History Recap / FilmRerollHalloweenIII

* ChekhovsSkill: Tragically [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Cody’s tries to use his lockpicking skills to get out of his cell, but it takes too long, leading to him and Adam Condan being devoured by rats.

Three years have passed since the events of the last installment. Clara Bridge is looking forward to spend the evening with her new boyfriend, Sean. Meanwhile, Danny Hodges has -- in an attempt to get away from his traumatic memories of the place -- left Haddonfield behind and moved to Illinois, and is hoping to spend some quality time with his workmate, Joshua Orsino. However, it seems as though trouble just can't stay away from the survivors of the Myers killings. Out of nowhere, Clara is attacked by her knife-wielding little brother, while Danny and Joshua are confronted by a paranoid stranger who is soon murdered. What is the cause of these attacks? Are they connected to Michael Myers? [[WhamLine And just what is up with]] [[InSpiteOfANail the Silver Shamrock Novelty Company and their Halloween masks?]]

* TheUnpronounceable: “Austin Cunningham’s” real name is said to be unpronoucible to human tongues.

* DemonicPossession: Michael Myers is confirmed to be a Fomhórach, a member of a race from Myth/CelticMythology which vaged wars against the Tuatha Dé Danann, and have been portrayed as possessed humans in some modern iterations.

* AnachronismStew: Sasha and his crew listen to the song Living on a Prayer four years before it was released. HandWaved by Paulo Quiros, who simply attributes this to the story being set in an AlternateUniverse.

* YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe: This is basically Danny's reaction when it turns out that, when his group finds Charlie on the side of a road and pull him into the car... and it turns out they had actually ''kidnapped an unknown child''.
-->'''Danny''': (annoyed) Well, well, well, we're just racking them up!

** In terms of both recording[[note]]Paulo tried to get the campaign finished in time for release in 2020, but [[CaptainObvious there was a snag]][[/note]] and release[[note]]The first three episodes came out in November 2021, Part 4 came out December 17th, and the rest were released from New Years 2021 to January 31st 2021[[/note]], this campaign took the better part of a year to get done and dusted. Scott parodies this in his intro in Part 6, when he [[OlderThanTheyLook adopts an old man voice]] and claims to have [[ComicBookTime "been here for 57 years"]].

* GoodCopBadCop: Sasha and Josh manage to pull this on both a pair of actual cops (leading to some StockholmSyndrome) and then on Cochran while infiltrating his factory.

* StockholmSyndrome: The policemen Sasha and his crew kidnap and threaten to shoot get along surprisingly well with them, all things considered.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Downplayed: In [[Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch the original film]], Dan Challis' introduction was him visiting his ex-wife to drop off masks for his kids before getting called in. Here, in one of his only [[DemotedToExtra two]] scenes of the campaign, he's called in [[TheAlcoholic while he's at the Blarney Stone]], and makes a point of getting two more beers "for the road".[[note]]Although, granted, [[ForWantOfANail his scene in the movie took place eight days before Halloween]]; here, it's three.[[/note]]

* ForWantOfANail:
** Right before the campaign starts, Scott acknowledges that ''the'' reason why Danny Hodges wound up becoming [[AscendedExtra ostensibly the protagonist of the "Halloween" trilogy]] was because ''his'' go as Danny [[Recap/FilmRerollHalloween1978 at the start of the trilogy]] had him stick around the Meyer's house longer "due to sexual frustration".
** Although it can be chalked up to the fact that this campaign is actually a partial adaptation, [[Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch the inciting incident]] of Harry Grimbridge showing up at the gas station, collapsing and spouting vague warnings of doom, originally occurred eight days before Halloween (October 23rd). Here, it's explicitly stated Danny and Joshua encounter him ''three'' days before Halloween.

* ManOnFire: While not shown, we are told that Harry Grimbridge was murdered by a stranger who then committed suicide by lighting both himself and his car on fire.

* [[HeHadAName She Has a Name]]: {{Invoked|Trope}} upon discovering that her mom is willing to ''sacrifice a child'' in order to save her life, Clara demands that Moll tell her what the child's name is. After a brief attempt at stating it didn't matter, she reveals the kid's name is Lily.

* ChekhovsSkill: Tragically [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Cody’s tries to use his lockpicking skills to get out of his cell, but it takes too long, leading to him and Adam being devoured by rats.

