IMDb plot summary: Five interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband; and a mean old man meets his match with a demonic, supernatural trick-or-treater.
Directed by Michael Dougherty. Starring Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Dylan Baker, and Rochelle Aytes.
None of these stories would necessarily stand up to their own 90-minute movie, but that's the beauty of an anthology, that you can see several short-form stories that are more effective in their limited timeframe. These are impeccably timed, all ending right before they run out of steam. They all have a sort of visual griminess to them that I don't love, feeling at times like some sort of more playful version of Rob Zombie, but the parts that work REALLY work. This is also one of those movies where I found myself digging into the lore afterward, particularly the little burlap sack pumpkin costume kid who pops up briefly in each of the stories. The lore about him was more interesting than his actual appearance in the movie, but it at least intrigued me enough to make me want to look it up. Pretty decent anthology!
How it entered my Flickchart:
Trick 'r Treat > Monsters
Trick 'r Treat < Woman in the Dunes
Trick 'r Treat > Fantasia 2000
Trick 'r Treat < Steven Universe: The Movie
Trick 'r Treat > Murder by Death
Trick 'r Treat > Porco Rosso
Trick 'r Treat < The Hustler
Trick 'r Treat > The Matador
Trick 'r Treat > Monsters Vs. Aliens
Trick 'r Treat > Evita
Trick 'r Treat > M
Final spot: #1104 out of 3443, or 68%.
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