TALES OF HALLOWEEN Comedy horror anthology – evaluations and free on-line

‘Eleven visionary administrators. One horrifying imaginative and prescient.’
Tales of Halloween is a 2015 American anthology horror movie consisting of tales of terror from the ‘October Society’ administrators:

Darren Lynn Bousman – Noticed II, III and IV; Mom’s Day; Abattoir
Axelle Carolyn – Soulmate
Adam Gierasch – Night time of the Demons; Fertile Floor
Andrew Kasch – Thirsty; By no means Sleep Once more: The Elm Avenue Legacy
Neil Marshall – Canine Troopers; The Descent
Mike Mendez – Massive Ass Spider!; Lavantula
Fortunate McKee – The Girl; All Cheerleaders Die
Dave Parker – The Useless Hate the Dwelling!; The Hills Run Pink
Ryan Schifrin – Abominable
John Skipp
Paul Solet – Grace

Ten scary tales are woven collectively by their shared theme of Halloween evening in an American suburb, the place ghouls, imps, aliens and axe murderers seem for one evening to terrorise unsuspecting residents…

The film stars:
Grace Phipps (Darkish Summer time), Booboo Stewart (The Twilight Saga); Keir Gilchrist (It Follows), Barry Bostwick (The Rocky Horror Image Present), Lin Shaye (Insidious and sequels), Greg Grunberg, Joe Dante (The Howling), John Landis (An American Werewolf in London), Mick Garris, Stuart Gordon, Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog), Adam Inexperienced, Pat Healy (The Innkeepers; Low-cost Thrills), Alex Essoe (Starry Eyes), Noah Segan (Looper), Pollyannna McIntosh (The Girl), James Duval (Donnie Darko), Kristina Klebe (Rob Zombie’s Halloween), Marc Senter (The Satan’s Carnival), Jose Pablo Cantillo (The Strolling Useless), Sam Witwer (Being Human), Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, We Are Nonetheless Right here), John Savage and Graham Skipper (Nearly Human).

Tales of Halloween was produced by Epic Photos’ Patrick Ewald and Shaked Berenson for an October 30, 2015 launch.

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Our evaluation:
This 2015 horror-comedy anthology consists of ten twisted – and a few not-so-terrifying – tales of ghouls, witches, maniacs and different creeps. Every narrative takes place inside a suburban American city on Halloween evening, with commentaries by a fictional DJ (Adrienne Barbeau). This position was homage to the identical radio host that Adrienne performed in The Fog (1980). 

First up is ‘Candy Tooth’ directed by Dave Parker (It Watches), which tells the city legend of a boy referred to as Timothy who lived within the neighbourhood years in the past. Yearly after trick or treating, Timothy’s mother and father forbid him from consuming his sweet. One Halloween, he discovered the gluttonous couple feasting on all of his treats and murdered them with a butcher’s knife. Nonetheless craving extra, Timothy minimize the remaining sweet out of his mother and father’ stomachs and remodeled into demon, Candy Tooth. Sadly for little Mickey (Daniel DiMaggio) and his babysitter, Candy Tooth is about to make a return.

Children are central themes for portion of the anthology, which stands to motive with the ritual of trick or treating; however not all of them get off calmly. ‘The Night time Billy Raised Hell’ directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (Noticed II, III & IV) stars Marcus Eckert as Billy, who’s tricked into egging Mr Abbadon’s home by his older sister. What they don’t know is that Mr Abbadon is the satan, with a theatrical efficiency by Barry Bostwick (The Rocky Horror Image Present).

Billy is kidnapped and tied up whereas Mordecai, a boy sporting an analogous costume, takes his place. He and Abbadon trigger mayhem throughout city, from spray portray partitions to stabbing neighbours and tricking folks into standing in bear traps. It seems that Mordecai isn’t a boy in any respect however, reasonably, a little bit satan. Billy is ultimately launched, solely to be blamed for every little thing and shot lifeless by the cops.

‘Trick’ directed by Adam Gierasch (Night time of the Demons) sees a gaggle of trick or treating children exacting revenge on psychos that kidnap kids and gouge their eyes out. A bit callous, even for Halloween; however the story reaches a satisfying conclusion with loads of stabbing, chopping and burning.

‘The Weak and the Depraved’ directed by Paul Solet (Darkish Summer time) is one other revenge story that opens with three punks tormenting a younger trick or treater. A young person in a satan costume (Keir Gilchrist) reveals as much as inform them that the satan will come to assist the weak in the event that they’re sporting his costume. The punks chase him till he stops outdoors a burnt trailer, which he inhabited along with his mother and father as a child – till the bullies set hearth to it along with his mum and pop inside. After beating him up, the bullies are slaughtered by a satan that appears an identical to the costume that the teenager is sporting.

‘Grim Grinning Ghost’ directed by Axelle Carolyn (Soulmate) is one for the paranormal followers. Lynn, performed by Alex Essoe (Starry Eyes) is on her method residence from a Halloween social gathering when her automotive breaks down. Strolling the remainder of the way in which, she senses a shadowy determine stalking her and runs to the protection of her home. The canine begins performing jittery, and as Lynn settles into the sofa to look at a movie, the ghost is sitting beside her.

