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Alan Howarth & John Carpenter recording the score for Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
#halloween iii#season of the witch#horror#movies#1982#1980s#john carpenter#alan howarth#halloween#film scores#soundtracks#music#black and white
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Retribution's soundtrack is available on vinyl for the first time via Mystic Vault. The score is composed by Alan Howarth (Escape from New York, Halloween II-6).
Priced at $32, the album is pressed on 180-gram "Possessed" pinwheel colored vinyl. It's housed in a gatefold jacket designed by Devon Tuttle featuring liner notes by Howarth.
#retribution#alan howarth#horror#80s horror#1980s horror#soundtrack#mystic vault#vinyl#gift#halloween#escape from new york#john carpenter#halloween 2#halloween 3#synthwave
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Halloween III (1985) opening credits
scored by John Carpenter and Alan Howarth
directed by Tommy Lee Wallace
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Director John Carpenter & Alan Howarth producing the music for Halloween III: Season of the Witch... ARP sequencer. (1982)
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bussyween, part three: halloween iii - season of the witch (1982)
last we left off, michael myers got his ass wrecked by dr loomis in a hospital and laurie strode stared off into a camera. clearly the next place you would go following this is to completely erase the previous two films, turning them into popular fiction in your new continuity, and write a story completely unrelated to the other films in your series. right? this time on bussyween, were gonna look at 1982s halloween iii: season of the witch, directed by tommy lee wallace.
let me completely undercut the sarcasm in the opening paragraph of this by saying i dont think the decision to pivot to an anthology series was a bad decision. i just thought it was funny. i actually think the direction behind halloween iii was a great idea at the time, i feel like endlessly bringing back michael myers would have made the series just like every other slasher film series that continuously brought its main killer back thru the most idiotic and contrived of reasons.
wonder how well that turned out for em.
no my only real problem is with the actual movie itself. ill be up front and say while i found this movie fun and enjoyable i didnt find it particularly good.
for starters, the premise itself is kinda goofy. ancient celtic magic allows the movies villain to use endless amounts of halloween masks to murder children by turning their heads into bugs and snakes. its a silly premise that i actually do really like but its executed almost laughably. for what is ostensibly a horror movie it really wasnt even that scary.
now, in all fairness, i had had this movies plot spoiled almost rotten for me. which i feel like was a bad thing for this one because unlike the first two movies, its not actually that different reading or hearing about it vs actually watching it. those movies i knew what would happen and roughly when, but the way its presented makes it still feel scary when it happens. this movie meanwhile did not have that effect.
i feel like this is because a significant amount of this movies "scares" are either incredibly underwhelming kills (minus the woman who gets a drill piercing into her skull, that one is good) or are just aspects of the mystery that have already been spoiled for me, thus ruining them. universal demanded they include a number of slasher conventions such as a high kill count and plenty of sex, which while i dont have a problem with these elements in a vacuum, they really dont fit what is otherwise more of a mystery thriller than a slasher movie.
the music as usual is excellent, and the sound design is a step up from the at times silly sounding synthesizer sounds heard in parts of halloween iis score. none of the previous halloween themes return for the new score, it is entirely original, but there is a moment of the original 1978 halloween score used in the film to incredible effect. i wont spoil it because i want someone reading this who hasnt seen the movie before to see it for themselves but it happens about two thirds of the way thru the movie.
the acting in this movie, though, much like the execution of the premise, leaves a bit to be desired. there are some returning cast members playing entirely new roles, as well as other carpenter collaborators who didnt originally appear in a halloween film. some of them do alright, but leading man tom atkins feels way too goofy for a role like this. our villain, however, played by dan o'herlihy, could not have been better casted or acted. absolutely steals the show in just about every scene hes in.
i dont have as much to say about this movie as i did the last one, im not sure if thats because im writing it while high after having written the last review while having just seen the film today. maybe i should be giving myself some room to think about each film before writing about them. but ultimately i dont really care cause im doing this for myself anyways. overall i feel like halloween iii earns its rep as just kind of a weird film in a weird place in its series, and i can understand why audiences back in the day reacted poorly to it. regardless its a fun movie that id absolutely watch again and enjoyed for most of the wrong reasons entirely.
next time on bussyween, its the start of everyones least favorite subset of the halloween movies, halloween 4: the curse of michael myers. so stay tuned!
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2008 Reissue: 20th Anniversary Edition
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I make music sometimes.
I seldom post my music anywhere online. They include some original stuff and some remixes. This will become a thread for original compositions I manage to finish.
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#Halloween II#Soundtrack#John Carpenter#Alan Howarth#Jamie Lee Curtis#Donald Pleasence#Rick Rosenthal#Debra Hill#CD#80s
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Rainy Days for Ghosts - the musical alter ego of horror journalist/composer Jerry Smith - has released Haddonfield, a three-song instrumental EP inspired by the Halloween franchise.
It's available for pay-what-you-want on Bandcamp, but I'd suggest throwing in a few bucks to help Smith and their family out of a difficult situation. You can also donate via GoFundMe.
#halloween#michael myers#john carpenter#alan howarth#horror#haddonfield#jerry smith#vinyl#gift#synth#synthwave#horror music#soundtrack#halloween music#bandcamp
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FROM THE SHADOWS | Official Trailer, Poster & Images
FROM THE SHADOWS, the supernatural horror feature film starring Academy Award® nominee and Golden Globe® winner Bruce Davison (“Ozark,” Willard”), Selena Anduze (“Wanda/Vision,” “Creepshow”), and Tony nominated and multiple Emmy Award winner, Keith David (“Nope,” “The Thing”) will open in five theaters around the country from September 22-28. From The Shadows will have its official red carpet premiere in Los Angeles on September 19th, 2023.
