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TRICK OR TREAT (1986) // SMOOTHIE ON MOVIES! #MOVIEREVIEWS
Trick Or Treat (1986)
Trick Or Treat was released in October of 1986. During it's box office run it made nearly $7 million dollars. I would have just turned seven years old when this film released, so needless to say I didn't remember it at all. I can not even recall seeing it in the video stores as I got older. I know I would have remembered this film.
Trick Or Treat is a revenge gone to far story. Eddie, played by Marc Price or better known as "Skippy" from Family Ties, is a "metal head" who doesn't have many friends and is constantly harassed at school. Rocker Sammi Curr, who attended the same High School as Eddie, was Eddie's hero. Early on in the film Eddie learns that Sammi has died in a fire and is crushed. His friend Nuke, played by Gene Simmons, has the last recording of Sammi and passes it along to Eddie as a memento. The record was to be played at midnight on Halloween as requested by Sammi. Upon getting the record home Eddie realizes that there is a hidden message in there specifically for him and how he is to handle the bullies. Soon using the record and stereo as a conduit Sammie manifests and begins to cause death and destruction throughout the town and only Eddie can stop it.
I can not believe that almost 30 years later I finally sat down and watched this movie. To me everything about this movie screamed 80s a decade that I hold very dear. It is a standard "beyond the grave" plot heavy metal twist!
The film was shot well but many mistakes can be spotted through out the film that were not caught, or maybe intentional, during editing. In one scene you can clearly see the boom mic in the shot.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and I am surprised it isn't talked about very much. Is this the greatest movie? Absolutely not, but it is a fun ride from start to finish with fairly solid story, a great soundtrack, and all the 80s cheese that you would expect! I strongly recommend this movie to anyone who likes metal, 80s horror, and Family Ties (just kidding)!
Thanks for checking out this review! Please let me know your thoughts on this film and my review as well!
-Smoothie
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The film was shot well but many mistakes can be spotted through out the film that were not caught, or maybe intentional, during editing. In one scene you can clearly see the boom mic in the shot.
But I think that it kind of adds to the experience.
The acting is alright, and what you would expect from this type of film. It most certainly was not the jump start to Marc Price's film career but he did a good job. Honestly it was no better or no worse than other films from this time period.
The effects were well done given the technology of the time. Though some effects look very hokey and cartoonish. If you are coming here looking for a lot of blood and gore than this is not the movie for you. The use of blood and gore is very minimal.
The soundtrack would have to be the strongest part of the film for me. All music was performed by the band Fastway. In the 80s hair metal and metal was big and Fastway was no exception. The music was so effective that I found myself going back and listening to the soundtrack as well as many other bands of that period.
Thanks for checking out this review! Please let me know your thoughts on this film and my review as well!
-Smoothie
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
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TRICK OR TREATS (1982) // SMOOTHIE ON MOVIES! #MOVIEREVIEWS
Trick Or Treats (1982)
In an era where some would argue, came some of the best horror films, Trick or Treats was not one of them. To be fair, I got all of the nostalgia feels from this film, but it did not deliver on the "slasher" promise.
Released the same year as classics such as Halloween III: Season of the Witch, The Thing, Poltergeist, and Basket Case, Trick or Treats had a lot of stiff, no pun intended, competition.
Trick or Treats had the makings of a good 80s slasher flick, betrayal, deception, revenge, it just failed in execution. With only a budget of a little over $50,000 I guess they were limited with what they could and could not do.
The basic premise of the film was that Joan O'Keefe (Carrie Snodgress) had here husband Malcolm (Peter Jason) committed to a mental institution so that she could continue you her relationship with her lover, Richard Adams (David Carradine). With her husband out of the picture she marries Richard and shares in his wealth. Five years later Malcolm escapes the institution on Halloween and returns home to take revenge on Joan for having him falsely committed.
Sounds like it would be good right? Wrong! For starters it is not explicitly stated that Joan has Malcolm committed to be with Richard. It is safe to say that this is implied but I personally didn't like how he was detained with in the first 5 minutes without knowing the reasoning why.
Five years passes by and Joan and Richard are heading to Las Vegas for a Halloween party and call on the assistance of Linda (Jackelyn Giroux) to babysit for their son Christopher (Chris Graver) while out of town. Linda takes the job because as an actress trying to make her break she needs the money.
Christopher certainly makes Linda earn her pay as for the better part of the movie he plays mean tricks and sick jokes on Linda and she falls for them everytime! This was the movie. The jokes got old and got old quick. It is hard to get into a movie where, even after telling someone about the tale of the boy who cried wolf still falling for the same nonsense.
The film moves slow and the only real action that happens is foolishness between Linda and Christopher. That's it. No one dies, nothing. The audience wouldn't witness the first kill until about twenty minutes from the credit roll. Not very slasher-y. In fact the body count for the entire film is two.
Honestly the only saving grace for me is the fact that it does have quite the eighties feel. The Halloween decorations that adorn the house are the exact same things that hung in my house Halloween after Halloween growing up.
So with that said, I am able to give this movie 3 zombie Smoothies out of 5. (I am working on a graphic for zombie Smoothie). Would I recommend this film, yes, it is worth a watch at least once and you can view it right on YouTube! Is it worth buying? Well from what I have researched this was never on DVD and apparently was on Blu-Ray but that goes for around $45.00. For a collector looking to add this film to the collection I would have to recommend tracking the VHS release down, because as anyone who grew up in the age of VHS and the video rental stores, some of the most creative and eye-catching box art that ever graced any shelves.
I hope you enjoyed my FIRST review, and if you did take the chance to read all of it I thank you and hope that you let me know how you enjoyed it and any ways that I could improve.
-Smoothie
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Watch Trick or Treats here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh5_m8KXBd0
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