Opening with an old black and white 'what to do on Halloween' video inter-cut with stuff.
Halloween. Semi-Happy Couple. Woman hates holiday. Immediately starts taking down the decorations. This apparently upsets some random wacko, so he kills her while her Man is insane 'enjoying' an adult film. Outstanding. He finally realizes she's been for too long, goes outside, and finds her dead with a pumpkin lollipop shoved in her mouth.
Cue opening credits. "Trick 'r Treat." Comic book style. Like Creepshow. Shows off a kid with a pumpkin mask alot.
So, we get backstory on the town's love of Haloween. Then a little kid in a bear suit peeps on attractive girls getting dressed in slutty costumes. Except the good girl of the group who is apparently Red Riding Hood.
Fat kid destroys pumpkins. Then goes up to a house that has a "Please take one piece." He takes it all, but the owner is behind him. Makes the fatty stay.
Back to the slutty crew, Red Riding Hood is a virgin and this is a bad thing.
Back with Fatty and Creepy Business Man, the Man starts monologuing about how Halloween is about respecting the dead. How the traditions were started to "protect us" but no once cares now. Fatty starts coughing on the candy he was eating. The man then brings up another important tradition. "Check your candy." That's one dead Fatty. Man eats a lollipop. Drags Fatty inside. He's interrupted by Trick 'r Treating kids. They reveal he's the local principal and he lets them take a pumpkin.
However, Pumpkinhead'd kid from the opening credits is also there.
Back at the Slut Pack, Red Riding Hood doesn't have a 'date' yet so the group abandons her. True friends.
Elsewhere, Principal buries Fatty. His son is back from Trick 'r Treating though so there's another distraction. He's then interrupted by a barking dog. So he tears off a finger and gives it to the dog. But then the dog's owner comes outside. Fatty somehow brings to life. So, Principal stomps him a couple times. Neighbor heard so Principal explains the hole as him fixing his septic tank. Sure, why not. Fatty is still alive. Kid is back to annoy Daddy. Gee, imagine all the trouble you could've avoided by just scaring the daggone Fatty.
As Principal goes back into his house, he sees his neighbor banging on a window and shouting for help. He ignores it and we see the guy tackled offscreen. Inside, Principal Random Murder takes his son downstairs. "Let's carve a scary face, this time." We're supposed to think he's going to stab the kid, but instead they share the enjoyment of carving up Fatty's head.
Trick 'r Treating Kids knock on the door of a very lewd party. Get another pumpkin. Some other kid shows up with some more pumpkins. "Is this enough." They go to a house that seems to have 3 dozen pumpkins. "Why didn't we just start here?" Okay. I chuckled. There's an "idiot savant" at this place named Rhonda. Because they want some/all the pumpkins, they have the older guy of the group talk to her.
Elsewhere, some random woman makes out with some random man who won't let her reveal his face. Always a great sign. After a minute, she realizes she's bleeding and he reveals he has pointed teeth. No one believes her and eventually we cut to her dead, blood running from neck, and the cloaked guy walks away.
Back to the Pumpkin Crew, Rhonda has now joined them. Rock Quarry. Some random city legend about a school bus massacre. Flashback storytelling. Driver took the kids to the abandoned Rock Quarry instead. By the way, Pumpkin'd Kid was there, too. So, "special" kids. Parents hired the busdriver to kill them, but one got free and drove them all off a cliff so they all drowned. Thanks, story.
"The driver was never heard from again." We see him survive. So the plan is for them to leave 8 jack-o-lanterns as an offering or some such nonsense. The Quarry elevator only holds 3, so Rhonda and Nervous Pirate kid are left behind for now.
Elsewhere, Not-So-Slutty-Red Riding Hood still hasn't found a date. The cloaked guy spots her. A howl sounds out.
Rhonda hears it. "Werewolves..." The elevator returns. Down they go. As they go down, they see the lit pumpkins, representing their...friends...disappearing with shouts. Rhonda walks out but Pirate is too scared.
"Okay. Don't let the candles go out and they'll protect you."
Wouldn't be surprised if the twist is she's the one who got loose and drove the bus over the cliff or some such nonsense. Or the kid of the kid. I don't know...she finds the bus. It's decidedly not sank. Also finds the masks of the others. Reaches for a mask, signifying a jump scare. Decompossed kids attack her. She runs past a dead Pirate who apparently didn't keep the candles lit.
