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Tales of Halloween

  • 20152015
  • RR
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
13K
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Tales of Halloween (2015)
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  • Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Fantasy
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 unsuspectin... Read allTen 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.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.
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
13K
YOUR RATING
  • Directors
    • Darren Lynn Bousman(segment The Night Billy Raised Hell)
    • Axelle Carolyn(segment Grim Grinning Ghost)
    • Adam Gierasch(segment Trick)
  • Writers
    • Axelle Carolyn
    • Dave Parker(segment Sweet Tooth)
    • Clint Sears(segment The Night Billy Raised Hell)
  • Stars
    • Adrienne Barbeau(voice)
    • Hunter Smit
    • Cameron Easton
Top credits
  • Directors
    • Darren Lynn Bousman(segment The Night Billy Raised Hell)
    • Axelle Carolyn(segment Grim Grinning Ghost)
    • Adam Gierasch(segment Trick)
  • Writers
    • Axelle Carolyn
    • Dave Parker(segment Sweet Tooth)
    • Clint Sears(segment The Night Billy Raised Hell)
  • Stars
    • Adrienne Barbeau(voice)
    • Hunter Smit
    • Cameron Easton
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 105User reviews
    • 134Critic reviews
    • 64Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations

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    Tales of Halloween
    Trailer 1:09
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    Photos43

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    Dana Gould in Tales of Halloween (2015)
    Mo Meinhart in Tales of Halloween (2015)
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    Adrienne Barbeau
    Adrienne Barbeau
    • The Radio DJas The Radio DJ
    • (voice)
    Hunter Smit
    Hunter Smit
    • Sweet Tooth (segment "Sweet Tooth")as Sweet Tooth (segment "Sweet Tooth")
    Cameron Easton
    • Timothy Blake (segment "Sweet Tooth")as Timothy Blake (segment "Sweet Tooth")
    Caroline Williams
    Caroline Williams
    • Mrs. Blake (segment "Sweet Tooth")as Mrs. Blake (segment "Sweet Tooth")
    Robert Rusler
    Robert Rusler
    • Mr. Blake (segment "Sweet Tooth")as Mr. Blake (segment "Sweet Tooth")
    Clare Kramer
    Clare Kramer
    • Lt. Brandt-Mathis (segment "Sweet Tooth")as Lt. Brandt-Mathis (segment "Sweet Tooth")
    Greg Grunberg
    Greg Grunberg
    • Alex Mathis (segment "Sweet Tooth")as Alex Mathis (segment "Sweet Tooth")
    Daniel DiMaggio
    Daniel DiMaggio
    • Mikey (segments "Sweet Tooth" & "Ding Dong")as Mikey (segments "Sweet Tooth" & "Ding Dong")
    Austin Falk
    Austin Falk
    • Kyle (segment "Sweet Tooth")as Kyle (segment "Sweet Tooth")
    Madison Iseman
    Madison Iseman
    • Lizzy (segment "Sweet Tooth")as Lizzy (segment "Sweet Tooth")
    Barry Bostwick
    Barry Bostwick
    • Mr. Abbadon (segment "The Night Billy Raised Hell")as Mr. Abbadon (segment "The Night Billy Raised Hell")
    Marcus Eckert
    Marcus Eckert
    • Billy (segment "The Night Billy Raised Hell")as Billy (segment "The Night Billy Raised Hell")
    Christophe Zajac-Denek
    Christophe Zajac-Denek
    • Mordecaias Mordecai…
    Ben Stillwell
    Ben Stillwell
    • Todd (segment "The Night Billy Raised Hell")as Todd (segment "The Night Billy Raised Hell")
    Natalie Castillo
    Natalie Castillo
    • Britney (segment "The Night Billy Raised Hell")as Britney (segment "The Night Billy Raised Hell")
    Adam Pascal
    Adam Pascal
    • The Dentist (segment "The Night Billy Raised Hell")as The Dentist (segment "The Night Billy Raised Hell")
    Adrianne Curry
    Adrianne Curry
    • Adrianne Curry (segment "The Night Billy Raised Hell")as Adrianne Curry (segment "The Night Billy Raised Hell")
    Rafael Jordan
    • Alien (segment "The Night Billy Raised Hell")as Alien (segment "The Night Billy Raised Hell")
    • Directors
      • Darren Lynn Bousman(segment The Night Billy Raised Hell)
      • Axelle Carolyn(segment Grim Grinning Ghost)
      • Adam Gierasch(segment Trick)
    • Writers
      • Axelle Carolyn
      • Dave Parker(segment Sweet Tooth)
      • Clint Sears(segment The Night Billy Raised Hell)
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Ben Woolf's final film.
    • Goofs
      The left side of the character, Dorothy in the Friday the 31st segment, is cut several inches between her neck and her shoulder by the killer with the chainsaw. The next scene shows that the massive gash has disappeared.
    • Crazy credits
      "No animals were harmed in the making of this film, but we sure did kill a lot of pumpkins."
    • Connections
      Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Spooky Films and Shows to Watch on Netflix this Halloween (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      Dime A Dance
      Written and Performed by Colin Green and Sean Keller

