''Trick 'r Treat'' is a 2007 American
anthology horror comedy
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film written and directed by
Michael Dougherty
Michael Patrick Dougherty (born October 28, 1974) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and animator, best known for the cult horror film ''Trick 'r Treat'' (2007), and the monster film '' Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' (2019) ...
and produced by
Bryan Singer
Bryan Jay Singer (born September 17, 1965) is an American filmmaker. He is the founder of Bad Hat Harry Productions and has produced almost all of the films he has directed.
After graduating from the University of Southern California, Singer ...
. The film stars
Dylan Baker
Dylan Baker (born October 7, 1959) is an American actor. He gained recognition for his roles in the films such as '' Planes, Trains and Automobiles'' (1987), ''Happiness'' (1998), '' Thirteen Days'' (2000), '' Road to Perdition'' (2002), '' Spide ...
,
Rochelle Aytes
Rochelle Aytes is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as April Malloy on ABC drama series ''Mistresses'' (2013–16) and as the voice of Rochelle in the critically acclaimed video game ''Left 4 Dead 2'' (2009). Aytes a ...
,
Anna Paquin
Anna Hélène Paquin ( ; born 24 July 1982) is a New Zealand actress. Born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington, Paquin made her acting debut portraying Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film '' The Piano'' (1993), for which she won the ...
and
Brian Cox. It relates four
Halloween
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horror stories with a common element in them: Sam, a
trick-or-treater wearing orange
footie pajamas with a burlap sack over his head. The character makes an appearance in each of the stories whenever one of the other characters breaks a Halloween tradition.
Despite being delayed for two years and having only a limited number of screenings at film festivals, the film received much critical acclaim and has since garnered a strong
cult following
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.
Plot
The film is framed by
Halloween
Halloween or Hallowe'en (less commonly known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve) is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Saints' Day. It begins the observanc ...
night in the fictional town of Warren Valley,
Ohio
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. The plot follows a
nonlinear narrative, with characters crossing paths throughout the film. At the center of the story is
Sam, a peculiar trick-or-treater in a burlap pajama costume, who appears to enforce the "
rules
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" of Halloween.
Opening
In the opening scene, Emma and her Halloween-loving husband Henry return home after a celebratory night. Emma (who hates Halloween) blows out their jack-o'-lantern before midnight against Henry's superstitious advice. As Henry relaxes and falls asleep in the house, Emma begins tearing down the front lawn decorations without his knowing; but is then ambushed and murdered by an unseen assailant. Later, Henry discovers her mutilated corpse on display with the decorations.
Principal
Charlie, an overweight child who vandalizes
jack-o'-lantern
A jack-o'-lantern (or jack o'lantern) is a carved lantern, most commonly made from a pumpkin or a root vegetable such as a rutabaga or turnip. Jack-o'-lanterns are associated with the Halloween holiday. Its name comes from the reported phenomen ...
s, is caught stealing candy from an unattended bowl left by his school principal Steven Wilkins. Seemingly taking the offense in stride, Wilkins offers Charlie a candy bar while lecturing Charlie on the importance of respecting Halloween rules and traditions. Charlie gradually feels more unwell until he begins to vomit chocolate and blood. As Charlie dies, Wilkins reveals that he laced the candy with
cyanide
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In chemistry, a cyanide () is a chemical compound that contains a functional group. This group, known as the cyano group, consists of ...
, remarking "You should always check your candy."
While clumsily attempting to hide the murder, he hands out candy to trick-or-treaters, including Sam. Wilkins attempts to bury Charlie in his backyard along with the body of another victim, but is continually interrupted by his young son Billy; his cantankerous elderly neighbor, Mr. Kreeg; and Kreeg’s dog Spite. The other victim turns out to still be alive and struggles in his sack, forcing Wilkins to violently beat him to death with a shovel before anyone can discern the noise.
When Wilkins returns indoors, he briefly notices Kreeg at the window, screaming for help before something seems to attack him. Wilkins guides Billy downstairs to carve a jack-o'-lantern, hiding a knife behind his back. After some hesitation, Wilkins appears to stab Billy. However, Billy is unharmed and it is revealed that the knife was plunged into Charlie's severed head, the "jack-o'-lantern" they are about to carve.
