Tales of Halloween (2015)

I started watching this without any high expectations, and was only going off the other reviews. If this was compared to the Trick r' Treat movie, it would fall terribly short. Trick R' Treat had good tales/stories, and some were actually creepy. Tales of Halloween was cheesy the majority of the time, and you get the occasional chuckle here and there, but that's really it.

Of all the short stories, I only found one that was good and had a nice unsettling feeling to it. Don't get me wrong, the other stories were pretty decent, but a couple were downright ridiculous and seem to have no effort put into it.

This film was okay for what it is, and it's something fun to watch near or during Halloween; however, if I had to choose between watching and not watching, I wouldn't have watched it. It wasn't that good to waste and hour something on. I'd personally only recommend this film if you have nothing else to watch, because the negatives of this film were more numerous than the positives.

Fmovies: This movie was very disappointing for a movie with such good reviews. I feel like i wasted 2 hours of my life that I can never get back on a movie that easily could have been a syfy made for TV movie. This movie had the potential to be OK if some of the tales had been edited out, better actors had been cast, and the special effect budget had been bigger. The alien scene was so stupid that I felt embarrassed for everyone involved. And that was about the point I realized how mad I was that I had wasted hard earned money on such a garbage movie. Whoever said it was anywhere near as good as trick r treat flat out lied because it came no where near it in anyway whatsoever. Highly disappointed and i wish I hadn't wasted time and money. Seriously don't waste your time. If you're really dead set to watch a bad horror movie there are plenty on netflix that I'm sure would be better. I honestly can't believe this had 6 stars.

For those of you hoping for another great Halloween flick like 2007's Trick 'r Treat will be sadly disappointed. This is not even close, this is a really, really bad movie. And I was looking forward to this too, horror anthology movies are so rare today.

I would say this was a film school project by students but then students would have put more passion and interest in making it. There is nothing original or scary about this. The writing and stories are laughably bad. Seriously, why they chose these stories I'll never know, they had an internet full of creepy scary stories to draw on and they failed completely.

The one bright spot of this movie is hearing Adrienne Barbeau's voice on the radio throughout the film. It brought back memories of Carpenter's The Fog.

You will find scarier stories listening to radio call in shows on Halloween night so don't waste your time with this.

Tales of Halloween fmovies. Well produced anthology, with high values on direction, camera, acting, editing and sound.

The first half seems more coherent, with a scarier vibe and what looks like an editorial rule of having screen shots of Romero's classic in each one. There's a definite theme of Grimm's fairy tales running through it, as kids get sucked into the weird world of Halloween. My favourite was Ding Dong, about a child-craving woman, mostly because it has Pollyanna Macintosh. But the Lin Shaye story, although stylish, seemed a bit unpolished. The first story has a pretty good take on the Exorcist III jump scare, this time running from right to left.

The second half goes more campy head-banger with loads of blood. Eventually the tongue is pushed so hard into the cheek that a little bit comes out the other side.

There's no wraparound, just a silky female DJ voice with a few nods to The Fog.

Overall, enjoyable and something for everyone - but I prefer creeps over chuckles, and felt in the end this was pitched at the Budweiser crowd. Rice beer is such a downer.

Horror anthologies tend to feel irregular due to the abrupt switches of tone and quality between the segments integrating them. Tales of Halloween isn't the exception, even though the directors involved tried to keep enough cohesion in the transition from one segment to the other, something which helps to the flow of the film. Unfortunately, I have to say that the general experience of Tales of Halloween didn't leave me very satisfied. With 10 stories included in barely 90 minutes (including the very long initial and end credits), there isn't any opportunity of characterization or drama; the most each segment can aspire to is offering some good gore scene, or some interesting monster, or at least an ironic ending to give a different perspective to the "horror"... which shines due to its absence in the whole movie. Unlike other anthologies, Tales of Halloween doesn't count with an "involving tale" to frame the short stories; instead of that, it employs recurring elements, such as the voice of a radio DJ (vocal cameo by Adrienne Barbeau), the film Night of the Living Dead on every TV and the casual appearance of the main characters from one story as extras in another segment. These are the stories: Sweet Tooth, which is excessively simple even though its last scene is appropriately bloody; The Night Billy Raised Hell, which offers a good performance by Barry Bostwick, but its ending dilutes its impact; Trick, one of my favorite ones, because on a short amount of time, its ingenious screenplay keeps us interested in a sinister mystery gradually explained; The Weak and the Wicked, typical and not very interesting tale about bullying, despite offering a solid performance from Grace Phipps; Grim Grinning Ghost, my favorite one, because it generates suspense with minimum ingredients, while creating a good atmosphere and tense tone; Ding Dong, another among my favorite ones due its appropriate black humor, incisive pseudo-feminist content (a subject usually employed by filmmaker Lucky McKee, the director of this segment) and visual creativity; This Means War, moderately entertaining but not very good; Friday the 31st, a parody of slasher cinema which isn't very funny, even though I appreciated its big amount of gore; The Ransom of Rusty Rex, predictable and not very interesting, but with a likable cameo from John Landis; and Bad Seed, which is the one I liked the least, because the humor doesn't combine at all with the serious elements. In conclusion, Tales of Halloween didn't bore me, and it was certainly made with good intentions and quite an affection for the horror genre. However, I found the general experience mediocre. Maybe, the directors didn't take this film very seriously, or they just were part of it just as a mercenary job. However, Tales of Halloween earns a slight recommendation due to the sporadic pros which keep the spectator moderately entertained. Despite all my complaints, I would like to watch a sequel of Tales of Halloween in the future, but hoping to see less stories included, in order to give them time to "breathe" and create the horror which wasn't achieved in this occasion. Sometimes, the excess of candy ends up causing indigestion.

Let's get right to it- this movie is OK at best. If you are very forgiving when it comes to bad special effects, mediocre acting, and not-so-clever nods (rip offs) to other horror movies (Halloween, Friday the 13th, The Exorcist, for starters...), then you will probably be entertained. It's not the worst, but I had hoped for a little bit better, a specially with some of the names attached. It has the feel of some of those straight-to- video horror movies of the 80's, so, if that's your thing, try this one out. I watched this on pay per view, so now I'm feeling a sense of loss (the 5.99 I paid to watch this flick). To summarize: if you don't have anything to do, you're easily entertained, and you are not a horror snob, this movie will probably be watchable.