All Hallows' Eve - Komm raus und spiel!

I sat down to watch this movie, expecting the absolute worst, based on the 4.6 rating. What I found instead was actually a pretty decent movie, with a creepy atmosphere, an even creepier clown, and entertainment worth more than such a low rating.

I admit, along with everyone else who liked it, that the acting was somewhat stiff and awkward at times and some scenes seemed to drag on way too long, but the fun cheesiness of the movie far outweighed a little bad acting.

If you can enjoy a campy, low budget movie and/or are terrified of clowns, you shouldn't overlook this one. Just don't sit down with high expectations or you'll probably be disappointed.

If you're going to close your mind off to the fact that this is supposed to be a cheesy, low-budget creepfest with some silliness mixed in, then you aren't going to enjoy it.

However, if you want something twisted, demonic, and just flat out sick at times - I say you'll enjoy it. Do yourself a favor, unlike others, don't go into this thing with high expectations. It is supposed to make you cringe, be creeped out, and laugh all at the same time. It is not supposed to be taken seriously.

For an independent low-budget horror film, it did a solid job. Did I roll my eyes? Absolutely. Did the Carpenteresque score, isolated atmosphere, and one helluva creepy character balances this out? Yes. Give it a shot, especially around All Hallows' Eve. 7/10 on entertainment value alone.

This movie is basically the original Terrifier (which is just a diabolically tremendous short) with two pretty terrible stories beforehand.

The first one, the 9th circle features some pretty gnarly-low budget but effective imagery. But that's it.

The second may as well be an Ed Wood short minus the humor. Just god awful.

Then the reason this movie exists: to propel Art the Clown into an icon

(which they have succeeded with the balls to the wall blood fest that is Terrifier 2 and 3 coming this year)

The only reason I'd recommend watching this and not just the original Terrifier short is the wrap around story. I won't spoil that---but the ending outside of the shorts reminds us were watching a film by Damien Leone who's seemed to corner the "breaking every rule torture rampage" market atm.

Lastly, I found both actors who played Art to be utterly terrifying but it was interesting seeing minor aesthetic differences.

Never heard of this flick until I watched Terrifier (2016). And seeing this cover I immediately picked it up because this was the original flick with the scary clown. It isn't as good or say, gory as Terrifier but still worth watching.

The story you will have seen a thousand times. People watching an old VHS to see some story on it, and by the end they are on the VHS. So it starts off rather on a low base of scares and horror and effects are one the cheesy side but it's until the last story that this low budget turns intoa gory flick. Naturally Terrifier is based on the last part and killings and slaughtering are the same. Nevertheless, it's worth to see how a flick can evolve in 3 years time.

So a flick that starts way below mediocre but the further it moves the better it gets, recommend it for horror geeks, gorehounds better skip it and move towards Terrifier.

Gore 2/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5

I gave it a 6. don't watch this expecting much and you might enjoy it. I liked the idea of this film, but not the execution. most if the actors were really bad. The one actor that really impressed me was the clown. He's very funny. It's a shame he's in this movie. I would have liked to see him in a well done slasher film. So this is an anthology film. the first part is OK. it's starts off cheesy and boring but ends very well. would have also liked to see the villains in that part a bit more. the second part is awful. definitely the worst part of this movie. the acting, the story, the aliens....all boring. also the clown wasn't really in that one. the third part is the best part of this film. it's like the ending of a slasher film where the villain follows the last surviving girl. the clown here plays a big part and doesn't disappoint. it tries to look like a grindhouse film and fails but that's OK. the babysitting story where the babysitter is watching these films is OK. what I didn't like is that it ended very quickly. the clown taunts her a bit and then the movies ends. so this is not the worst way to spend 80 min. also the effects are very good. old school. no cgi. blood, decapitated heads, and the usual. watch it for the clown and lower your expectations. it's cheesy fun, if you're into that.