Halloween School Bus Massacre
A group of teenage trick-or-treaters (Macy, Chip, Schrader, and Sara) are collecting jack-o'-lanterns when they meet Rhonda, a Halloween traditionalist dressed as a witch. The group, led by Macy, visits a flooded
quarry
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where she tells the
urban legend
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of the "Halloween School Bus Massacre". In this legend, eight disabled children were killed by a school bus driver on Halloween. The children's parents (weary of the burden of caring for them and resenting them for their disabilities simply out of social embarrassment) wanted nothing more than to be rid of them; so they paid the bus driver to dispose of them. However, before the driver could complete his plan, one child escaped his shackles and took control of the bus. The boy accidentally started the bus as it was on the edge of a cliff, causing the bus to fall into the quarry. The children drowned, though the driver survived.
Macy leaves eight jack-o'-lanterns by the lake as a tribute to the deceased. The group splits up, leaving Rhonda and Chip behind. Rhonda is pursued by horrifying figures, but once she is reduced to tears the other teens claim responsibility, revealing that they disguised themselves as the dead children in an attempt to prank her, all planned out by Macy. Schrader realizes that the trick has gone too far and comforts the terrified Rhonda while a bitter Macy kicks a jack-o'-lantern into the water. The dead children emerge from the lake, attacking Macy and Sara. Sara is dragged away and killed while Rhonda escapes, abandoning the other three teens to their gruesome fate as revenge for their heartless prank on her. As she leaves, Rhonda encounters Sam and exchanges a nod of respect toward him.
Surprise Party
Laurie, a self-conscious 22-year-old, joins her sister Danielle and friends Maria and Janet for Halloween. She winds up with a "Little Red Riding Hood" costume that (in her opinion) makes her "look like she's five" in comparison to her friends' revealing outfits.
A staunch traditionalist, Laurie misses just trick-or-treating which her sister and friends casually disregard. The other girls pick up dates, but Laurie declines in favor of staying to enjoy the town festival instead. She later encounters a hooded man dressed as a vampire who follows her into the woods and attacks her. A bundle of red cloth falls out of a tree, revealing a bloody and fearful killer. Laurie's friends unmask the incapacitated man, after Laurie remarks that he bit her. He is revealed to be Steven Wilkins, revealed to be a serial killer who had sought out victims at the festival.
Laurie's friends are then revealed to be
werewolves
In folklore, a werewolf (), or occasionally lycanthrope (; ; uk, Вовкулака, Vovkulaka), is an individual that can shapeshift into a wolf (or, especially in modern film, a therianthropic hybrid wolf-like creature), either purposely ...
, shedding their clothing and skin before feasting on their deceased dates. Laurie, this being her first time consuming someone, makes an exception. She is the last to transform and kills Wilkins before devouring him. Sitting on a log nearby, Sam witnesses the werewolves’ feast.
Sam
Kreeg, Wilkins' curmudgeonly Halloween-hating neighbor, scares trick-or-treaters off his doorstep with his dog dressed up. As the night proceeds, Kreeg encounters escalating phenomena: The house is egged; the lawn is filled with ornate jack-o'-lanterns; and the hallways and ceiling are scrawled with Halloween and Samhain greetings.
Kreeg is ambushed by Sam, numerous times, and eventually manages to unmask his assailant, whose head resembles a frightful hybrid of a skull and a jack-o' lantern. Kreeg shoots Sam several times with a shotgun, and pumpkin innards spray from the wounds, apparently killing Sam. But when Kreeg sits down, relieved, Sam begins to reanimate, proves difficult to kill and, after badly injuring Kreeg, he eventually has the old man cornered. Instead of killing Kreeg, Sam impales a candy bar in Kreeg's lap, completing the tradition of "handing out" candy on Halloween. Satisfied, Sam spares a confused Kreeg and ominously departs. Meanwhile, photographs burning in the fireplace reveal that Kreeg is the driver from the School Bus Massacre.
