Factual error: The "big giveaway" that happens at 9pm across the whole country would have to happen at least five different consecutive times due to time zones. The "big giveaway" in the most eastern time zone would be successful, but further west it would be earlier than 9pm.
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Plot summary
Directed by: Tommy Lee Wallace
Starring: Dan O'Herlihy, Tom Atkins, Michael Currie, Stacey Nelkin
A patient is brutally murdered in hospital, the attacker is promptly incinerated when his vehicle blows up in the car park. Witness to a series of bizarre and horrifying incidents, Dr Dan Challis investigates and comes face to face with the sinister figure of Conal Cochran, maker of Halloween masks.
Intent on reviving the rites of all Hallows Eve, a night of ancient sacrifice when, long ago, the hills ran red with the blood of animals and children, the diabolical toymaker is planning a devilish trick or treat for the children of America.
More mistakes in Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Conal Cochran: It will be morning soon. Halloween morning. A very busy day for me.
Trivia: Nancy Loomis, who played Annie in the first film, returns for a small part as Tom Atkins' ex-wife in this one.
Question: This is a two-parter: 1) Why was the guy killing all of the kids, and 2) How exactly did he do it?
Answer: Because he was an evil mastermind. He implanted lethal microchips in the tags of Silver Shamrock masks so when the commercial aired on T.V. on Halloween night, it would take a deadly effect on the kids wearing the masks while watching the commercial.
Answer: He was trying to perform a human sacrifice. He mentioned to the doctor when he was tied up that three thousand years ago, there was a massive sacrifice where the world flowed with the blood of children and animals. Now the planets were aligned again and it was time for a new one in order for the people of his craft to control their environment.
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