* ActingInTheDark: [[invoked]] Variation: It soon comes to light that, in a repeat of [[Recap/FilmRerollFridayThe13thTheFinalChapter the "Summerspell" incident]], Paulo was obscuring the fact the campaign was in reality a partial adaptation of Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch. But, by the time the episodes of the campaign started being uploaded, the others soon were clued in. Likewise, when Paulo pulls up a video of one of the Silver Shamrock commercials from the movie, everyone else had assumed Paulo made it himself.

* FoodAsBribe: After Danny's group [[NiceJobBreakingItHero accidentally kidnap a trick-or-treater]], the kid (upset and panicking) offers his candy if they let him leave. [[HarmfulToMinors Danny opts to have Jeff throw him out of the (slow-moving) car...]] [[KickTheDog while also choosing to keep the candy.]]

** By the end of the fifth episode, Sasha and Joshua have been taken to be executed, Darkhorse has joined forces with Cochran, Clara, Andy and Cody have been arrested, Laurie has falling off a cliff in the underworld and Danny has arms himself with a gun he may or may not have to use against his AmbiguouslyEvil ex.

** Officer Chris Brown was also a case of this, [[NamesTheSame and not a reference to the more famous musician.]]

* HeHadAName: {{Invoked|Trope}} upon discovering that her mom is willing to ''sacrifice a child'' in order to save her life, Clara demands that Moll tell her what the child's name is. After a brief attempt at stating it didn't matter, she reveals the kid's name is Lily.

* GenderBlenderName: The name Sasha Varnavskaya is actually in feminine form according to Russian grammar. The masculine equivalent would be Sasha Varnavskiy. This was acknowledged as an example of CriticalResearchFailure, but the Rerollers fully embraced the explanation that he was trans and declared it canon.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Downplayed: In [[Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch the original film]], Dan Challis' introduction was him visiting his ex-wife to drop off masks for his kids before getting called in. Here, in one of his only [[DemotedToExtra two]] scenes of the campaign, he's called in [[TheAlcoholic while he's at the Blarney Stone]], and makes a point of getting two more beers "for the road".[[note]]Although, granted, [[ForWantOfTheNail his scene in the movie took place eight days before Halloween]]; here, it's three.[[/note]]

* BroughtDownToNormal: Upon entering our world, Austin Cunningham becomes a human DarkSkinnedBlonde, while the Aes Sidhe turns into a NobleWolf. The Millipedes also turn into snakes as they come through.

* DramaticIrony: When it becomes clear that Darkhorse and Sasha will be having their ''own'' storyline in Part 3, Scott starts claiming that the campaign is going to take so long, it's going to be released ''next'' year... [[UnderminedByReality in 2021]].[[note]]The first three episodes were recorded in 2020.[[/note]]

* BalefulPolymorph: After some rats fall into the portal to the Underworld, they turn into creatures with more legs than they should have.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Downplayed: In [[Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch the original film]], Dan Challis' introduction was him visiting his ex-wife to drop off masks for his kids before getting called in. Here (in one of his only [[DemotedToExtra two]]) scenes of the campaign, he's called in [[TheAlcoholic while he's at the Blarney Stone]], and makes a point of getting two more beers "for the road".[[note]]Although, granted, [[ForWantOfTheNail his scene in the movie took place eight days before Halloween]]; here, it's three.[[/note]]

* AdaptationalJerkass: Downplayed: In [[Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch the original film]], Dan Challis' introduction was him visiting his ex-wife to drop off masks for his kids before getting called in. Here (in one of his only [[DemotedToExtra two]]) scenes of the campaign, he's called in [[TheAlcoholic while he's at the Blarney Stone]], and makes a point of getting one more beer "for the road".[[note]]Although, granted, [[ForWantOfTheNail his scene in the movie took place eight days before Halloween]]; here, it's three.[[/note]]

* SomethingWeForgot: After stopping Moll from killing Lily, Clara takes her outside and, upon reconvening with Danny and Jeff, starts to plan out what to do next... only for Jeff to point out that they ''left Lily inside''.

** Although it can be chalked up to the fact that this campaign is actually a partial adaptation, [[Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch the inciting incident]] of Harry Grimbridge showing up at the gas station, collapsing and spouting vague warnings of doom, occurred eight days before Halloween (October 23rd). Here, it's explicitly stated Danny and Joshua encounter him ''three'' days before Halloween.

* ForWantOfANail: Right before the campaign starts, Scott acknowledges that ''the'' reason why Danny Hodges wound up becoming [[AscendedExtra ostensibly the protagonist of the "Halloween" trilogy]] was because ''his'' go as Danny [[Recap/FilmRerollHalloween1978 at the start of the trilogy]] had him stick around the Meyer's house longer "due to sexual frustration".