Trick 'r Treat Review

So Warner Bros. finally released this movie. Looking at the poster above, you can see it was originally scheduled for 2007. The film went through some distribution troubles and got pushed back to October 2008 and then eventually just got canned all together. No reason has been given for why this happened. I even wrote an article over the summer asking what went wrong, but never found a definite answer. Some think that the creative team behind Trick r' Treat got a bad rap with the studio because they're the same team that made Superman Returns and Warner, not wanting to have another box office bomb on their hands, got nervous and just decided to hold onto the film for a while. Which is a shame because Trick 'r Treat is good film. The trailer looked awesome and I was really excited to see the movie. Well, I did see it and... it wasn't what I was expecting (in a good way).

Trick r' Treat is a film made up of 4 different stories that take place on Halloween night. Each story, although completely different from the other, manages to weave its way into the other so that the movie as a whole feels complete. I really liked this about the film and its something we haven't seen in the horror genre for a long time. One of the stories I felt was a little weak, but all in all not that bad. I guess it's hard to make everything fit in when you have so much going on. Visually, Trick r' Treat looks awesome. There's something about it that makes it feel fresh & unique and at the same time very vintage. It does a great job with the gore and effects. Both are pretty decent and there's a lot of each to satisfy your blood thirst. Watch the campfire scene and tell me that doesn't look cool!

True Blood fans will enjoy the film because of the somewhat ironic twist that it features with actress Anna Paquin (no, she's not a vampire). I don't know if the director intentionally did this with her character or its just a coincidence, but it's kind of funny what happens with her.

Overall Rating: See it and ask yourself how many other films with great potential get shelved by movie studios just because they think they won't make money from it.