TRICK R TREAT
In light of the Halloween season, since I have been home for
break I took the opportunity to choose from my wide selection of horror films. My mom recently bought “Trick r
Treat” a scary movie from 2007 that I had never heard of. So, we popped it in
and began watching it.
This film features three to four different stories, all
intertwined during on Halloween night in Ohio. There is this scary little “kid”
with a cloth bag over his head that is always present in each individual story. It is hard to follow the stories at first, as
the viewer is constantly switched from on to another. The movie establishes
them quickly, and soon it is easy to differentiate.
The composition of shots is average, nothing too special or intriguing.
Lighting in the film is mostly dark, with shadows and “moon” light. The character development was poor, since
there were so many stories intertwined I never got a chance to really know
them. The idea of this movie is interesting, but it could have been composed
better.
One of the scenes I thought was well done is a scene of a
group of girls in the woods. (this is not going where you think/hoping it was!)
We find out the girls are all werewolves and the each brought a “date” to the “party”. The metamorphosis of the girls is done well,
as they each begin turning into their true and scary selves. The scene has
awesome lighting and special effects that are very believable.
Overall I probably would not see this movie again. In the
end the viewer is taken back in time to see the events again, but from
different perspectives and that is pretty cool how they tied that in. All the stories are meshed together, but it
didn’t entice me to the point that I would want to watch it again.
Here’s the trailer, take a look