(L-R) Selena Anduze as Dr. Amara Rowan and Jim Thalman as Peter in FROM THE SHADOWS.
When the enigmatic leader of the Hidden Wisdom cult, Dr. Joseph Cawl (Bruce Davison), and eighteen of his followers all die in a mysterious inferno, the five young survivors suspected of igniting the blaze contact paranormal researcher Amara Rowan (Selena Anduze) to help uncover the real cause of the fire. When they stumble upon the truth behind the disappearance of Cawl’s partner, Dr. Leonard Bertram (Keith David), they become the target of a deranged killer that wants to slaughter them all.
Keith David as Dr. Leonard Bertram
Directed by Mike Sargent, written by Mike Kuciak with story by Ian Holt, (co-author, with Dacre Stoker, of the international bestseller, “Dracula the Un-Dead”, the official sequel to Bram Stoker’s classic 1897 novel, “Dracula”), Mike Kuciak, and Mike Sargent, From The Shadows is produced by Michael Alden, Ian Holt and Mike Kuciak of Alt-House Productions in partnership with PFG Films. Special Effects makeup is designed by Vincent J. Guastini, with sound design by Academy Award® winner Cecelia Hall. The film’s score is composed by horror legend, Alan Howarth, who collaborated with John Carpenter for the scores to classics such as “Halloween,” “They Live,” “Prince Of Darkness,” and “Escape From New York.”
Claire Mack as Tina
“What intrigued me most about directing this film was the idea of fear of the unknown,” said Mike Sargent. “The idea that there is something malevolent waiting for us in the darkness that we can’t see but we know is there. I also think we live in a world where we often wonder how people could commit some of the evil that they do. So, when you put this together with the ability to work with two icons like Keith David and Bruce Davison… It’s literally a genre lover’s dream come true.”
From The Shadows won the Best Feature Award at The Horrorween Festival, was a finalist at The Stranger Days Horror Festival, is an official selection of the Phobia Film Festival in Missouri and The Port Of Fear Film Festival, Kenosha, WI.
Ester Tania as Denise
The following theaters will be showing FROM THE SHADOWS:
New York, NY – Angelika East, 181-189 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003
Dallas, TX – Angelika Plano, 7205 Bishop Rd E-6, Plano, TX 75024
San Francisco, CA – Rohnert Park, 555 Rohnert Park Expy West, Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Washington DC – Angelika Pop-Up, 550 Penn St NE, Washington, DC 20002
Sacramento, CA – Tower Cinema, 2508 Land Park Dr, Sacramento, CA 95818
There will also be an In-Theater Contest in all of the theaters where From the Shadows will be playing. Keith David shot a short video that will screen before the feature instructing the audience on how to capture an on-screen QR code which will allow them to enter the contest to win.
The prizes are:
- The special fx makeup painted appliance and mold used for Leonard Bertram's melted face (Keith David) with poster signed by Fx makeup creator, Vince Guastini and Keith David.
- Horror film memorabilia from Bruce Davison.
- Film Soundtrack Vinyl signed by Alan Howarth, Keith David Bruce Davison and Selena Anduze.
#youtube#film news#movie news#from the shadows#mike sargent#ian holt#Mike Kuciak#vincent j. guastini#alan howarth#bruce davison#selena anduze#keith david#horror#supernatural
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A-T-2 338 Halloween '82: Soundtracks
Death Wish II soundtrack by director Michael Winner's then neighbour Jimmy Page. I wonder if it was Alister Crowley's house because I remember Page owns that?
Jimmy Page - A Shadow In The City
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The slasher Friday the 13th Part III comes out in 1982, the disco cut theme is actually better than the movie
Harry Manfredini / Hot Ice - "Theme From Friday The 13th Part 3" (12" Extended Mix)
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John Carpenter's Escape From New York comes out in 1981, this disco mix the following year. As usual Carpenter scores the movie with frequent collaborator Alan Howarth. These extended mixes are by Mario Boncaldo who is one half of Klein & M.B.O (A-T-2 132)
John Carpenter & Alan Howarth - The Duke Arrives / Barricade / The President At The Train
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The Italians! I've already shared Flashing from the Tenebre soundtrack (A-T-2 122) but here's a remix version of the main theme
Goblin - Tenebre (Remix)
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From the soundtrack to Lucio Fulci's film City of the Living Dead from the director's Gates Of Hell trilogy. The composer Fabio Frizzi had a long relationship with Lucio Fulci scoring films going back to his spaghetti western and giallo work before going into horror. Yesterday I shared a cover version of the Zombi theme by Fabio Frizzi from Fulci's Zombi 2 (Zombie Flesh Eaters in the UK) the sequel to George A. Romero's Dawn Of The Dead and first horror movie Fulci and Frizzi worked on together
Fabio Frizzi - Apoteosi Del Mistero
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Another from Death Wish II
Jimmy Page - Hotel Rats And Photostats
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Trevor Jones - The Dark Crystal Main Theme
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#1982#halloween#jimmy page#harry manfredini#john carpenter#alan howarth#mario boncaldo#goblin#fabio frizzi#trevor jones#soundtrack#80s music
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