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I was definitely looking forward to a copy of Trick R Treat.  It had just about everything you could have wanted in a horror flick–myth, legend, doublecrosses, strange monsters, creepy whatsits…and of course some unexpected bonuses like Thurman Merman himself from Bad Santa briefly showing up and impressively projectile-vomiting all over the set.  That was just awesome.

Anyway, today we’re talking Trick R Treat, which just became available today in video stores.  From Warner Premiere, this impressive little horror flick is one of the rare breed of overarching-vignette stories that we haven’t seen in quite some time.  You’ll follow a series of interconnecting and overarching stories as they talk about a wife whose husband loves Halloween, and why she should too, then over to a local principal with a secret, a young virgin’s pursuit of that “special someone”, a terrifying prank gone horribly wrong, and a sour old man who could use a little sweetening up for Halloween.

The great thing about Trick R Treat is that most of it is good.  There’s a lot of creepy fun to be had here and most of the sketches will satisfy like a king size Snickers.  There’s not even terribly much to say about most of the movie except that it’s really, spectacularly good.  I was just about to horrifyingly force the Screenhead Ten Scale to hand over yet ANOTHER ten until about the last five minutes.

Somebody owes me an explanation for the last five minutes and they’d better do so lickety-damn-split.  Because I take SERIOUS issue with an ending that won’t even play by its own rule book.  They go to spectacular lengths to illustrate how important the burning jack o’lantern is in keeping away “evil spirits”, and yet, despite the fact that the last victim of the night has easily a couple dozen burning on his porch, he’s STILL ripped to shreds.

Admittedly, on a percentage basis, this is a minor gripe, even if it’s a pretty low blow, especially when I was enjoying the movie so well.  And despite this fairly sizable screw-up, it’s about the only one.

Thus, the Screenhead Ten Scale acknowledges that it’s being a bit of a fussbudget about things and hands over the fair rating of nine out of ten.  Had they fixed that last problem, we’d have yet another perfect dose of horror on our hands.

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