Originally written by British horror legend Nigel Kneale, featuring a mad toy-maker who tries to reclaim Halloween through evil masks.. but it's become filtered into some nonsense with evil coming in the shape of bland and robotic corporate executive types.. which is a shame, because somewhere in here there's the germ of a good idea.
I know the previous two feature some variable acting, but even the lead in this one is terrible - Tom Atkins (actually, he's so bad it's enjoyable).
We saw a cropped version, which is a shame, because the only decent thing about the film is Dean Cundey's cinematography, originally in 2.39:1.
Amazingly, it does carry the names of John Carpenter and Debra Hill.
Without wishing to be rude, this is a textbook example of bad direction, even in the simplest of scenes.
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