The film was later released on the VHS, Betamax, LaserDisc, and RCA Selectavision Videodisc formats in 1983 by MCA/Universal Home Video. Subsequent videotape re-issues were released in 1984, 1987, and again in 1996. GoodTimes Home Video owned the rights at one point and released a VHS in 1996. DVD versions were distributed by Goodtimes in 1998 (with a reissue release in 2001) and by Universal in 2003.

Appears in: Halloween (1978), Halloween II (1981), Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween (2007), Halloween Kills, Halloween Ends In the first two Halloween films, Michael's iconic white mask was in reality a Captain Kirk mask, repainted and with its features removed. The mask itself was derived from a cast of William Shatner's face done for the 1975 horror film The Devil's Rain. Spitz is the friendly boyfriend of Samantha Thomas. On Halloween 1989, he attends a party at a local farm with his girlfriend and their friend Tina. He is later murdered by Michael Myers, who impales him with a pitchfork while he is having sex with his girlfriend inside a barn. the Haddonfield Children's Clinic after stabbing her step-mother on Halloween, 1988. Michael's evil had somehow affected her and she now shared some kind of psychic bond with her uncle, knowing where and when he would strike next. Michael returned to Haddonfield and began stalking Rachel, sneaking into her house and stabbing her with a pair of scissors. When Rachel's friends Tina Williams and Samantha showed up looking for her, Michael followed them to a party at Tower Farm. Jamie, however, sensed that Tina was in danger and escaped the clinic to look for her friend. At the party, Michael murdered Samantha and her boyfriend in the barn while they were having sex. Just as Tina found the bodies of her friends and the police officers sent to protect, Jamie showed up at the farm and Michael chased them through the fields in his car. Tina sacrificed herself to save Jamie shortly before Loomis and the Haddonfield police arrived. Loomis told Michael, who was lurking in the woods, to meet him at the Myers house. [6] Over the course of the films, Michael killed a (confirmed) total of 81 people. If one counts his debatable killings, then he has claimed 85 lives. If his animal victims count, then he also has 85 confirmed victims. Overall, Michael has 89 kills.

John Strode is the alcoholic and abusive husband of Debra Strode, father of Tim and Kara, grandfather of Danny, and Morgan Strode's brother. He is killed when Michael impales him on a fuse box. After a minute of excruciating electrocution, his head explodes. John is also the adoptive uncle of Laurie Strode and the maternal great-uncle of Jamie Lloyd. Appears in: Halloween (1978), Halloween II (1981), Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (mentioned only), Halloween (2007), Halloween II (2009), Halloween Kills His maternal relatives include Laurie Strode (grandmother/aunt in Producer's Cut), Michael Myers (great-uncle/father in Producer's Cut), Judith Myers (great-aunt/aunt in Producer's Cut), as well as both Mr. and Mrs. Myers (great-grandparents). Stealth Mastery: Michael is shown to be adept at stealth as he was capable of keeping himself hidden without anyone spotting him.

Halloween: Michael is shot a few times, knifed in the chest, falls off of a second story balcony, and then is shot in the face. He is revealed to have survived in the sequel. Stacey Nelkin". LA Times. Archived from the original on May 21, 2014 . Retrieved February 12, 2015. Film review – Livide". April 21, 2017. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021 . Retrieved October 27, 2021. He was portrayed by James Jude Courtney while wearing the mask and unmasked in the Halloween 2018, Halloween Kills, and Halloween Ends.Fallows, Tom, Tom Atkins Interview (Night of the Creeps), Classic-Horror Web Zine October 14, 2009. Michael Myers is the central character and the main antagonist of the Halloween franchise. As a six-year-old child, Michael was admitted into a psychiatric hospital for murdering his older sister, Judith Myers. It was the last Halloween film distributed by Universal Pictures until the 2018 film Halloween 36 years later. [7] Plot [ edit ] Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on January 27, 2023 . Retrieved May 15, 2023.

Appears in: Halloween (2018), Halloween Kills, Halloween Ends (archival footage, photograph, mentioned) LIVID aka LIVIDE (2011) Poster, Trailer, Screencaps, Clip and Review". Archived from the original on October 27, 2021 . Retrieved October 27, 2021. Inhuman Endurance: While Michael is able to withstand all of his injuries and not be too bothered by them, he still does appear to be hurt with pained grunts and sighs. a b c Ebert, Roger (October 31, 1982). "Review of Halloween III: Season of the Witch". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on October 11, 2021 . Retrieved October 13, 2021.Critical response to Halloween III: Season of the Witch was negative. New York Times reviewer Vincent Canby struggled to apply a definite label to the film's content. He remarks, " Halloween III manages the not easy feat of being anti-children, anti-capitalism, anti-television and anti-Irish all at the same time." He says that the film "is probably as good as any cheerful ghoul could ask for." Other critics were far more decisive in their assessments. Roger Ebert wrote that the film was "a low-rent thriller from the first frame. This is one of those Identikit movies, assembled out of familiar parts from other, better movies." The score of Halloween III differed greatly from the familiar main theme of the original and sequel. Carpenter replaced the familiar 5/4 piano melody with an electronic theme (9/16 against a steady 4/4) played on a synthesizer with beeping tonalities. [53] [54] Howarth explains how he and Carpenter composed the music for the third film: