After accidentally killing her sister's idiot boyfriend on Hallowe'en, the brother and sister relocate to a small town to start over. A drunken hick rambling about killers and ghosts doesn't make them feel welcome. Nor do more drunken idiot teenagers playing the obligatory Hallowe'en pranks. The brother is still haunted by visions of the dead boyfriend, to the point where he even visualises being repeatedly attacked by him/ it. Even a budding romance with a gorgeous little girl can't assuage the images and voices of the dead guy seeking revenge. When their new friends start turning up dead, their faces carved like pumpkins, who's responsible? Is the dead boyfriend really still alive, or did he come back from the dead? Is it the girl's brother, slowly going insane, who killed him? Or is it the town drunk? I don't know, and I don't think the filmmakers did either, as it's never explained, and the ending makes absolutely no sense.
Needless to say, the plot is rather unfocused, and the nominal leading lady (gorgeous Minka Kelly) is heartlessly, cruelly, and stupidly killed off nearly 15 minutes before the ending of the movie.
It's atmospheric and moves along at a good pace, but it's also clichéd and somewhat predictable, and the unsatisfying, nonsensical ending is the film's biggest detriment.
Needless to say, the plot is rather unfocused, and the nominal leading lady (gorgeous Minka Kelly) is heartlessly, cruelly, and stupidly killed off nearly 15 minutes before the ending of the movie.
It's atmospheric and moves along at a good pace, but it's also clichéd and somewhat predictable, and the unsatisfying, nonsensical ending is the film's biggest detriment.