Conclusion
A heavily-bandaged Kreeg gives candy to trick-or-treaters. While on his front porch, he observes the street, where he witnesses other characters in the film mill about observing Halloween traditions. Billy sits on his father's porch, handing out candy to trick-or-treaters and enjoying himself. Rhonda crosses the street casually pulling her wagon filled with jack-o'-lanterns along, and is nearly run over by Laurie and the girls' SUV as they drive by laughing to each other. Emma and Henry arrive at home, Henry relaxes in his home while Emma blows out the jack-o'-lantern as Sam moves in for the kill for breaking a Halloween tradition. Kreeg retreats into his home, but immediately hears a knock on his door. These last trick-or-treaters are the children from the bus; they mockingly greet him. The film transitions to comic strips, showing the children brutally tearing apart and devouring Kreeg as revenge for their murder.
Cast
Production
''Season's Greetings''
''Season's Greetings'' is an animated short created by ''Trick 'r Treat'' writer and director
Michael Dougherty
Michael Patrick Dougherty (born October 28, 1974) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and animator, best known for the cult horror film ''Trick 'r Treat'' (2007), and the monster film '' Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' (2019) ...
in 1996 and was the precursor of the film. The film featured Sam as a little boy dressed in orange footy pajamas with his burlap sack head covering, as he is being stalked by a stranger on Halloween night. The short was released as a DVD extra on the original release for ''Trick 'r Treat'' and was aired on
FEARnet
Fearnet was an American digital cable television network, website and video on demand service owned by Comcast. The network specialized in horror entertainment programming through a mix of acquired and original series, and feature films.
Backgr ...
in October 2013 as part of a 24-hour ''Trick 'r Treat'' marathon on Halloween.
Filming location and delays
''Trick 'r Treat'' was filmed on location in
Vancouver
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,
British Columbia
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. Originally slated for an October 5, 2007, theatrical release, it was announced in September 2007 that the film had been pushed back. After many festival screenings, it was released on home media in 2009.
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Release
Theatrical screenings
The first public screening took place at Harry Knowles
Harry Jay Knowles (born December 11, 1971) is an American film critic and writer known for his website called Ain't It Cool News. Knowles was a member of the Austin Film Critics Association until he was removed in September 2017 "by a substanti ...
' Butt-Numb-A-Thon
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film festival in Austin, Texas
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, on December 9, 2007. Subsequent screenings included the Sitges Film Festival on October 7, 2008, the 2008 Screamfest Horror Film Festival
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on October 10, 2008, a free screening in New York sponsored by '' Fangoria'' on October 13, 2008, and another free screening in Los Angeles
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co-sponsored by Ain't It Cool News
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and Legendary Pictures
Legendary Pictures Productions, LLC (doing business as Legendary Entertainment or simply Legendary) is an American film production and mass media company based in Burbank, California, founded by Thomas Tull in 2000. The company has collaborated ...
on October 23, 2008. The film was also screened at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con International
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, the Fantasia Festival
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on July 29 and 30, 2009, the film festival Terror in the Aisles 2 in Chicago
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on August 15, 2009, and the After Dark film festival in Toronto
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on August 20, 2009, at The Bloor.
The film had a theatrical release for the first time on October 6, 2022.
Home media
Warner Bros. Pictures
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and Legendary Pictures released the film direct-to-DVD
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and on Blu-ray
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in North America on October 6, 2009, in the UK on October 26, and in Australia on October 28. Shout! Factory released a "Collector's Edition" Blu-ray on October 9, 2018, with all extras from previous DVD/Blu-ray releases included as well as new extra content.
Merchandise
* Sideshow Collectibles
Sideshow Collectibles is an American specialty manufacturer of movie, film, television and collectible action figures, statues, and high end pieces. Sideshow's licenses include ''Star Wars'', DC Comics, Marvel Comics, ''The Lord of the Rings'', Dis ...
created a 15-inch vinyl figure based on the film's scarecrow-like character Sam.
* NECA created a -inch scale figure of Sam that has been released as part of NECA's "Cult Classics" line of movie figures; the figure includes a stand, pumpkins, "candybar", lollipop, sack, and interchangeable, uncovered head.
