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Originally Posted by VikingHead2000
I really believe if Halloween III was marketed as just “Season of the Witch” and didn’t have “Halloween” attached to it, it more likely would have done better at the box office. I personally love it. It was a really cool concept to do a whole anthology of films like Tommy Lee Wallace had mentioned.
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I think it would've done better *critically*, but this was a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" scenario with the box office in regards to the name. Go for the recognition of the title, alienate Michael Myers fans. Go for something more original (though "Season of the Witch" was already the name of a George A. Romero film), people would gloss over it. Granted, with Carpenter on as producer, it could've been called "John Carpenter Presents Season of the Witch", or something along those lines. Hell, that would've made the moment in the bar with the Halloween TV spot seem like a nice wink, rather than an accidental stab in the heart, lol.
I get that Carpenter wanted to try an anthology thing, but once Halloween II was a direct sequel, it was way too late for that.