Ghosts, ghouls, monsters, axe murderers, aliens, urban myths, and the devil delight in terrorising unsuspecting residents of a suburban neighbourhood on Halloween night......
Back in the seventies and early eighties, horror anthologies were something of a regular occurrence come Halloween, but they always starred Peter Cushing and featured some of the most recognisable faces from prime time TV (like Tom Baker or Windsor Davies.........ask your grandad).
Over the past few years, there has been a little resurgence in these anthology movies, the V/H/S series show how well they can be made, even using found footage, others like The ABC's of death show that too many in one feature can be a bad thing.
This however is a welcome anthology, and I haven't seen one as traditional since Trick 'r Treat.
But it does suffer with the over exhaustion of too many stories, and quite soon after viewing the movie, the average stories that are included in the film disappear like tears in rain.
But the standout movies are really interesting, and although the film or the stories featured are never in the slightest bit scary, they are enough fun to keep any Halloween party amused.
The narrative of the story is basically saying that on Halloween, all the evil and anger that the world has, comes out to play, particularly on one suburban street, hence The Night Of The Living Dead being played on every TV featured in the film.
Stand out stories include the story about 'sweet tooth', a Halloween decoration battle, some bizarre story about a women's time of the month, that turns her into a witch, a Bad Grandpa-esque trick or treat segment, and my favourite by Neil Marshall, the story of a kidnapping that turns the table on the captors.
But with the gems, there are a few frankly bizarre stories that are bewildering as to why they are included.
But there are more traditional Halloween stories here than not, and there is a wonderful reference to the The Fog during the film, as we have Adrienne Barbeau giving us a bit of Basil Exposition as to what is going on.
So all in all, it's a pretty solid anthology of fun stories, bookended by the best stories, but it's no surprises that there are a few changers in the film
Back in the seventies and early eighties, horror anthologies were something of a regular occurrence come Halloween, but they always starred Peter Cushing and featured some of the most recognisable faces from prime time TV (like Tom Baker or Windsor Davies.........ask your grandad).
Over the past few years, there has been a little resurgence in these anthology movies, the V/H/S series show how well they can be made, even using found footage, others like The ABC's of death show that too many in one feature can be a bad thing.
This however is a welcome anthology, and I haven't seen one as traditional since Trick 'r Treat.
But it does suffer with the over exhaustion of too many stories, and quite soon after viewing the movie, the average stories that are included in the film disappear like tears in rain.
But the standout movies are really interesting, and although the film or the stories featured are never in the slightest bit scary, they are enough fun to keep any Halloween party amused.
The narrative of the story is basically saying that on Halloween, all the evil and anger that the world has, comes out to play, particularly on one suburban street, hence The Night Of The Living Dead being played on every TV featured in the film.
Stand out stories include the story about 'sweet tooth', a Halloween decoration battle, some bizarre story about a women's time of the month, that turns her into a witch, a Bad Grandpa-esque trick or treat segment, and my favourite by Neil Marshall, the story of a kidnapping that turns the table on the captors.
But with the gems, there are a few frankly bizarre stories that are bewildering as to why they are included.
But there are more traditional Halloween stories here than not, and there is a wonderful reference to the The Fog during the film, as we have Adrienne Barbeau giving us a bit of Basil Exposition as to what is going on.
So all in all, it's a pretty solid anthology of fun stories, bookended by the best stories, but it's no surprises that there are a few changers in the film