‘Ding Dong’ is a Hansel and Gretel impressed story which, together with its lack of originality, is likely one of the weakest of the anthology. That is stunning with path from Fortunate McKee, who labored on horror flicks equivalent to Could (2002) and The Girl (2011); together with efficiency by Pollyanna McIntosh who could also be greatest recognized for her ongoing position in The Strolling Useless.  

Subsequent story, ‘This Means Battle’ directed by Andrew Kasch and John Skipp is equally boring and includes a battle of the decorations between neighbours: one being a child’s spooky Halloween theme and the opposite consisting of rockers and gore. The comical combat ends with each householders impaled on a pointy piece of wooden.

A private favorite is ‘Friday the 31st’ directed by Mike Mendez, for which the title speaks for itself. A deformed maniac sporting a masks (Nick Principe) who seems like he styled himself off Jason Voorhees chases a lady dressed as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz by the woods, ultimately killing her with a spear. A trick or treating alien seems and possesses Dorothy (Amanda Moyer) after the maniac tries to crush it – the type of bonkers idea that you just’d see in a horrible B-movie. The crazed Dorothy and Jason lookalike hack and slash one another to dismembered items in a piece shed, and there are some uncanny resemblances to scenes between Linda and Ash in The Evil Useless.

In ‘Ransom of Rusty Rex’ directed by Ryan Schifrin, a few financial institution robbers kidnap Rusty (Ben Woolf) the son of a millionaire (a cameo position for director John Landis). Rusty is definitely a mischievous monster that types attachments with folks and has been holding the millionaire and his spouse hostage for years. Regardless of attempting to drown and burn Rusty, he retains returning and in his starvation, eats kidnapper, Dutch.

Within the closing story, ‘Dangerous Seed’ directed by Neil Marshall (The Descent) a genetically-engineered cannibal pumpkin is about free in town, leaving a path of headless our bodies and armless kids. Detective McNally (Kristina Klebe) tracks it down and blows it to smithereens with a shotgun. It’s a ridiculous finale to a ridiculously entertaining anthology, and whereas it doesn’t fairly stay as much as Tales of the Crypt and Creepshow, followers of its predecessors could also be tickled by this one.
Rae Louise, MOVIES and MANIA

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Different evaluations:
“Tales is a hell mouth filled with expertise certain to turn into a traditional performed every Halloween by the horror devoted, paired with a gratuitous quantity of sweet corn and chocolate. I haven’t seen a movie this dedicated to the annual October vacation since Trick R’ Deal with, and the spooky, sticky candy sweet nostalgia is sort of welcome.” Twitch Movie

“Like every anthology movie, it has its stronger entries, in addition to its weaker inputs, however total, it’s an entertaining flick to look at on All Hallows Eve together with different holiday-themed movies of the like. It will have been good to see extra of the filmmakers enterprise into scarier territories, like standout shorts “Trick” and “Grim Grinning Ghost”, however to be honest, the lighthearted nature solely helps differentiate it from the opposite latest anthologies which have principally chosen to tread down darker paths.” Bloody Disgusting

“Horrible issues are unfolding onscreen to make certain, however as a rule the filmmakers steer in the direction of laughter reasonably than terror or scares. These hoping for straight horror will likely be disillusioned, however followers of Tales From the Crypt and Creepshow will discover greater than sufficient to get pleasure from right here.” Movie College Rejects

“Horror omnibuses are steadily a combined bag. Typically they’re not even a bag of tips, not to mention treats, however extra like a field of inedible rocks. That, sadly, is just about the story with Tales of Halloween, a set of ten macabre miniatures which are disposably diverting at greatest and execrable at worst, regardless of the participation of some acquainted style faces and administrators.” Selection

“Properly-produced on its modest price range, with persistently sturdy make-up FX from quite a few artists, Tales of Halloween affords quite a lot of visible schemes to maintain the tales from working collectively whilst all of them happen throughout the identical evening, with the supporting characters sometimes crossing over between them. Including to the enjoyable for fright followers, the film is chock filled with acquainted faces in each key and blink-and-you’ll-miss-’em roles.” Fangoria

“Tales of Halloween isn’t as horrifying as V/H/S nor as constant as Trick ‘r Deal with, but it surely’s nonetheless fairly good for a horror anthology movie. Among the many ten completely different segments, you’re certain to search out at the very least one or two that may scratch your spine-tingling itch. It will have been good if extra of the shorts had dedicated to the horror facet, reasonably than deflect it with comedy.” IGN

“It is a movie in-built earnest love of style, this single day and the season which surrounds it. It’s maybe irrelevant if it doesn’t frighten the viewer. Shock and delirium are its focus; kinship with those that’re equally obsessed, its intent. It’s a Halloween social gathering. Fortunately, those that would hope for some spookier séance motion will discover causes to attend.” Shock Until Your Drop

“… a venture that’s total higher produced than it’s directed. The compilation indulges with fixed cameos and references, however is greatest as a showcase for a number of promising filmmakers from indie horror (together with cinematographers, make-up designers, and a few writers), lots of whom are primed for a spookier nightmare.” RogerEbert.com

“Like with any anthology, you’re not going to like and even like each story in it. However Tales of Halloween affords one of many strongest anthology movies I’ve seen in a very long time. Sure, the comedic components outshine the horror components in plenty of the tales, however there’s a lot enjoyable right here that this can certain to turn into a yearly, Halloween viewing ritual.” Something Horror

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