Halloween III (w/ Robert Skvarla)

The Impossible Archive

Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 1 min

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Episode description

Bill and Eddie chat with Robert Skvarla about the 1982 film "Halloween III: Season of the Witch," a bizarre piece of techno-folk horror. Tangents include the Havana Syndrome, Bowling Green's Wikipedia page, and the politics of Stonehenge.

Citations/links:

Martin Harris and Kathryn Conner Bennett, "You Can't Kill the Boogeyman: Halloween III and the Modern Horror Franchise," Journal of Popular Film and Television (2004): https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3200/JPFT.32.3.98-120

Ronald Hutton, "The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain" (Oxford UP, 1996)

Fangoria’s issue on "Halloween III": https://www.fangoria.com/archives/Halloween3-Fridaythe13thPart3-Creepshow/

Kevin Cooney, “Unlocking Nigel Kneale's Mythic Evil in 'Halloween III: Season of the Witch,” Diabolique Magazine (2018): https://diaboliquemagazine.com/unlocking-nigel-kneales-mythic-evil-in-halloween-iii-season-of-the-witch/

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