Having caught up on season two of "The Movies That Made Us" after a long gap since the first run, I went straight into season three, which follows the same format as the second run.
Season three of "The Movies That Made Us" expands the run from the usual four to eight. It starts with a run of horror films "Halloween", "Friday the 13th" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street". From there "Robocop", "Aliens" and "Coming to America" then finishes up with a Christmas double bill of "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Elf".
With the second season I had the slight issue that I hadn't ever seen two of the four films before. This time I have definitely seen them all before, and I'm glad the series is getting a little bit more specialist, particularly with the horror triumvirate that start off the series.
It is essentially the same show it was in the second run. Danny Wallace is the narrator still and the tone and tenor of the series remains the same. Productions chosen for this run are pretty much as chaotic as they were previously, with all manner of unusual titles, origins and work scenarios brought up. Perhaps the choicest story is "Aliens" with Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd coming from the Roger Corman school of film production and coming up against tenured British production teams, that enjoyed regular tea break privileges and strict working hours.
The final two episodes, a couple of Christmas specials on "Elf" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas" are narrated by Phe Caplan, thought she sticks to the same formula that the show has used since the second season started.
They're fun, light shows that provide an insight into the sometimes chaotic and random way that movies are produced and I'd certainly watch more if they were forthcoming.