DVD Review - Trick 'r Treat

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Trick 'r Treat
Written and Directed by Michael Dougherty
Starring: Dylan Baker, Rochelle Aytes, Leslie Bibb, Tahmoh Penikett with Anna Paquin and Brian Cox

Special features: Trick ' R Treat Season's Greetings animated short with optional commentary.

From the box: A creepy, darkly comic celebration of the scariest night of the year from producer Bryan Singer (directed of X-Men and Superman Returns) and writer-director Michael Dougherty (co-scripter of X2 and Superman Returns). Trick 'r Treat takes the Creepshow/Tales from the Crypt approach to nefarious new depths with four interwoven tales set on Halloween night: a high school principal (Dylan Baker) moonlights as a vicious serial killer, the quest of a young virgin (Anna Paquin) for that special someone takes a gruesome turn; a group of teens carries out acruel prank with disastrous consequences; and a cantankerous old man (Brian Cox) battles a mischievous trick-or-treating demon.

Trick 'r Treat has been sitting on a shelf for a couple of years while Warners decided what to do with it. I guess they sometimes can't tell a good thing when they've seen it because Trick r' Treat happens to be one of the best horror films in years.

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It's a collection of shorts loosely tied together. Various characters popped up in different segments and everything takes place in the same town. It's got ghosts, demons, and other ghoulies fit for any horror fan. The result is a wickedly funny and creepy anthology with plenty of scares.

The acting is surprisingly strong including some great performances from Dylan Baker and Brian Cox, who happens to star in my favorite segment which features the little demon you see in the picture up top. That little guy actually shows up all over the place including a rather creepy animated short that serves as the DVD releases only special feature.

The DVD release is pretty bare bones unfortunately, at least the version I was sent. It only has the animated short Season's Greetings. Surely, Warner Brothers could have done more to support this release? Apparently not. It looks and sounds great and certainly stands on its own in terms of quality.

Trick 'r Treat makes for a great Halloween watch. In fact, I would recommend a double feature with next weeks brilliant Night of the Creeps release. That would make for a fantastic night of scares and laughs.

Trick 'r Treat is available now.