Loses her glasses. Gets cornered. Falls into water. Not too deep, but she's KOd. Surprise, it was all a prank by the others. She wakes up and still freaks. She hit her head and the one guy comforts her. Angers the lead girl of the group.
There is one pumpkin still lit. "If this was all a trick, how is the bus here?" Noises start being made. Probably shouldn't have doused the last pumpkin. Cut to the other two. Screaming from the bus area. He goes to investigate. Discovers the others running. Suddenly...the real randomly decomposing kids appear. Quickly grab the fodder girl. Back at the elevator, Rhonda is in and locked the door. They beg her to open it. She takes her sweet time and then hits the "Up" button, leaving them to die. Did I mention she a pumpkin. Cause she does. Anyway, we hear the kids screaming bloody murder as she leaves. Pumpkin'd Kid appears and she walks past him.
Meanwhile, Red Riding Hood is being stalked by the Big Bad Werewolf...probably. She's walking and being followed by noises. Turns and suddenly, cloaked guy is there. Elsewhere, her slutty friends (and apparently sister) wait for her.
"My, My, what big eyes you have..." Well, she gets bit. At the party, Red Riding Hood slams to the ground. They check and...it's the cloaked guy. So, let's get to the twist of them being evil or some such nonsense. One of the slutty girls takes the man's fake fangs and mask. It's the principal. "Who are you people." Cut to dead bodies everywhere. They're circled around a fire. He freaks, but it doesn't matter cause his leg is broken.
So Red Riding Hood seductively sits on Prinicpal "It's my first time so...just bear with me." Cut to the girls dancing, stripping, and transforming into something. CGI abounds. "What are you doing?" Rips off their skin to reveal a Werewolf in sheep's clothing. And yes, Pumpkin'd Kid is watching.
We get an "Earlier" card...again. We're back to the angry neighbor and his loud dog. Guess we get the story behind his offscreen tackle. He had his dog scare kids so they'd drop their candy. He drinks and chows down.
Watch him go about the earlier scene. Something running around watching him. Suddenly, his porch/yard is full of decorated pumpkins and there is a noise upstairs. He turns on a light but it bursts. The dog squeals in pain. He takes his shotgun and heads upstairs. Willing to bet a pretty penny that he was the bus driver and Rhonda is going to kill him. I've been wrong before.
Bedroom has Trick or Treat writing all over the place. And his leg muscle gets cut. Hey, it's Pumpkin'd Kid. After revealing a razorblade candy bar, the man blasts him with a shotgun...and he erupts into candy. Odd. Man falls down the stairs. Gets his hands full of glass. Kid is crawling on the ceiling. Jumps onto his back. Stuggling. Finally get the rewind to the "Help me" and ignoring. Pumpkin'd Kid is actually a pumpkin skull or some such nonsense.
Bites into the old man who shoots him again. Reloads. Shoots him again. Goes to call...anyone, I assume. 911. Phone cord pulled. The hand of the pumpkin'd one is still moving and stabs him. Crawls off. "You gotta be ****ing kidding me."
The hand wakes up Pumpkin one. Mask back on. Giant Pumpkin lollipop. Bites it. Jagged edge. Man goes for his bottle of whiskey. Breaks it and goes to swipe. Blocked. The Pumpkin stabs...and gets a candy bar. Takes a bite and starts to leave. Turns. Door flings open and he leaves.
We cut to the fireplace showing that the Man is the bus driver. I'm awesome. Sadly, Pumpkin wasn't Rhonda.
LATER. Man is Trick or Treated. Gives the kids some candy. He's all bandaged up and one kid compiments his "mummy" costume. Next door, creepy kid is giving away candy.
We're back to the start of the movie, but with characters we recognize. So, it seems that Pumpkin'd is the one who killed Mouthy Woman. Bus Driver goes back inside. There's a knock at the door. The kids from the bus are there.
"Trick 'r Treat."
Cut to comics. Bus Driver screams. Credits.
Circle C = Warner Bros
Score: 4 out of 5. I love a good anthology and this is definitely a worthy one. Intertwining stories helps ensure the flow never lets up and the majority of the tales are entertaining.
