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Tales of Halloween

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Eleven filmmakers, including Axelle Carolyn (Soulmate), Darren Lynn Bousman (Repo! The Genetic Opera), Neil Marshall (The Descent), Lucky McKee (All Cheerleaders Die), and Mike Mendez (Big Ass Spider!), team together to tell ten terrifying stories set on one Halloween night. The people of a small sleepy town always seem to go crazy on Halloween night, the tales of which are narrated by a sultry radio host (Adrienne Barbeau). Prepare for stories of candy-loving monsters, devilish neighbours, grinning ghosts, scared psycho killers, and man-eating pumpkins.

 teams together a number of notable horror directors together for an anthology tale set on one Halloween night. Unlike a film like Trick ‘r Treat, which interweaves its multiple stories, Tales of Halloween is told in the classic Creep Show style, with the stories being 10 mostly independent short films, even though there is some crossover of characters. With a length of only 92 minutes, each other these stories are not much more than 9 minutes in length, which really only allows for a set-up, followed by a big scare or gag.

As is the case with many anthologies, Tales of Halloween is a mix of some really great horror stories, with others than don't quite work. Some of the high points of the film include the Grim Grinning Ghost by Axelle Carolyn, which has the best ending of the bunch, the extremely gory and humorous slasher homage Friday the 31st by Mike Mendez, and the concluding story Bad Seed by Neil Marshall. Some familiar faces appear throughout the film, including Greg Grunberg, Barry Bostwick, and cameos by legendary directors John Landis and Joe Dante. While Tales of Halloween has a few high points, altogether it is merely just an OK anthology film.

 ★ ★ ★ 1/2 | FAIR  

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Tales Of Halloween (2015)
Runtime:97 minutes
Country:United States
Actors:
The Radio DJ
Sweet Tooth (segment "Sweet Tooth")
Timothy Blake (segment "Sweet Tooth")
Mrs. Blake (segment "Sweet Tooth")
Mr. Blake (segment "Sweet Tooth")
Lt. Brandt-Mathis (segment "Sweet Tooth")
Alex Mathis (segment "Sweet Tooth")
Mikey (segments "Sweet Tooth" & "Ding Dong")
Kyle (segment "Sweet Tooth")
Lizzy (segment "Sweet Tooth")
Writers:
(created by)
(written by) (segment "Sweet Tooth") (as David Parker)
(written by) (segment "The Night Billy Raised Hell")
(written by) (segment "Trick")
(written by) (segment "Grim Grinning Ghost")
(written by) (segment "Ding Dong")
(written by) (segment "The Weak and the Wicked")
(creative consultant) (segment "The Weak and the Wicked")
(written by) (segment "This Means War") and
(written by) (segment "This Means War")
(written by) (segment "Friday the 31st") &
(written by) (segment "Friday the 31st") (as David Parker)
(written by) (segment "The Ransom of Rusty Rex")
(written by) (segment "Bad Seed")
Production companies:
(Production Services)
Plots:
Ten stories are woven together by their shared theme of Halloween night in an American suburb, where ghouls, imps, aliens and axe murderers appear for one night only to terrorize unsuspecting residents.
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