Tales of Halloween (2015)

Ten stories are woven together by their shared theme of Halloween night in an American suburb, where ghouls, imps, aliens and axe murderers appear for one night only to terrorize unsuspecting residents.

Directors:

Darren Lynn Bousman, Axelle Carolyn

Writers:

Axelle Carolyn (created by), Dave Parker (as David Parker)

Stars:

Adrienne Barbeau, Hunter Smit, Cameron Easton

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adrienne Barbeau	...	The Radio DJ (voice)
Hunter Smit	...	Sweet Tooth (segment "Sweet Tooth")
Cameron Easton	...	Timothy Blake (segment "Sweet Tooth")
Caroline Williams	...	Mrs. Blake (segment "Sweet Tooth")
Robert Rusler	...	Mr. Blake (segment "Sweet Tooth")
Clare Kramer	...	Lt. Brandt-Mathis (segment "Sweet Tooth")
Greg Grunberg	...	Alex Mathis (segment "Sweet Tooth")
Daniel DiMaggio	...	Mikey (segments "Sweet Tooth" & "Ding Dong")
Austin Falk	...	Kyle (segment "Sweet Tooth")
Madison Iseman	...	Lizzy (segment "Sweet Tooth")
Barry Bostwick	...	Mr. Abbadon (segment "The Night Billy Raised Hell")
Marcus Eckert	...	Billy (segment "The Night Billy Raised Hell")
Christophe Zajac-Denek	...	Mordecai / The Little Devil (segment "The Night Billy Raised Hell")
Ben Stillwell	...	Todd (segment "The Night Billy Raised Hell")
Natalie Castillo	...	Britney (segment "The Night Billy Raised Hell")

Storyline

Named "the best horror anthology since Trick 'r Treat" by Fangoria and "among the best Halloween-themed horror movies ever made" by DailyDead, this critically acclaimed film weaves together ten chilling tales from horror's top directors. Ghosts, ghouls, monsters, and the devil delight in terrorizing unsuspecting residents of a suburban neighborhood on Halloween night.

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Plot Keywords:

halloween | halloween night | anthology | trick or treat | witch | 

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Taglines:

One night. One town. Ten chilling stories.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody horror violence throughout, language and brief drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official Twitter

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 October 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

The October Society's Tales of Halloween

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Epic Pictures Group, Film Entertainment Services

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The seventh segment, "This Means War," can be viewed as a metaphorical "battle" between traditional horror films of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, most often centred around the supernatural, and "modern" horror films of the 1980s and beyond, often characterized by slasher films. Some of these differences are portrayed in the warring neighbours' Halloween lawn decorations, such as the tombstones representing traditional horror films, and pieces of body parts, representing more modern horror films.

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Goofs

In the "Bad Seed" segment, the pumpkin's first kill made quite a mess in the kitchen but when the police are bagging the body the floor is pristine.

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Crazy Credits

"No animals were harmed in the making of this film, but we sure did kill a lot of pumpkins."

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Connections

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

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Soundtracks

Rock and Roll Has Been Good To Me
Written by Larry Hama
Performed by Larry Hama & the K-Otics
[Played during segment "The Ransom Of Rusty Rex"]

User Reviews

Entertaining, but just okay.

I started watching this without any high expectations, and was only going off the other reviews. If this was compared to the Trick r' Treat movie, it would fall terribly short. Trick R' Treat had good tales/stories, and some were actually creepy. Tales of Halloween was cheesy the majority of the time, and you get the occasional chuckle here and there, but that's really it.

Of all the short stories, I only found one that was good and had a nice unsettling feeling to it. Don't get me wrong, the other stories were pretty decent, but a couple were downright ridiculous and seem to have no effort put into it.

This film was okay for what it is, and it's something fun to watch near or during Halloween; however, if I had to choose between watching and not watching, I wouldn't have watched it. It wasn't that good to waste and hour something on. I'd personally only recommend this film if you have nothing else to watch, because the negatives of this film were more numerous than the positives.