I love the holiday known as Halloween for a slew of reasons, reasons that are way too many to elaborate on in this quick post. The first time I saw the trailer for Trick 'r Treat, I was very excited to say the least. An anthology film set during my favorite holiday, which looked to encapsulate all of the visual images and themes I love about the Halloween aesthetic.It seems like forever ago when I saw the first trailer for the Michael Dougherty horror anthology film, Trick 'r Treat. Actually, it was forever ago…in fact, Trick 'r Treat was originally slated to be released "in theaters" October 5th of 2007. It never happened, as for no good reason, the movie was pushed back continuously, living a life in movie limbo, as all of us horror fans have had to suffer waiting to see the critically, very well received movie.
Well, now it finally appears that Trick 'r Treat will *knock on wood* be coming out on DVD and Blu-Ray this coming October, along with a festival run (starting sometime in July) leading up to the DVDs release. I honestly kinda forgot about the movie, maybe I blocked it out of my mind thinking it would never come to see the light of day. Maybe perhaps I was just completely tired of the bullshit, absolutely no reason at all, wait for a movie that simply looked great. Of course, I am beyond myself with excitement about this news, but still have a bitter bone about the film not being put out into a wide theatrical release. Seems a little (and by little, I mean a lot) unfair that horror in theaters is filled with (mostly) shitty remakes and the almost as shitty slew of Saw flicks, while Trick 'r Treat sat on a shelf waiting for any sorta release. However, this is neither the time nor the place for that discussion either…I will just look on the bright side and patiently wait to finally get my grubby little paws on Trick 'r Treat this October. Now, my hopes are all high again, so this movie had better come out and the shit better be good too.
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it's about friggin time!
Though I still have a hard time looking at poor Dylan Baker without seeing his child rapist character from Happiness. I guess that's the mark of a good actor... when he puts in a performance so disturbing and visceral that I can no longer disassociate him from it.
It sure is about time...I was so excited to see it in theaters back in 07' thinking how great it would be to watch a movie like it during Halloween. But better late than never I guess.
Yeah, Solondz's movies tend to make you look at a lot of things differently. Every time I think of Selma Blair now, it's her pressed up against a wall takin' one for the team.
I do wish the Spidey films would have expanded upon the Lizard character though...maybe it will happen in the eventual next film.
I could get into Lizard as a villain. They need to do a smaller, more personal story IMO. After the mess that was Spider-Man 3, they need to scale back and find the root of the character again, and I think that his relationship with Dr. Connor could be a good means for that.
Personally, I'd love to see Craven the Hunter as the next villain. Get Ian McShane in there. I just love the idea of someone trying to hunt Spider-Man as a trophy. I hear they're bringing King Pin in though. Blah.
I agree about scaling back the villains in the next Spider Man Film. Things always seem go bad in comic book movie franchises when they go nuts with the characters.
I would love to see Kraven also...he could be paired up with The Lizard being the secondary character. I always loved the Todd McFarlane story when he started doing his own Spidey series and The Lizard and Kraven were the two villains. King Pin isn't epic enough for a Spidey movie.
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