A Month of Horror: Trick 'r Treat

Trick 'r Treat:

So this is a movie that I knew nothing about going into it. This movie is set in Warren Valley, Ohio, home of a fictional Halloween city festival. The movie consists of a few different stories that seemingly are not related. Some of the characters in the movie do cross paths here and there but there is really no other crossover in the stories.

I had read about this movie on the internet and how it really did not do much. There was a lot of talk about how this movie was not available to a lot of people and complaints about how it is just now becoming available on DVD and video. I rented this one on Apple TV and I have to say that it was mildly entertaining at best. The acting and the camera work is all professional and there are really no complaints there. The movie does a decent job of stying creepy as the entire thing happens over one Halloween night so it is dark out and not well lit since a lot of the movie occurs outside.

It seems that the main point of the movie is to respect Halloween, and those that do not will be punished in one form or another. Even though there really is not one particular villain, the character on the front of the poster is the central character that seems to be lingering in all the stories. There were a couple of clever story twists, and like I said it was mildly entertaining, but the movie really did not do anything for me, and was definitely not scary.

Verdict: Rental only. Do not buy unless you have some ridiculous amount of money and do not mind losing $15.