Reviews of Trick or Treat 1986
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I was pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable this film was, and more particularly, the fact that I was enjoying it on its own merits and not out of cheesiness. The cheesiness is there, but it doesn’t dominate the film. The actors are all believable in their roles, and there are no wooden deliveries, or clunky lines. The character Sammi’s more than a bit over-the-top, but that’s rather the point, isn’t it? And of course, you can’t have a heavy metal…
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Eddie Weinbauer is a metalhead outcast who unwittingly resurrects his favourite rock star that recently died in a fire. Death and destruction ensues.
This is just so much fun! the soundtrack is fantastic and there's a hilarious cameo by Ozzy Osbourne.
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A totally rad heavy metal horror that pretty wonderfully switches between serious and self-aware on a dime. It works well thanks to a surprisingly clever script, Tony Fields hamming it up and a wonderful bit role for Ozzy. I've seen this on the big screen twice and it's always a hit with the audience.
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Disappointingly generic title aside, this is a surprisingly smart and funny moral-rock-music-panic-themed horror movie. Bad guy sort of a non-entity, but there's some pretty cool shock scenes anyway. But the real treat is the movie's sense of humor - hilarious without resorting to parody or spoof.
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Solen skinner, fuglene kvitrer og varmen kan få de fleste til å gå fra vettet – eller kjøpe en film til kr 49 på en bensinstasjon i troen på at det har kan bli moro. Kjente skuespillere? Nope. Nymoderne effekter? Nope. Originalt konsept? Nope. Dermed burde alt ligge til rette for en cheesy b-film av grandiose dimensjoner. Memo til meg selv: husk solkrem!
Konseptet er så uoriginalt som det kan bli, den nerdete tullingen som blir mobbet av alle, som…
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Now this was a whole whack of fun. The premise is truly wonderful and executed perfectly. A metal head/high school loner plays a record backwards and ends up bringing a recently dead rocker back to life, resulting in some serious trouble for the metal head's tormenter.
I want to go into greater detail about the build up to the actual demonic resurrection, as it is great, but I'm not going to. It's something you've got to see for yourself, and thanks to the wonders of the internet, you can do so right now.
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A childhood staple. It's like a heavy metal Carrie from the perspective of Skippy from Family Ties. Luckily, he ditched the lame nickname Skippy in exchange for the awesome nickname Ragman. Pretty awesome Halloween prom showdown and a pretty great soundtrack. Also, it was shot by Robert Elswit (as was Return of the Living Dead Part II).
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I've only seen bits of this when we screened it for a room of people as i was pre-occupied with other things at the time this was shown, now watching it all the way through i can say that i really enjoyed it and it's a shame it's not more widely available. Great metal soundtrack too.
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A heavy metal fan’s (Marc Price) favorite heavy metal singer, Sammi Curr, dies, and DJ Gene Simmons gives the fan Sammi’s final record which, when played backwards, brings Sammi back to life to wreak havoc, nearly killing Price’s bully, and melting a girl’s face through her Walkman headphones. It’s glorious 80s metal horror cheese that is fun as fuck. If it had more kills and more blood, it would be perfect.
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Despite the cameo appearances which might suggest this had a decent budget, this doesn't really reach the kind of heights you would hope. The soundtrack and sense of fun are there, but it doesn't even come close to Black Roses on either of these counts. I enjoyed it, but I just wished it would have cranked the amp up to 11 on one or two occasions to make it worth while.