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Check Out The New DVD/BD Art For Michael Dougherty's Terrific TRICK 'R TREAT! Plus News On The Comic Con Panel & Screening!
Beaks here...
A word of advice to all Comic Con attendees regarding Thursday: pace yourself. For reasons that have nothing to do with the fans and everything to do with taking advantage of the Friday news cycle, most of the big ticket presentations at this year's soiree have been crammed into Day One. So do whatever you've got to do to make sure you've still got something left in the tank for 10:00 PM, because you cannot afford to miss the big screening/panel for one of the best horror films in recent memory.
Michael Dougherty's supremely entertaining TRICK 'R TREAT may seem like a throwback to the anthology horror style of classics like CREEPSHOW and the Amicus TALES FROM THE CRYPT, but it's a little more cohesive than those films. I love it. And I'm really excited for the film to screen in the convention center's massive Ballroom 20 late at night with the lights out and the volume jacked up, because I can pretty much guarantee that everyone in that room is going to walk out with a new holiday classic to place alongside Carpenter's HALLOWEEN and THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
The Comic Con schedule has the presentation/screening listed for 9:30 PM, so while I'm being told it definitely starts at 10 PM, you might want to get there on the early side just in case. The post-film panel, which is being moderated by Gunnery Sergeant Harry Knowles (one of six AICN-ers who'll be at Comic Con this year - collect them all!!!), will include Dougherty, Anna Paquin, Brian Cox and Tahmoh Penikett. Paquin will certainly attract the TRUE BLOOD horde, so, again, GET THERE EARLY!
Also on Thursday, from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM, there will be an autograph signing at the WB booth.
The DVD/BD will hit stores this October (exact street date TBD). The first image above will be on the cardboard cover, while the spooky second pic will be on the actual case.
Michael Dougherty's supremely entertaining TRICK 'R TREAT may seem like a throwback to the anthology horror style of classics like CREEPSHOW and the Amicus TALES FROM THE CRYPT, but it's a little more cohesive than those films. I love it. And I'm really excited for the film to screen in the convention center's massive Ballroom 20 late at night with the lights out and the volume jacked up, because I can pretty much guarantee that everyone in that room is going to walk out with a new holiday classic to place alongside Carpenter's HALLOWEEN and THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
The Comic Con schedule has the presentation/screening listed for 9:30 PM, so while I'm being told it definitely starts at 10 PM, you might want to get there on the early side just in case. The post-film panel, which is being moderated by Gunnery Sergeant Harry Knowles (one of six AICN-ers who'll be at Comic Con this year - collect them all!!!), will include Dougherty, Anna Paquin, Brian Cox and Tahmoh Penikett. Paquin will certainly attract the TRUE BLOOD horde, so, again, GET THERE EARLY!
Also on Thursday, from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM, there will be an autograph signing at the WB booth.
The DVD/BD will hit stores this October (exact street date TBD). The first image above will be on the cardboard cover, while the spooky second pic will be on the actual case.
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cant wait for this at fright fest UK
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and first you maggot sucking fuck sticks
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Can't wait to see this one... Looks awesome!
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Looks like a close up of Cheech's face from the story below this one.
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Like 2 years ago when it was suppose to come out. I still amazes me how crap like this seems to never get fucking released right, but vomit like Pink Panther 2 came off without a hitch.
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Of course not, those cocksuckers! Oh well, at least we finally get to see it! I'm super stoked! Me personally, I would have preferred to see this over a new Saw movie but unfortunately, the studio heads don't really give a fuck about what we want as compared to what they all tell each other we want.
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I don't really get the point of the cardboard sleeves for DVD cases. Packaging can't get much more pointless.
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Jul 15, 2009 2:01:48 PM CDT
How awesome that they made Anna Paquin look like she's 40 on the
by copontheedge
She could be Joan Allen! Buy me a ticket, mom!
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Now that I am out of college I can afford cable and netflixs so I am always too busy trying to watch movies I've yet to see or that just came out, and every single fucking tv show that was ever made (thanks DVR!). I ain't got time to look back.
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It's unreleasable as is, not due to gore but to the general idea of (semi spoiler) a nutcase killing kids that come to his door on Halloween with poisoned candy. I wonder if they FINALLY made some cuts to it, which would not only make the film better but allow it to be released. Dougherty could check his ego at the door, cut maybe 5 minutes of the film and get a wide release. He hasn't had much going on in the past two years since he shot this (three years ago now?) so maybe he should get over himself.
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Look at the first cover again. It's Culp, I tell ya!
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...about her getting her tits out on True Blood...? I'm betting she gets 4 minutes grace before someone brings it up. Stoked for this on DVD, glad it's finally on its way to my grasping paws.
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I've been hearing about this movie for too long for it to live up to all my expectations of it, but I'm still dying to see it.
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. . . after endless hype, this movie better rock my fucking world by the time I finally see it. That is all.
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dylan baker for bill maxwell in inevitable GAH reboot!
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Jul 15, 2009 2:50:48 PM CDT
Any OFFICIAL word on why this didn't get a theatrical release?
by gilkuliehe
Seriously, I can't for the love of me figure out why they wouldn't give this a theatrical run. What the fuck, Warners.
