Trick or Treats

Seriously????? I had to look at the IMDb category to make sure this wasn't a comedy. It's billed as horror. I knew from the opening scenes this one was gonna be an eye roller.

The problem is that it isn't funny in a good way. The movie suffers from bad acting (with no exceptions), too much padding, a bad script and bad lighting. Nuff said.

The babysitter is the worst case of a caretaker I've ever seen and the charge she's watching will start running your nerves in short order. She's quite inept for an older babysitter and its hard to feel anything for her but contempt.

Would I recommend? Nope.

This is one of the dullest films I have ever watched. the acting is horrible and the is almost zero lighting. The rooms look like they are lit with one 50 watt bulb. There is even a bad movie within this bad movie that the baby sitter is featured in. Lab rats are more intelligent then the characters in this flick. No one realizes that Richard, the films killer, who dressed in drag to escape from a mental hospital, is really a guy underneath the nurses uniform. Even though Richard has a bit of a 5 o clock shadow! Richard can't tell the difference between the babysitter and his hag of an ex-wife. Do I sound bitter? Well I am. After having to watch five minutes of the kid I was ready to kill him myself and I'm willing to bet you will be to. ! This film will cure insomnia it is so bad.

Trick Or Treats - 1982 ( This Films Rates a B- ) Its been over 20 years since I saw this film for the first time. This is my second viewing.

The opening scene shows a man being taken away in a straight jacket, dramatic fashion of course and his wife watches. Fast forward a few years on Halloween night. The wife and her new boyfriend leave for a party and gets a sitter for their practical joker kid. The kid likes to play with his homemade guillotine. He also likes to play pranks constantly and makes the sitter traumatized and insane. The deranged husband is in a mental hospital for 4 years. He eventually kills a psych nurse and escapes the hospital by dressing as a "man" nurse. The plan is to kill all those who were involved with his 4 year commitment to the mental hospital, but wants to start with his wife. Sadly its been four years and he cant quite remember what she looks like. Right away the acting is atrocious. The scenes at the mental institution are completely laughable. Plus, who uses a corded phone in the shower? There are some real awkward moments in this film; the stare down with the "step father" and son at the 22:30 mark, what kind of CPR is that at the 38:20 minute mark? How about the odd phone call interaction with the parents and the sitter at the 46:40 minute mark, The conversation at 54:30 about why people watch horror films followed by one of the silliest "movie" clips ever or the crazy and erotic doctor interview at the 59:00 minute mark. Vintage Halloween decorations aren't plentiful but those present are perfectly nostalgic. The posters on the walls and the brief shot of the horror record collection are truly fantastic. I also appreciate that this film takes place on Halloween night. The gore is pretty minimal and there are no T&A. Lets be honest. This film is so bad that its bad. Yet, somehow the charm wins me over. Plus, it has a fair amount of suspense that really works. I'd watch this one again.

this film is about linda an aspiring actress who goes to babysit on halloween night to babysit the kid is named chris who keeps pulling dark disturbing pranks on her a killer named malcom who is christophers real father comes over and terror happens the film is basically a clumsy mash up of fright 1971 halloween 1978 with a dash of nightmare 1981 i don't hate it but i don't love it either pros the final girl is likable even if she is dumb the acting is good halloween 1978 was good but it didn't feel like halloween this film has the halloween feel that film didn't have humorous at times cons poor lighting weak killer more comedy than horror low body count too many pranks and false scares i didn't like the end over oll you could at least see it once then buy a good movie but have this for a laugh at how chessy it is

This bottom-rung '80s slasher follows a much-too-old babysitter being stalked by an escaped mental patient on Halloween night. Never heard that synopsis before.

Anyways, I can't imagine anyone but the most avid slasher fan would even be on this movie's IMDb page, but even the biggest fan of slice-and-dice films is unlikely to get any fun out of this one. It's egregiously slow, with most of its running time dedicated to watching a child magician-in-training pulling cheap pranks on the babysitter character. The director didn't invest in any lighting equipment, making some of the proceedings all but impossible to follow. It's bloodless, breastless and suspenseless, which leaves the film an almost complete lack of entertainment.

There's rumblings of the film being a satire, but most of the humor is relegated to a padding scene featuring film editors. And that is heavy-handed and overdone. The rest of the film is neither clever or entertaining enough to be humorous.

Avoid, even though you do get about three minutes of creepy cougar David Carradine action. If you're looking for a cheesy, fun 80s movie for a Halloween night, 1986's TRICK OR TREAT is a much better choice.