While I thought it could have been a tone bit darker and the characters/stories fleshed out and made longer all in all this movie was fun wot watch. Anyone who likes horror flicks, and I am talking horror flicks, not what passes today like “Saw”, “Hostel” and crappy remakes like “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” This reminded me of the kind of fun I had when I watched horror flicks like “An American Werewolf in London” or even “Tales from the Crypt” when they started on HBO. If you are looking for that kind of fun in your horror movie then this does not disappoint. Warner was stupid to think it wouldn't do at least some business and perhaps spark a new franchise series. Yeah sure you will have a bunch of people that say this movie sucks, but then again odds are they the horror audience that thinks more blood, nudity and gore will make for a good horror flick.

*fun to watch.

I think it lives up to the hype. It's far better than most of the "reboot" crap that's coming out of Hollywood these days. The suits at Warner Bros. should be ashamed of themselves for pulling it from a theatrical run and shelving it for two years.

In short, TRICK 'R TREAT is definitely a film that horror fans and lovers of Halloween will want to see.

It's a horror movie for 12yr old's trapped in an R rated body and is definitely not theatrical quality. The film lacks any kind of scares of laughs and most definitely does not live up to the ridiculous amounts of hype it has generated.

@wideawakewesley: Wake up! (And peruse a book on grammar and punctuation before you post again!)

The film most assuredly has its share of creepy moments, and it's definitely not for kids. The performances from Brian Cox, Dylan Baker, and newcomer Samm Todd alone make the film worth watching.

No offense to any fans, but in my opinion this movie was really bad.

Absolutely nothing was explained at all. It was like all these freaks came out of nowhere did their job and disappeared without a trace. The movie didn't really have a plot or anything. You couldn't warm up to these characters ya never got to know them soon as they were on screen they seemed like a bunch of arrogant punks then they were killed off. Nothing interesting from this movie seemed more like a kid's movie.

Way too much random stuff happened in this movie including the continuous time changes. And none of it adds up to anything.

So in short this movie was terrible.

I think horror is consistently the worst genre in cinema -- American, anyway (I love Rec and à l'intérieur and assorted others), so perhaps this doesn't count for much, but I thought Trick 'r Treat was rubbish.

I enjoyed the anthology structure, and the little sack boy thing is a very cool and iconic image, but that's really it. The actual meat of it is just a bunch of bland stuff that's neither funny nor emotionally impacting.

I get the distinct impression that much of the buzz was simply because of the film's struggled release, and the thrill people get when they're the first to see something, or are seeing something exlusively. Then they tell everyone (who can't see it) how great it is, and go on to tell them that they can't see it themselves for a year and a half.

Silly.

how come that only movies about murder of innocents and evil winning are called clever?
a lot of sociopath in usa?

Although WB never gave an official reason for not releasing it in theatres, there have been two possible reasons.
1 it was originally suppose to come out at the same time as Saw V, and WB worried that people would choose the movie theyre more famliar with, because WB for some reason didnt know how to promote they're film to attract an audience. 2 (I believe this more) is that after the failure of Superman Returns, WB didn't have faith in writer/director of Trick r Treat Michael Doughtery who co-wrote the script to Superman Returns and producer Brian Singer who directed Superman Returns.
To all the people who didnt like this film, cause it wasnt scary enough good for you, but I enjoyed it. I loved it. Was a perfect 10 no, more like an 8. Ive seen scary movies since I was like 3, I knew I wasnt going to be freaked out or scared, but I sure wanted to be entertained. And I was, the movie was fun to watch and worth watching on a Halloween night. It wasn't a reboot, or a remake, the stories in it were something more original then most movies. Serial Killers, Monsters, and Zombies, all used time and time again, but in this movie at least the story was fun to watch.
For all those who didnt like the film because it didnt explain too much, good for you. But sometimes we dont need the old man, or crazy woman giving exposition to explain why or who. I mean the little sack boy, Sam, nobody knows about him because everybody is just partying on Halloween, theres no experts or scientists, or nothing. The school children in the bus, I think that story was pretty well told in a flashback for you to get the idea, if you were paying attnetion you know what happen to the bus driver to get the twist. The serial killer, do you have to have an over the top explaination, nobody loved it when they tried to explain why Michael Myers is insane and evil. The monsters in the movie, youve heard these monster stories before countless times, and it always goes with "They walk among you, and you never suspect until it's too late...." plus it kind of kills the twist.
So I understand and except those who didnt like the movie or felt dissapointed because of all the hype. Thats why you should always go into a scary movie with low expectations and just hope to be entertained, then its just 50/50. Luckily I lucked out and loved it, (granted I really wish the director wouldve gone the Guilmerro Del Toro approach, and showed children dying in very slow tear apart kind of way)

timmy

I believe someone needs to be explained the definition and the purpose of what the genre known as Horror even stands for.

Yes call us sociopaths whatever you stereotypical type people enjoy. Just try not to hurt yourself a simple bloody cut maybe too much for you to handle.

REDante

It wasn't the lack of blood, guts, gore, killings, massacres, obscene language, obscene scenes, or even a scary masked psycho that made this movie bad. No it was the lack of story, plot, interesting characters, or even the time shifting to give us a well deserved ending.

