Halloween III: Season of the Witch is a 1982 American
science fiction horror film. The film is the third installment in the
Halloween franchise and notable for being the only entry in the series that does not feature the fictional character
Michael Myers, nor does it include story elements from either
Halloween (1978) or
Halloween II (1981). It is the first film to be written and directed by
Tommy Lee Wallace.
John Carpenter and
Debra Hill, the creators of
Halloween, returned as producers. The film stars
Tom Atkins as Dr. Dan Challis,
Stacey Nelkin as Ellie Grimbridge, and
Dan O'Herlihy as Conal Cochran. The story focuses on an investigation by Challis and Grimbridge into the activities of Cochran, the mysterious owner of the Silver Shamrock Novelties company, in the week approaching
Halloween night.