Episode 144. Made for TV: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Faculty of Horror

Andrea Subissati and Alexandra West

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4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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It’s almost time kids, the clock is ticking! Andrea and Alex explore the strange world of Halloween III: Season of the Witch, uncovering tricks and treats in the history of holiday, Celtic rituals, and our evolving relationship with our TVs. Class of 2025 Merch is now available! Thanks to Caleb Milatovic and Rachelle Walker for the incredible […]

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0:00.0	Happy Halloween.
0:10.8	Hi, everyone.
0:11.8	Welcome back to the Faculty of Horror podcasting from the horrid halls of academia.
0:16.4	I'm Alex West with Andrea Subasari.
0:20.1	Ooh, it's spooky this month because it's Halloween.
0:22.7	I'm spooky. I'm spicy. It's Halloween. And this is the episode that you guys picked.
0:29.2	Well, the patrons. The patrons among you selected this episode. And we've done this a couple of times before with the podcast where we've put up a poll and allowed our patrons to vote on the episode topic and every single time we've done that.
0:42.6	I have been so surprised.
0:44.2	Yeah, yeah.
0:45.0	Our patrons tend to go for the weirdo outlier.
0:48.7	And this selection is no different.
0:51.3	So if you want to see those voting mechanisms and all the other
0:56.4	options and want to have your say, please join us over on Patreon. But today, we are going to
1:03.1	talk about the outlier of all outliers. The seminal cult classic? I think so. Yeah. This movie is kind of a weird joy of a film that is also
1:16.2	incredibly bleak and nihilistic. There's a lot going on. And I think it's a film that kind of
1:22.2	struggled to be taken seriously for reasons that we'll get into, but it has definitely
1:26.3	found its audience in recent years.
1:28.8	And it's an interesting story, even if it's not perhaps my favorite film.
1:34.1	Oh, and I have a deep affection for this film.
1:36.8	I have some affection for it.
1:38.9	I have problems, but I have, maybe I'll say respect.
1:44.0	Yeah, and I'm the one who loves like a big weirdo horror sequel that just takes the biggest
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