I, as well as I'm sure many of you, became interested in investing 88 minutes of my time to watch this movie based solely on the reviews that I had read on this site. Review after review, claiming this to be; THE GREATEST HALLOWEEN MOVIE OF ALL-TIME, THE GREATEST HALLOWEEN MOVIE OF THE LAST 20 YEARS, and THE GREATEST HORROR MOVIE TO NEVER HIT THEATERS EVERYWHERE. How could this movie possibly fall short of at least being worth my time???
Trust me, IT DOES!
This movie takes a terrible stab (yes, pun intended) at the old, "multiple stories that intertwine into one," story telling model. Sounds great, right? WRONG!
It felt to me, as if somebody was sitting around watching PULP FICTION and thought, "Hey, I could do that with a low budget Horror movie," but failed miserably.
Not one of the five stories that this movie attempts to intertwine into one, did I connect with in any way. Not one character in this movie, did I feel any emotional attachment with or interest in. Not once did I feel myself tense up, or brace for a moment of scare. Not once was I scared. And not once when the movie was trying to tell an interwoven story, did I feel that the writing was anything but desperate.
To me, Trick R Treat was a sad attempt to create an interwoven story out of multiple story lines that were poorly constructed.
I love B-Horror. I truly do. So you can imagine my excitement when I found a B-Horror movie that was being called THE GREATEST HALLOWEEN FILM IN 20 YEARS! However, this move was an absolute swing and a miss!
Trust me, IT DOES!
This movie takes a terrible stab (yes, pun intended) at the old, "multiple stories that intertwine into one," story telling model. Sounds great, right? WRONG!
It felt to me, as if somebody was sitting around watching PULP FICTION and thought, "Hey, I could do that with a low budget Horror movie," but failed miserably.
Not one of the five stories that this movie attempts to intertwine into one, did I connect with in any way. Not one character in this movie, did I feel any emotional attachment with or interest in. Not once did I feel myself tense up, or brace for a moment of scare. Not once was I scared. And not once when the movie was trying to tell an interwoven story, did I feel that the writing was anything but desperate.
To me, Trick R Treat was a sad attempt to create an interwoven story out of multiple story lines that were poorly constructed.
I love B-Horror. I truly do. So you can imagine my excitement when I found a B-Horror movie that was being called THE GREATEST HALLOWEEN FILM IN 20 YEARS! However, this move was an absolute swing and a miss!