* Palace Press and Insight Editions published a 108-page coffee table book entitled ''Trick 'r Treat: Tales of Mayhem, Mystery & Mischief''. It documents the making of the film, and includes storyboards
A storyboard is a graphic organizer that consists of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence. The storyboarding process, in th ...
, concept art, cast and crew biographies, and behind-the-scenes photographs.
* Funko created a deluxe POP! figurine of Sam sitting on a boulder, alongside a jack-o-lantern and a burlap sack; it was released as a Spirit Halloween
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exclusive September 24, 2020.
Spirit Halloween also released a line of ''Trick 'r Treat'' themed decor and props. They released a lollipop that mimics Sam's, and a life-sized Sam animatronic that they used in their themes.
In 2017, Halloween Horror Nights
''Universal's Halloween Horror Nights'' (originally ''Universal Studios Fright Nights'' in 1991) is an annual Halloween-themed event at Universal Studios theme parks in Orlando, Hollywood, Japan and Singapore. The event was originally named '' ...
brought the film to life with a scare zone. The reception led to a full maze for the event in 2018.
Comic books
DC Comics
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DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...
partner Wildstorm Comics
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had planned to release a four-issue adaptation of ''Trick 'r Treat'' written by Marc Andreyko
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Career
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and illustrated by Fiona Staples, with covers by Michael Dougherty
Michael Patrick Dougherty (born October 28, 1974) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and animator, best known for the cult horror film ''Trick 'r Treat'' (2007), and the monster film '' Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' (2019) ...
, Breehn Burns
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Burns was the supervising producer on the 2019 Netflix movie '' Invader Zim: Enter the Florpu ...
and Ragnar. The series was originally going to be released weekly in October 2007, ending on Halloween, but the series was pushed back due to the film's backlisting. The four comics were instead released as a graphic novel
A graphic novel is a long-form, fictional work of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comic scholars and industry ...
adaptation in October 2009. Legendary Comics
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set the second ''Trick 'r Treat'' comic book, titled ''Trick 'r Treat: Days of the Dead'', for an October 2015 release date, and features Arts of Artist Fiona Staples
Fiona Staples is a Canadian comic book artist known for her work on books such as ''North 40'', '' DV8: Gods and Monsters'', ''T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents'', '' Archie'', and '' Saga''. She has been described as one of the best artists working in the in ...
and Stephen Byrne. The comic was released alongside the graphic novel tie-in of Dougherty's ''Krampus''.
Reception
Critical reaction
On review aggregator
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Rotten Tomatoes
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, the film holds an approval rating of 84% based on 31 reviews, with an average rating of 7.40/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A deftly crafted tribute to Halloween legends, ''Trick 'r' Treat'' hits all the genre marks with gusto and old fashioned suspense." Dread Central gave it 5 out of 5 stars, stating, "''Trick 'r Treat'' ranks alongside John Carpenter
John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American filmmaker, actor, and composer. Although he worked in various film genres, he is most commonly associated with horror, action, and science fiction films of the 1970s and 1980s. He ...
's ''Halloween
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'' as traditional October viewing and I can't imagine a single horror fan that won't fall head over heels in love with it." The film earned 10 out of 10 from Ryan Rotten of ShockTilYouDrop.com
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.
IGN
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called it a "very well-crafted Halloween horror tribute" and "a scary blast", rating it a score of 8 out of 10. Bloody Disgusting
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ranked the film ninth in their list of the "Top 20 Horror Films of the Decade", calling it "so good that its lack of a theatrical release borders on the criminal."
Awards
* 2008 – Audience Choice Award, Screamfest Horror Film Festival
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* 2009 – Silver Audience Award, Toronto After Dark Film Festival
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Possible sequel
Michael Dougherty announced in October 2009 that he was planning a sequel, but later stated that there was "no active development nor an attempt at a pitch." A sequel was announced in October 2013, but there was a change in Legendary's management. Dougherty has continued to express interest in a sequel but said the film stands on its own. In October 2022, Dougherty revealed that he was in "active development" of a sequel with Legendary Pictures, although the film had not been officially greenlit yet.
See also
* List of cult films
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