The Big Giveaway: The H3 love thread

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New to the forum, and want to thank the collectors for providing such a terrific resource of photos, and info on all these wonderful masks. There’s precious little “official” information out there, and of course it is the fans and collectors who are the true historians and custodians of these little pieces of time we choose to cherish.

I’ve spent many an hour with the search function, gleaning any insight I can from the posts of Warlock and others on these masks, (Vinyl vs. latex, big vs. small, etc. ) and what I’d hope to do is try to consolidate as much info and photos as we can in one thread to create a more manageable resource – failing that – at least have some fun and look forward to some additional reading and great mask pics.


I’ve always liked H3, in an eerie / ec comic book way, and one needs only watch Creepshow again ( a much higher regarded film) to see which one has aged best. I consider it a Carpenter film – and one of his better ones, along with the Fog, the Thing, and Halloween. It has that great foreboding synth, the Dean Cundey lighting, desolate ocean side doom (ala the FOG) and Wallace’s clean, no nonsense direction is virtually indistinguishable from his mentor here. For me, the father of the Halloween films, John Carpenter, made his final artistic statement on the Holiday with this terrific movie. It has grown over the years from being a fun novelty, to one of my all time favorites. You won’t ever see another film about a madman trying to sacrifice thousands of children on Halloween night with boobytrapped masks. (who succeeds, no less!) That alone is reason enough for any horror fan to like it, that it’s well made is reason enough to love it. That it has a cartoon hating, beer swilling, skirt chasing Tom Atkins running around in a members only jacket with a hankerchief hanging out of his ass pocket, and whose willing to share his drink with any bum in the alley is reason enough to make it legendary.




This film personifies the Holiday as much as Carpenter’s original, and makes a dead on (pun intended) statement about advertising and commercialism. It’s the real deal, not a 6th generation carbon copy of an already existing template.


While I haven’t made the leap just yet into mask collecting, I was fortunate to get Atkins and Nelkin to sign my H3 dvd at the 30 years of Terror show. And there can’t be too many of those floating around:)

Question: I’ve read the film seems to have a newfound popularity in recent years. Why do you think this is? I haven’t seen it on AMC for several years, so I am wondering where the exposure is coming from? Thoughts?

So please, let’s make this thread AWESOME and post, and/or repost your wonderful photos, anecdotes, links, and information. This thread will only be as fun as we make it. And… Happy Halloween.

Terrific H3 prank:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW_p73_paD4

H3 Filming Locations:
http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/article/478

Great Article w/ gifs:
http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/halloween3/

This Reviewer “gets it” :
http://dinnerwithmaxjenke.blogspot.com/2008/10/halloween-iii-season-of-witch.html

Get a Signed Score straight from the Source:
http://alanhowarth.com/pgcart.pga?product=HalloweenIII

Cheers,
~Cochran

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Well, I agree with you about it feeling like it’s a Carpenter directed film for sure. It has probably helped it’s popularity that AMC and CHILLER play it with HALLOWEEN II regualrly. But more than anything I think it’s this site, and the love of the Don Post Pumpkin, Witch, and Skull masks that made it cool to be into H3 again. I LOVE IT and I ain’t afraid to admit it! :laughing:

Cheers!
Kirk

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I think this is especially evident if you watch a double bill of THE FOG and HIII. Tonally, they are very similar. Atkins gets the babe in both. And you have those desolate rolling plains with the sun glinting off the ocean… They are cut from the same cloth, from the exact same era – from practically the exact same artists. I think everything after this film in the series gets artistically less interesting.

I haven’t seen it on AMC since '07. It wasn’t on the fright fest billing in '08 or '09 that I saw, which is why I secured a dvd copy finally. I hope it airs this year.

This is great, TV spot from 1987:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHPfs0I4ZKU&feature=related

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I’m a VERY big fan of Halloween 3. have been since i seen it on tv 83-84. i belive it was the first time being on tv. ive loved since day one!! most people don’t or won’t understamd part 3. i watch it with my son all the time with my H3 mask’s on display. in the living room i just get a feel from watching it. it also takes you back when you first seen it. remembering where you were at and what your were doing. and meeting Tom Atkins and siging my H3 poster and night of the Creeps poster. and my lil boy meeting him to that was TO COOL…

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This is my latest H3 score- a small score but still pretty neat. It’s the same pin as the one worn by the lady in the Silver Shamrock office:

I’m not sure what they pinned it on though- I can’t figure out what that brown thing is.

