Trick 'r Treat, Trick 'r Treat, Give Me Something Good To Eat...

For a nation that doesn’t celebrate Halloween, we sure can get into the spirit on October 31^st.  The shops are full of spooky paraphernalia (I will happily admit I picked up a cute Frankenstein that sings ‘The Monster Mash’ this year) and, bless Americans, there is a plethora of new horror movies out to honour that hallowed (and majorly envied by me) time of year. 

I love any movie, any television episode related to Halloween.  Of course there’s ‘Halloween’, that’s a given.  One of my favourite Buffy episodes is based on Halloween.   These films and shows have never made me more eager to carve a pumpkin.  So it was only fitting that I have a look at Halloween-themed 2007 offering, ‘Trick ‘r Treat’.

Don’t be mistaken – I haven’t only just watched this film.  I have watched it a few times now and bought it on blu-ray only a couple of months ago.  Every time I watch it I find something new and love it even more than before.  It is everything I love in a movie – colourful yet dark, funny yet sick, gory yet awesome.  Perfect formula.

For those of you not familiar with the premise, the movie is actually a collection of four smaller stories which find a crazy way to weave into one another by the conclusion.  There is the stereotypical hot college chicks, one of which (Anna Paquin – love True Blood!) is a virgin and is looking to…. er…. not be a virgin.  There’s the high-school principal Steven (Dylan Baker) who is a serial killer by night.  There’s the school kids whose attempt at a prank goes horribly wrong.  And of course, let’s not forget to mention Mr. Kreeg, a cranky old man who hates Halloween and ends up receiving a treat of his own.

I can’t go into the stories too much (hehe, I’m sure you readers know me too well by now…) because there is so much going on and no loose ends are left untied.  I have a hard time deciding what is my favourite story – the principal subplot is classic, as is the gluttonous Charlie who watches on as Steven gets rid of his dirty work.  You might remember Brett Kelly, who plays Charlie, from ‘Bad Santa’… and yep, he is just as annoying yet funny in this flick too.  I love the college virgin story too… not for the girls (they annoy me too much) but the conclusion of that story is completely down my alley.  The prank kids with the urban legend story is quite interesting, it has some intriguing elements and gives you some of the true chills throughout the film.  The Kreeg storyline is just plain awesome.  Enough said.

Again, like I mentioned earlier, I absolutely adore how all the stories link at the end.  Everything just makes so much sense… and at the same time, makes it so much more cooler than it already was.  ‘Trick ‘r Treat’ gives me enough time to get my nerd on, enjoying every minute, every second of the flick and wanting to watch it again and again straight after a viewing.  I think every time I have watched it I have picked up on something different.  I wouldn’t say it is for the faint-hearted, but it is definitely the perfect equation of horror and humour for a horror junkie such as myself.  See it for yourself, but I know that you won’t regret it.  Even better, just buy it.  You’ll love me long time for my advice.