Trick 'r Treat(2009)- User Reviews

In a plethora of shallow and uninspired horror flicks, this actually turned out to be a real Halloween treat; I have nothing bad to say about this movie. The story is surprising good and originally crafted. It successfully combines many intertwined subplots into a whole terrifying package. All the events happen around this daunting, mysterious figure named Sam, a vicious gremlin who is very dangerous spirit obsessed of keeping the traditions and customs of Halloween, but underneath all the horror he brings, he has this eerie innocence. All the characters slowly reveal their true colors in the end of every separate storylines and it’s all clever and edgy. This movie has the edge of unpredictability; when you think it’s so predicable one minute, the next reveals a shocking twist. In its short running time, it presents an much more entertaining story than the longer more generic slice and dash orgies of violence and sex. All the actors are good, not all the characters are truly memorable but they all fit well into their stories. Dylan Baker and Brian Cox give the more sensational performances, both menacing yet flawed as human beings but are polar opposites when it comes to old traditions of Halloween. Anna Paquin makes an interesting appearance that sort of provokes her involvement in True Blood, the common girl teenager with a “teeth-sinking” twist. The direction is what makes the movie really work and he balances terror with wit and blood. It couldn’t be any better since the director is a good friend of Bryan Singer (helmer of X-Men 1, X2 and Superman Returns) and whose favorite holiday is Halloween. This movie was involving, yet very simplistic and straight-forward, clever and fun to watch. No movie does justice on the subject of Halloween.