Mark

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Good eye, Mark!

Sandman, it’s great that you can share this with your son, and he got to meet Atkins :slight_smile:

Too bad these ad prices are no longer in effect. Still – not cheap masks for 1982 dollars.

In an effort to consolidate, here’s DWN productions’ “Shamrocked” mask. Great idea.
If I’m not mistaken, I believe there was a companion melted skull piece offered on ebay this time last year.
I remember wondering if they planned on doing a witch… Do not see it on the site.
Maybe someone has additional info.

http://www.dwnproductions.net

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That’s cool as hell, Mark. :rock:

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I hope you get into the collecting, I picked all 3 of these up at the same time from sinister studio for 300 bucks! Thats a hell of a deal for such good looking replicas!




My H3 brick:

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Hi rlehlinger,

Nice set up, brother. Would love to see some sharper images if you have them.

Has anyone visited Loleta?

Warlock, you posted the H3 “hype train” has taken off. Why do you think that is? What got you so interested in these particular masks?

For me the movie has slowly creeped on me over the years, and now I suppose I’m a fully fledged Season of the Witch nerd.
I mean, c’mon – what’s cooler than a Halloween film based on the masks? Simple and genius.

Would love to see other mask pics, so post 'em if you got 'em, and join the fun, you know you want to – the clock is ticking…

Great new montage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmSP5b_Mi6g

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These images are from my old apartment not my new place!

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Good Post. Here’s My H3 Fan Post… Some Great Pics Were Takin’ Down Though… ENJOY

https://forum.michael-myers.net/t/halloween-iii-stuff-post-em/35645/1

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Been tempted to pick that shirt up – only thing that throws it off for me is the SS logo.Still like it, but I think it weighs down the design, and would be much stronger with just the masks against the black. I scored the fright rags one:




Dan, I like the thread, some great pics. What is the story with the smaller pumpkin on the top shelf here? Is that a latex mask? Very cool. Also, can anyone tell me what the “majik pumpkin” that Crypt co. offered was?

Thanks!

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Im envious of these H3 Items…

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SwampBilly’s pictures in Dan’s thread are fantastic. Doesn’t get more Halloween than that.

Matthew, what is the Top Stone Hag Mask?

“Should’ve left me at the Bar, Ellie!”

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I’ve always said that H3 never got the respect it deserves. Carpenter originally wanted to kill off Michael at the end of pt 2. I think the reason why people hate it so much is because Halloween fans went into it looking for Myers or Myers releated. But look at all the other writers and directors that brought Myers back and look at what sloppy jobs they did at doing it. H3 was supposed to be the final film in the series and is really awesome in it’s own right. I think H3 is just as good as the first 2 and is better than parts 4-RZ H2. It’s just my opinion.

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Its good to see someone else here lives in TX


I think h1 - H3 were the best, I really don’t think (in my opinion) that the series got bad till part 6, 7 was ok- but the rest was definantly CRAP!

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Thank you I worked hard on it sir!

You got any H3 stuff?

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_I wish I had some H3 stuff.

Edit. I take that back I do have a couple of Original H3 lobby cards with the DW Auto_

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Original PH mask I used to own:




Current H3 masks I own:





The absolute coolest H3 picture I have seen courtesy of Billy Kirkus:

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So only a few people are posting their loot? Would we get better traction with this subject over on the Easter forums?? Haha.
C’mon, trick or treaters – show your wares. Calling all witches, all skeletons, all jack o’ lanterns…

P.s. I guess ol 'Warkock and JonL don’t want to answer any questions or participate. Not the most welcoming forum to new members I’ve ever visited, but that’s fine too. Happy to drink with those who wish to at the buccaneer bar… :wink:

P.s. It’s all in fun.

Cochran