When a film company titles itself Mediocre Films, it’s hard to tell whether you should expect their work to be good or expect to be, well, mediocre. But today’s short film, a fairly interesting piece from Mediocre entitled Trick or Treat, is at least fairly good.
Two guys are hanging out in one of their houses and talking about movies they should make when they get the idea to make a documentary. Wondering who would make the best documentary target, they hit on a random stranger hanging around outside the house who knocks on the door with one message–trick or treat. But when we find out more about the random stranger, we discover that he brings plenty of trouble in his trick or treat bag.
It’s hard to tell where Trick or Treat is going, primarily because it makes almost no sense at all for most of its six minute run time. By the time it gets to the horror part of the show, you’re so abjectly lost that literally anything could happen. This is actually an interesting effect as most horror flicks like to telegraph their punches from the word go, but this one will keep you guessing.
In fact, if you can stay interested until the very end, you’ll likely discover that the whole thing makes a lot more sense looking back than going forward, and that’s a lot like life itself.
The Screenhead Ten Scale gives this strange analogy for life itself a six out of ten–it’s confusing, yes, but it’s also funny and just a bit creepy, and that’s a great combination.
