RATINGRating: 3.5/5


Halloween is supposed to be the scariest night of the calendar year.

The holiday, thanks in part to sugary kids’ movies, seems to have lost credibility as a subject for motion pictures. The situation has to be desperate when modern movie studios have to resurrect Michael Myers to strike fear at the mention of All Hallow’s Eve.

The direct to DVD release “Trick ‘r Treat”, however, manages to take the creepy connotations of Oct. 31 and make them, well, creepy again.

The movie plays out much like a Disney Channel kiddie flick on illicit substances. Like the movie “Crash,” the film follows four different, yet somehow intertwining stories that take place on Halloween.

From a trouble-making group of trick-or-treaters to a somewhat disturbing school principal, the tales focus on the grisly consequences in store for those who dare infringe on tradition. Those who abuse the final night of October get everything they deserve.

It is shocking that it has taken this long for a concept like this to come to pass. “Trick ‘r Treat” is a lesson in storytelling taught by Halloween enthusiasts who felt the need to inject a dose of terror back into a holiday that has been made a little too family friendly. Their passion to share its “tricks and treats” is completely evident, and proves that the Halloween still has legs in today’s horror industry.

Before starting the mayhem that is Halloween, make certain you grab a copy of “Trick ‘r Treat” to get in the “fright” mind-set.

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