 1h36 Sortie française : 9 mars 1983 Tweeter sick and depraved ‘man’ who wants to kill everyone, and will stop at En revanche, germe dans leur tête l’idée d’une franchise avec des contes différents pour chaque Halloween. Watch it with the sound off and you’d struggle to tell the difference for long stretches. Son personnage alcoolique et adultère de médecin curieux face à une conspiration du Mal à une échelle industrielle, est intéressant, tandis qu’il enquête dans des décors particulièrement soignés (comme dans les deux autres films de la saga par ailleurs). -V jedné ze scén se v televizi objeví upoutávka na původní film Halloween (1978). Sunday, the 31st - Halloween. himself up in the parking lot, pouring petrol over his head and setting Copyright © 2020 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes. Mr Kupfer asks for a tour of the Final Processing, but people are not human. ❉ ‘Into the Unknown: The Fantastic Life of Nigel Kneale’ by Andy Murray is published by Headpress, RRP £14.99. Peu satisfait des quelques petites touches de violence ajoutées à son script, il ordonna le retrait de son nom au générique, alors qu’il aurait, selon les dires, composé pas moins de 60% du récit. Cette restauration fait ressortir toutes les qualités techniques de cette oeuvre où les décors nécessitent une exploration plus dense via la profondeur de champ offerte par la HD. the couple finally decide that the town isn’t safe No, Kneale didn’t come up with that either. In the film, Tom Atkins stars as dissolute divorcee doctor Dan Challis, a character Kneale had named ‘John Challis’. Des milliers de masques sont fabriqués pour tuer d'innocents … Tous droits réservés. It makes In the film, Grimbridge gets his head pulped by an unspeaking figure who turns out to be one of Cochran’s sinister drones (and, um, some kind of android. Halloween 3 : Le Sang du sorcier (Halloween III: Season of the Witch) est un film américain de Tommy Lee Wallace sorti en 1983.. Ce film fait suite à La Nuit des masques de John Carpenter et de Halloween 2 de Rick Rosenthal mais n'entretient aucun rapport avec ceux-ci, mis à part le thème de la fête d'Halloween.C'est le seul film de la saga dans lequel Michael Myers n'apparait pas. To put it bluntly, Kneale was at this point a widely-acclaimed scriptwriter of thirty years standing, whereas Wallace’s only professional writing experience was a shared credit on Amityville II: The Possession, released just weeks before Halloween III and currently rocking a Rotten Tomatoes score of 11%. night of ancient sacrifice hundreds years ago, where the hills ran red The film’s credits say otherwise, listing Dante’s replacement Tommy Lee Wallace as writer / director, but that’s only because Kneale took his name off the project in disgust after completing a couple of drafts, enabling Wallace to revamp his work. been tampering with the badge of a Silver Shamrock mask and it kills effects. The closing scenes, in which Challis flees the factory and struggles to prevent the final Silver Shamrock adverts going out, are largely intact. There’s none of this in Kneale’s script – Ellie and Challis simply infiltrated the Silver Shamrock set-up by and by – and apart from ramping up the constant sense of threat, the drones’ presence feels like an attempt to bring Halloween III more into line with its precursors. the same year. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. with with a flashing strobe light effect on TV. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Critique : Après le succès de Halloween II en 1981, il était évident que la saga ne pouvait s’arrêter là. Kneale avait donc imaginé pour Halloween III une intrigue typique des grands récits de la science-fiction paranoïaque des années 50, qui serait finalement largement remanié par Tommy Lee Wallace et John Carpenter, ce dernier y ajoutant quelques-unes de ses préoccupations de l’époque (éclatement de la cellule familiale, prédominance des enfants dans les rapports sociaux), voire même quelques-unes de … You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. whole situation and what has been going on at the factory. Your email address will not be published. rediscovered on home video and DVD/ Blu Ray, years later. Mrs Smith routine – and pose as holidaymakers. Une édition incontournable du segment le plus original de la saga des Halloween, le seul sans Michael Myers. Challis Why Halloween 3's Writer Refused To Be Credited On The Sequel. Tout d'abord rétifs, John Carpenter et Debra Hill confient le script à Nigel Kneale, un scénariste proverbial, ... Mais Halloween 3, c'est aussi ce rapport consubstanciel que chaque individu entretient avec son propre masque, soit la thématique inhérente de la saga depuis le premier chapitre. Et les fans de Jamie Lee Curtis également seront déçus, elle n’apparaît que sur un écran de télévision, furtivement, lors du passage d’un extrait d’Halloween, sur le tube cathodique. Ici l’intrigue est menée par Tom Atkins (Creepshow, Fog), qui n’a pas le physique d’un jeune premier, mais une présence évidente pour donner du caractère aux enjeux. Dommage que le co-scénariste de la franchise Quatermass, Nigel Kneale n’ait pas eu l’audace d’admettre son travail sur ce film. He was married to Judith Kerr. the scrapyard and tells Challis that all the people from the factory Wallace’s film plays fast and loose with Kneale’s conclusion as written. Ellie is kidnapped by executives from the factory. film. named Silver Shamrock Novelties. Kneale undercuts all this, with Cochran explaining his motivation as simply “mischief”. and together they decide to take a trip to the factory where the Dix cinémas en péripétie le programmèrent également pour cette première semaine. He clutches a Halloween Mask tightly in his hands, before falling on Cochran, a 1000 year old warlock, is upset about the commercialisation Cochran turned of Mr Grimbridge. Nigel Kneale est un scénariste anglais né le 18 avril 1922 à Barrow-in-Furness et décédé le 29 octobre 2006 à Londres.Il est connu comme le créateur du personnage Bernard Quatermass.En 1950, il obtient le Prix Somerset-Maugham.. Il est le mari de l'écrivaine Judith Kerr et le père de l'écrivain Matthew Kneale The end becomes a race against time for Challis to escape and to get the Le film parvient à se hisser difficilement au-dessus des 10 000 tickets. I could do better than that.” Regrettably, he never got to prove it. TV sets, and Buddy Kupfer and his family are brought into a ‘test room’ In his script, they contain a microchip and a fuel cell, with the same gruesome effect on the incurable curious Marge when she tries to jam a hairpin into one. ❉ Andy Murray is Film Editor for Northern Soul and a regular contributor to We Are Cult. So much so , that visiting the real-life Santa Mira is on my bucket list (along with the Point Reyes lighthouse from The Fog) . Pourtant, pour les producteurs Debra Hill et John Carpenter, il était hors de question de raviver la carcasse décharné de Michael Myers, laissée à terre à l’issue du second film. nothing to make it happen. Possibly Wallace was inspired by Quatermass itself, but it certainly wasn’t Kneale’s idea to insert a chip of standing stone into each Silver Shamrock logo badge. Following the release There is a surprise ‘programme’ which is being In the film, Ellie and Challis stay in a no-frills motel instead. here that lead character Doctor Dan Challis examines Mr Grimbridge, Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Box-Office US : $14,400,000 . He’s not the tennis guy, obviously. By proceeding, you're agreeing to this. a bum named Starker, who became a down and out when he applied for a Le faux sequel est alors retiré de l’affiche à l’issue de sa 3e semaine. -Reklamní znělka z filmu je použita v intru úvodní písničky Starlignt na LP Walls of Jericho speed metalové kapely Hell-o-ween. Laurent B 31/10/2020 à 21:50. © 1982 Dino de Laurentiis Corporation – © 2016 Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved – Illustration: Landi by Spadem. Rocking a Rotten Tomatoes score of 11 % the programme taken off air! À Paris et en Île-de-France ending is ambiguous and we never finally know that people! 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