In the Halloween night in Warren Valley, Ohio, Emma (Leslie Bibb) blows out a Jack-o-Lantern in front of her home despite the remark of her husband Henry (Tahmoh Penikett); sooner she has a tragic surprise. Earlier, the virgin Laurie (Anna Paquin) buys a Little Red Riding Hood costume with her sister and two girlfriends and they invite some guys for a party. Meanwhile, the glutton Charlie (Bret Kelly) destroys many Jack-o-Lanterns on the street. When he arrives at the house of the high- school principal Steven (Dylan Baker), the boy discovers how much the disturbed man respects the dead and the traditions of Halloween. Meanwhile four teenagers invite the outcast Rhonda (Sam Todd) to join them in their journey to an abandoned rock quarry where a tragic accident with the school bus with eight troubled children happened thirty years ago. They play a prank with Rhonda but when the mean Marcy (Britt McKillip) blows out the last Jack-o-Lantern in the spot, they need the support of Rhonda to escape from the damned place. Laurie sees a stalker that follows her; while walking through the woods to the party, she is attacked and she finally has her initiation. Earlier, the lonely Mr. Kreeg (Brian Cox) lives alone with his dog Spite and is visited by a scary trick-or-treating creature.
"Trick 'r Treat" is one of the best (if not the best) movie about the legend and traditions of Halloween. In my country, this pagan holiday is not celebrated; therefore my only knowledge of this date is through the horror movies. But the writer and director Michael Dougherty succeeds in telling five entwined stories in the suburb of a small town in Ohio in the night of Halloween blending tension and black humor but keeping the tension and the mystery. The cinematography is beautifully scary and the performances of the magnificent cast with names like Brian Cox, Dylan Baker and Anna Pasquin are excellent. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Contos do Dia das Bruxas" ("Tales of the Halloween")
"Trick 'r Treat" is one of the best (if not the best) movie about the legend and traditions of Halloween. In my country, this pagan holiday is not celebrated; therefore my only knowledge of this date is through the horror movies. But the writer and director Michael Dougherty succeeds in telling five entwined stories in the suburb of a small town in Ohio in the night of Halloween blending tension and black humor but keeping the tension and the mystery. The cinematography is beautifully scary and the performances of the magnificent cast with names like Brian Cox, Dylan Baker and Anna Pasquin are excellent. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Contos do Dia das Bruxas" ("Tales of the Halloween")