I knew before the movie started that it wasn't meant to be a pure horror movie, but instead a comedy/action/horror movie something to relax to for halloween. I mean HA! the little freak on the poster was enough to give that away.

But this movie wasn't even that it was just nothing but random crap that made no sense all just throw in for no reason.

The only message that was received was don't screw with Halloween or the pumpkin head kid would get you. Ok.... I got that message, but what about the rest of the movie.

What was the vampire/demons or whatever they were girls message.... "uh don't mess with me or I'll turn into a strange looking beast and eat you".... ok.... and.... oh wait there is no and it's just that. Don't mess with them or they'll turn into strange beasts and eat you YEAH excellent story there people that's just so classic and original too bad all hollywood directors didn't think of this one. Lets add oh wait NO do not add anything just keep it that way lets not try to add any kind of plot to this lets keep it.... simple.

Or the kids from the bus...." Don't come snooping in our territory or we'll go to some old man's house and kill him".... Um ok....

Naw what about the child killer...."Hey look at me I'm getting my backyard grave bigger with more kid bodies..... ok I got that much, but for what, you mean I'm going to watch you dump bodies into your backyard then watch you go inside your house and carve a head with your son and that be it....Huhhhh I'm lost now. What was the point in that....

Or the old man who gets attacked by pumpkinhead kid, lives and then gets killed by the bus kid zombies who not only somehow without explaination ressurrected themselves, BUT HERES THE REAL KICKER, but somehow magically floated in the air to get onto the cliff, only because we all know the goofy girl that went up alone of course didn't send the elevator back down for them.,, or did she.... "Ah I got my feelings hurt so bad from being scared I'm going to become a psychotic lunatic and free those zombies so they'll plague my town and kill all my neighbors.... Uh no lets use the magically floated to the cliff idea it's more.... simple.

But no I don't need a plot or a story or characters to care about or anything at all that would make a movie make some sort of sense. I'm most definetly fine with random ideas that has no point to it to entertain me.

The movie would have been ok if they didn't forgot to add the part where the alien that lived on the sun came crashing to earth that possessed all the world leaders so they could declare a massive world war so his other alien buddies that also live on the sun could watch all humans obliterate themselves. Ok... what was the point of that.... I don't know you tell me it makes just as much sense as this movie does.

Overall it was a good movie. A little light on story but long on atmosphere.
But since when does every little thing need to be explained to enjoy a story? It's Halloween night. Magical and supernatural things happen. Magical and supernatural things don't always have explanations and don't need any. Plus this is a horror anthology movie, and stories in these type of movies tend to be about shock endings and twists and turns so that's why they tend to end in an abrupt way.

@oddball
Like I said before you didnt like because you just couldnt get it due to a lack of explanantions that you need every little thing spoon fed to you. Good for you, you dont have to like it, but as long as you complain about it, you only make others curious, thanks for promoting it so others can check it out for themselves to agree or disagree with your views.
@Laslo
Total in agreement with you.

@everyone else, check it out for yourself. Like it or dont like it, post your thoughts, comments, so others might be curious too seeing it for themselves. I mean look at that movie thats been successful due to word of mouth........Paranormal Activity.......

REDante

LOL lack of explainations isn't even the half of it. Try no plot no story just random crap you make up and thrown onto film. None of it has to make any sense just as long as it has a few big Hollywood names starring in it then it'll be a real good movie.

And yes everyone is free to watch this movie as a matter of fact I hope lots of people see this movie so others can see what I'm talking about.

But I'm glad you like it that just means it doesn't take much to impress you. Maybe they'll make a sequel.

The movie sucked bad that's just my opinion, don't insult others for having an opinion that differs from yours.

If you like original movies and ones that engage your brain, you'll like Trick r' Treat. This film keeps you guessing and has a few good scares. It's also worth a few rewatches to catch things you missed the first time around and the dialog takes on a whole new meaning. IMHO, a solid 8 out of 10. A sequel would be nice. WB was off its nut not to release this movie.

@ oddball:

dude, take some chill pills...nobody's insulting you. Its just a civil discussion man.

In my opinion, the movie was great. In contrast to your view, i think the subtle hints at the story was great. It give viewers an opportunity to reflect on the story for days trying to derive a plausible explanation; and also promote a rewatch of the movie to catch little details that was missed.

For example, the 'pumkinhead kid', AKA Sam. He's the 'judge Dred' of Halloween if you will. He enforces what Halloween is about. The old man that was visited by the school bus kids. The was the bus driver, and after the accident, he survived. Because of this, he hates Halloween. That's why he doesn't decorate his house, or give candy. And so, he answers to Sam. The final scene, i think is him facing his demons...or just a quick way to end the film in traditional horror flick manner.

That's just one example of expansiveness of the plot and storyline. There's much more that i've thought of. If you'd like to share some view, please comment.

I think the movie was more of a symbolic representation of the essence of Halloween and the unknown, than it was about coherent story.

I give this movie a 8/10...Right behind 'The Perfect Getaway', which i gave 9.5/10.