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Horroctober 2012

Coach Taylor was in a hot-dog costume butt-fucking a pig.
-Chip

My final film for Horroctober 2012 where I completely went overboard. It's an anthology film done in the vein of Creepshow and Tales from the Crypt. Michael Dougherty's directorial debut captures the tone of these anthology films perfectly. Their fun little horror stories that skirt the line of fear, humor and camp with red herrings and twists along the way.

The main difference, and it's strongest attribute, to other similar films is that all the stories are interconnected and take place in the same town. While there certainly is different sections, the film doesn't limit itself to concentrating on just one story for X number…

Times have changed haven't it?
I don't know how it is wherever you are, but it's Halloween and there's not a single trick or treater on Michigan streets.
Maybe it's to do with the new curfew thing where you can trick or treat only from 5 to 6pm now or the fact it's cold as Frosty the Snowman's tit, but it saddens me either way.
Back in the day, everyone used to trick or treat from about 6 or 7pm until the wee hours of the night (like 9 or 10pm). We'd try to go to every house in the city and then go home with about 3 bags full of candy (and dozens of cavities by time we went…

Fun little horror anthology, consisting of four interwoven short stories, all taking place on Halloween night in the same small town.

Writer/director Michael Dougherty obviously has a great deal of affection for both Halloween and the horror genre, and with TRICK 'R TREAT gives us a cornucopia of classic Halloween experiences (decorations, hunting for a costume, carving jack-o-lanterns, trick or treating, cruel pranks, urban legends, watching scary movies on TV, parties, and especially that eerie hush in the air after the suburban streets go quiet once all the kids have gone home) that any Halloween junkie will enjoy. He has obviously set out to make the ultimate film about the holiday, and although it's not perfect, it's a whole lot…

More people need to see this fine pulp-style horror anthology.

This film is the perfect example of the failings of the studio system. This is a truly world-class horror film that deserved a full theatrical release with a decent marketing campaign. The film has still managed to get itself a decent reputation and is growing in popularity but from the beginning it should have been treated with more respect.

This is the Halloween film to beat. I'm a Carpenter faithful however this film encapsulates everything that horror and Halloween fans appreciate about the season and the holiday. The atmosphere is dripping with the trappings of Halloween. It is not scary nor is it meant to be scary, it is very…

A series of interconnected short stories set on Halloween.

I actually quite enjoyed this. It's not particularly gruesome or scary feeling more like a throwback to those short horror stories they used to tell in the 80's; pretty simple thematically but fun to watch. That's not to say there's no scares or shocks rather its a film that isn't relying on that sort of action. The director and writer, Michael Dougherty shows a pretty good grasp of the horror genre and conventions so it feels well crafted; he keeps things moving in an interesting way, building up the story strands and going backwards and forwards in time in the narrative to show how seemingly random events interconnect and affect each…