Trick ‘r Treat

Trick ‘r Treat is a 2007 American anthology horror comedy film written and directed by Michael Dougherty and produced by Bryan Singer. The film stars Dylan Baker, Rochelle Aytes, Anna Paquin and Brian Cox. It relates four Halloween horror stories with a common element in them, Sam; a mysterious child trick-or-treater wearing shabby orange footie pajamas with a burlap sack over his head.

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Summary Trick 'r TreatTrick ‘r Treat is a 2007 American anthology horror comedy film written and directed by Michael Dougherty and produced by Bryan Singer. The film stars Dylan Baker, Rochelle Aytes, Anna Paquin and Brian Cox. It relates four Halloween horror stories with a common element in them, Sam; a mysterious child trick-or-treater wearing shabby orange footie pajamas with a burlap sack over his head. Despite being delayed for two years and having a small number of public screenings, the film received much critical acclaim and has since garnered a strong cult following. In October 2013, the filmmakers announced that a sequel, Trick ‘r treat 2, is in the works. In 2016, MichaelDougherty and Legendary Pictures teamed up with AtmosFX to create a series of digital Halloween decorations that feature Sam. In 2017, a Trick ‘r Treat themed ‘scare zone’ was added to Halloween Horror Nights, an annual event held at the Universal Orlando Resort, followed by a haunted house in 2018. In the opening scene, Emma and her Halloween-loving husband Henry return home after a celebratory night.

Henry takes a rest in his house while Emma begins tearing down the seasonal decorations before the night’s end, and is murdered by an unseen assailant. Henry discovers her mutilated corpse on display with the decorations hours later. Its story is told in a nonlinear narrative, with characters crossing paths with each other throughout the film. The group travels to a local flooded quarry where Macy recalls the urban legend of the \”Halloween school bus massacre,\” which claimed the lives of eight mentally challenged children in a school bus on Halloween. They then pose as zombies to prank Rhonda, who is terrified. When a jealous Macy ends up kicking one of the lanterns into the quarry, causing the undead massacred children to emerge from the dark water. Rhonda alone escapes, leaving the others to die at the zombie children’s hands. She briefly encounters Sam while leaving, and the two exchange a nod of respect. Sam, unmasked as a demonic-looking pumpkin, attacks Kreeg, the old man who offered him a chocolate bar that landed on his lap.