      Published by Amphonic Music Ltd (PRS)

      [Played during segment "Grim Grinning Ghost"]

    User reviews105

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    Top review
    6/10
    Like a standard Halloween candy haul.
    Tales of Halloween perfectly emulates a trick-or-treater's haul in their Halloween candy bag. There are a few pieces of chocolate and candy which you want to scarf down right away, more which you eat hesitantly when you run out of the better stuff, and some which you flat out throw into the trash. The quality of the assortment of shorts follows that general pattern.

    On the delicious side, I enjoyed the opening short (Sweet Tooth), because it presented a funny and entertaining Halloween legend, with some pretty excellent gore. It was funny and over the top but it still remembered to throw some actual horror in there (like a very effective jump scare that pays homage to Exorcist III). Another good one is Lucky Mckee's entry "Ding Dong", which stars the most active current horror queen (Pollyanna Mcintosh) who does a fantastic, hilarious job acting out her insane character. It is over the top and ridiculous while exposing sad, deep-rooted feelings.

    In the middle of the pack (the hard candy and stale gumballs) are most of the entries. There are some that are almost successful - The Night Billy Raised Hell was hilarious but mostly due to the amazing performance of the devil neighbor, he was great; Trick had a very fun concept which was unpredictable compared to the rest of the film, but very poor execution (rushed, convoluted, self- inconsistent, and poorly acted); Grimm Grinning Ghost had exceptional acting with some familiar horror faces (the girl from Starry Eyes, the psychic from Insidious) but it felt like a creepypasta come to life (had shades of The Smiling Man) and existed mostly for the purpose of a very effective jump scare at its culmination. There are others in the middle of the pack which aren't even close to successful but are not unwatchable either - The Ransom of Rusty Rex is "cute" at best and very generic (I saw an identical short film just a year ago); Bad Seed has two or three funny lines but is a MAJOR letdown from a director like Neil Marshall (a CSI parody where the killer is a pumpkin, which would make a good low budget you-tube or Key & Peele sketch but feels unfit for a feature and for the running time it got).

    Then there are the dental floss, apples, and raisins of the pack. To me personally they had no redeeming value and I did not enjoy any part of them, from acting to script to visuals. The Weak and the Wicked is an emotionally uninvolving tale with poor storytelling and severely miscast actors (the "street thugs" looked like Hot Topic employees). Friday the 31st, about a Jason-like killer having the tables turn on him, is the kind of cheesy one-joke short that someone new to After Effects would make as practice. And finally, the worst of the bunch, the razorblade inside a piece of candy, is "This Means War", about two neighbors competing over their Halloween decorations. Both the concept and execution were amateurish and I don't know how it wasn't axed at any point.

    Tales of Halloween is not a great film but at least it is temporarily entertaining while it lasts (most of it anyway) and is much, much better than other recent attempts at anthology films (ABCs of Death 1/2, V/H/S 1/2/3, etc). I don't think it is worth seeing in theaters but I can see it being fun as a Halloween night movie with friends and beers (for those who are bored of the better holiday offerings, like Trick'r'Treat).
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    • horrorinpureform
    • Oct 16, 2015

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    • Release date
      • October 16, 2015 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official Twitter
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The October Society's Tales of Halloween
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Epic Pictures Group
      • Film Entertainment Services
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $416,792
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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