Trick 'r Treat (2007)

It looked amazing. From the opening titles to the beautiful flashback sequence to the stunning camera moves to the creepy monsters this all looks really good. Some of the angles were amazing and so was the movement. Subtle yet powerful sound design. This sounded amazing. A really good mix. Simple yet effective. This was really well paced. It was fast moving with lots of twists. There was never a dull moment except a few seconds that could have been shaved here and there. It wasn't that scary and thankfully it wasn't that gory. It is just a really well made horror movie with thrills throughout. Good solid thrill ride with fantastic pace. Not too extreme either!

Praised by many horror fans right from the get go, the horror anthology Trick 'r Treat became a cult classic. There's no doubt the film rolled out an entertaining and original set of stories, characters and scares. Sam, the iconic small bag headed serial killer was a marvelously designed villain that likely attracted the huge confluence of fans. The timeline of events was also shot with great precision, having to balance the perfect amount of time to creating multiple fluid story but also having to keep the viewer interested in the people and plot. It would have been better with a better cast but its hard to pick apart a fun show such as Trick 'r Treat. A must watch for those who call themselves horror fans around Halloween.

One thing that instantly strikes the viewer is the format stolen from 'Creepshow'. It also becomes clear fairly quickly that this film is much worse than the one it rips off.While both films employ gratuitous violence, 'Creepshow' does it in a well conceived tongue-in-cheek manner. This film is just a load of violence that has no appeal whatsoever. The stories are not clever, they are very derivative and just a re-packaging of overused templates.Just as the violence is used in a misguided manner, so too is everything else between the violent scenes. This is particularly the case with scenes that play upon eroticism. They are very vulgar and unpleasant to watch. The film comes across as a sex-and-violence exploitation flick, and not as a clever exploration of horror fiction.And it's barely even entertaining.

First of all, this review may contain spoilers! :)I just finishes watching this film. IMDb put out some Children of horror article on facebook and as a fan of horror films I did go through and somehow ended up on this film. I was intrigued it has good note so wanted to watch it, but, now, after... I see I could have seen something better.First of all, this film is so random! There are several stories which are kinda related to each other but very loosely. I can not say this is a horror movie as the scenes are not really horror or particularly gore. There is some blood and some unusual creatures, but many scenes are more like a comedy and do intend to make people laugh. I did not laugh. I was more wondering what the hell?! And I am not sure if those scenes which are homage to other films are intentional or not ( Adams Family comes to mind).There are some surprising scenes - like when the dad who killed the boy by poisonous candy is walking behind his son with a big knife and you - of course - expect daddy to kill his son - only to find that the kid is making a 'pumpkin ' out of the dead kid's head ! Now, that is something! And almost in the beginning of the movie. Unfortunately, after that no real surprises ( good ones).Ah, yes, it was a surprise to see who is the driver who killed all those disturbed kids.All in all ... rather uninspiring film. I give it a four.