TRICK OR TREAT (1986) // SMOOTHIE ON MOVIES! #MOVIEREVIEWS

Welcome back to the blog and welcome back for another Smoothie On Movies! movie review.  Since it is technically fall, and the Halloween season is well under way, let's keep the theme going and take a look at the 1986 film Trick Or Treat.  Let's not confuse this on with last week's review of Trick Or Treats, this week it is a singular treat!

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. 

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.

 

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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