Challis, Can't Keep a Good Doc Down

I was over at the movie message board for Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) while watching it on AMC (it was on and I was too lazy to get my barebones Universal Studios DVD copy of it out so I compromised), and one of the posts dropped a link to the YouTube Disco edit of The Magic Pumpkin.

I think the soundtrack, Dean Cundy's cinematography, Atkins in the lead, and O'Herily as a game sinister villain truly rescue the film from some dopey makeup effects, the Stonehenge connection, and a ton of logic problems (why wouldn't Robot Ellie just kill Challis before ever infiltrating the communication epicenter of her inventor and how come Challis' interference that destroys so much equipment not stop the signal from going out over the airwaves???). Go over to the H3 message board for some amusing logic questions...there are plenty. But the score is pervasive and often quite aurally aesthetically pleasing. It functions in harmony with Cundy's work. It looks and sounds great. Nice plug for Halloween (1978) in there and the ending doesn't give us the phew ending we want. Challis has his character flaws, especially concerning his children, but somehow he keeps driving towards stopping Cochran, even if he might fail.