Passes the Bechdel test

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Name: Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Released: 1982

1982. Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace, written by Tommy Lee Wallace and John Carpenter and Nigel Kneale.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
9 women characters. 8 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 148.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.

Poster for Halloween III: Season of the Witch

The film

After the death of her father under suspicious circumstances, Ellie Grimbridge and Dr Daniel Challis decide to investigate the shady activities of Conal Cochran: the owner of the Silver Shamrock Novelties company. Before long, they discover Cochran's diabolical plot to brainwash the children of America into doing his bidding through a mixture of ancient rituals, technology, and witchcraft. This Halloween, wearing the mask of a skeleton, a witch, or a pumpkin can be deadly. Can Ellie and Daniel thwart the plans of the evil toy maker?

Released: 22 Oct 1982
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Rated: R
IMDb: 5.2 / 10
Metascore: 50 / 100
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Challis 104 lines, man
Ellie 74 lines, woman
Cochran 54 lines, man
Buddy 30 lines, man
Rafferty 23 lines, man
Betty 16 lines, woman
Marge 13 lines, woman
Linda 12 lines, woman
Secretary 11 lines, woman
Li'L Buddy 8 lines, man

Full cast, 27 people

Tom Atkins as Daniel Challis
Stacey Nelkin as Ellie Grimbridge
Dan O'Herlihy as Conal Cochran
Michael Currie as Rafferty
Ralph Strait as Buddy Kupfer
Jadeen Barbor as Betty Kupfer
Brad Schacter as Little Buddy
Garn Stephens as Marge
Nancy Kyes as Linda Challis
Jonathan Terry as Starker
Al Berry as Harry Grimbridge
Wendy Wessberg as Teddy
Essex Smith as Walter Jones
Maidie Norman as Nurse Agnes
John MacBride as Sheriff
Dick Warlock as Assassin
Joshua John Miller as Willie Challis
Michelle Walker as Bella Challis
Paddi Edwards as Secretary
Norman Merrill as Red
Loyd Catlett as Charlie
Jamie Lee Curtis as Curfew Announcer / Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Tommy Lee Wallace as Silver Shamrock Commercial Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Martin Cassidy as Watcher
Patrick Pankhurst as Technician
Jeffrey D. Henry as Motel Technician
Michael W. Green as Technician #2

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 7% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 148

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 4	0	2
5 to 8	9	13
9 to 12	0	7
13 to 16	6	6
17 to 20	19	18
21 to 24	0	1
25 to 28	2	2
29 to 32	1	2
33 to 36	9	14
37 to 40	4	5
41 to 44	7	16
45 to 48	0	6
49 to 52	5	5
53 to 56	24	17
57 to 60	2	18
61 to 64	11	8
65 to 68	12	6
69 to 72	2	12
73 to 76	2	9
77 to 80	0	14
81 to 84	0	0
85 to 88	4	1
89 to 92	0	0
93 to 96	0	9
97 to 100	5	34
101 to 104	6	3
105 to 108	0	3
109 to 112	0	0
113 to 116	0	1
117 to 120	0	0
121 to 124	0	4
125 to 128	0	4
129 to 132	0	3
133 to 136	0	0
137 to 140	0	2
141 to 144	0	3
145 to 148	0	5

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scene

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

BETTY: I'm hungry... ELLIE: I've had enough. Let's get out of here.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 34 are women's.

130 lines from women, 253 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

9 women and 18 men in the cast. 8 women and 12 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 11 of 413. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 36 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 32% of the words (1,900), men 68% (4,008). Women have 34% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

2 of the 13 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 18% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Tommy Lee Wallace (man)
Written by: Tommy Lee Wallace (man), Nigel Kneale (man)
Produced by: John Carpenter (man), Debra Hill (woman), Dino De Laurentiis (man), Moustapha Akkad (man)
Shot by: Dean Cundey (man)
Edited by: Millie Moore (gender not listed)
Music by: Alan Howarth (man), John Carpenter (man)
Production design by: Peter Jamison (man)
Cast by: Susan Shaw (woman)