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Yet, they keep selling him on this site.
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--modern Hollywood marketeers can't figure how to market an original film. Nobody will go see something they haven't already heard of (* see "Drag Me to Hell"). They knew they had to release it around Halloween and they were afraid of the "Saw" franchise which has owned that slot for the last five years. Also, the film is an anthology, a type of storytelling that is completely out of vogue at this time. They just didn't want to risk spending money to market it when they had no idea how to do so in the first place and felt it was a losing game to even try.
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and fuck the studio for not releasing this in theatres
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The only things I've ever ehard of from this guy are X2(brilliant) and Superman Returns (one hour of great, an hour and a half of boring). I'd say that adds up to 3:1 ratio of good to bad so far.
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Jul 15, 2009 3:08:49 PM CDT
So that's why we get films like "Transformers 2"
by the reluctant austinite
and "G.I. Joe", and "Asteriods", and "Monopoly". Because these are things you've HEARD OF and have some attachment to. Now, it would stand to reason that most of you have heard of HALLOWEEN and many of you even enjoy the dark holiday, and might even spend 8 bucks to see a film set during that time, but it's too big a risk for the money men who right now think the only horror films people will pay to see are based on other films they've already seen.
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I fucking get it! Skippy 4 life, son!
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...why there's no theatrical release. Saw this last Halloween in LA at Manns Chinese (thanks to Moriarty) and it'd fucking awesome and needs to be seen on the big screen. Cinematography and production design are just beautiful.
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....the second cover is stupid. It completely gives away the big reveal of what Sam - the little guy who appears in all the stories and torments the great Brian Cox in the finale - looks like. Happily, there are plenty more surprises in the film.
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Jul 15, 2009 3:20:22 PM CDT
PIssed, Too - But At Least It's Coming on Blu-Ray...
by read and shut up
...the friggin' suits have NO IDEA how to market a movie that isn't "I STILL Don't Know What the Fuck You Went and Did Last Summer" - the douches. Still I'm thrilled I'll have a copy in my hands pretty soon.
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I own the soundtrack to that one.
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I think the last time it took for a AICN hype film to finally be seen was Nightwatch. At least that was foreign.
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The movie posters were way better, why didn't they use one of those?
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Now that Trick r Treat has a release date(ish) is there any word on Paranormal Activity? Every review I read said it's a creepy as fuck film but there were rumours of it being remade and it seems to have dropped off the face of the earth since then.
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Nice catch! We're sorry. You're welcome.
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it's been on my netflix saved list for fucking years! fuck you WB for not releasing it sooner, you re-res!
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...little, puckered, glowing sphincters.
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Z-movies always feature a close up of the creepie thingie.
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Jul 15, 2009 5:05:13 PM CDT
This movie is SO Two Thousand And Late
by christian_bale_trashed_my_lights
Uh huh.
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There's a piece of crap for ya.
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I'm sick of quotes on DVD covers. "The Best Film of the Year!" Why can't they put these on the back?
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That, sir, should get you banned.
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...and it STUNK. I could see the punchlines to the stories coming from a mile away. Lazy, lazy writing. It is not being released because it just isn't that good. Don't blame the suits...they have released FAR worse films than this before.
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I've been waiting a long time to see it. Halloween is the most fun holiday of the year and the only one I even see the point in going all out for. Horror movie marathons are common place at my humble abode but October is Horror 24/7. I really, really hope this movie lives up to my excessive expectations because I will be buying it blind (just like Night of the Creeps).
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I've been waiting a long time to see it. Halloween is the most fun holiday of the year and the only one I even see the point in going all out for. Horror movie marathons are common place at my humble abode but October is Horror 24/7. I really, really hope this movie lives up to my excessive expectations because I will be buying it blind (just like Night of the Creeps).
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I should know
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all the word of mouth i've heard about this film from screenings have been stellar. but apparently, some stuffy suit at WB had a problem with the fact that a bunch of kids die in the movie, so the got shelved. i too have an unhealtyhy obsession with all things related to Halloween, so i've been anticipating this movie's release since i heard about it roughly two years ago.
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Jul 15, 2009 5:35:59 PM CDT
How bout a fucking spoiler warning, huh?!
by adiehardfanwithalethalweapon
Cause if that's what the kid looks like under the hood I'm supremly pissed!
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.....in that dvd cover. Kind of obvious without seeing it that's what would happen, but they should have at least TRIED to keep it a surprise.
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And for me, at least, that is a VERY good thing. Season of the Witch was ridiculous, creepy, stupid, but hilariously campy fun. I hope this is the same. I think this will be a blind-buy for me.
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whats the matter Hollywood? Your balls drop? Kids are victims too. Giving the villans, morals makes the villain weak.
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one of the most memorable and shocking kid death scene in a film, ever. Although I think The Beyond tops the blood spattered cake.
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At least its getting released, I guess.
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...that no one has seen.
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Pay attention folks, the signs are everywhere!
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Its not like joe public bought that spookyass sam doll that came out
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Burton killed that little kid in Sleepy Hollow. Not onscreen, but that's one of the closest I've ever seen kids being killed. The other that I can recall is one of The Puppetmaster movies where a kid fucks around with Torch or whatever the fuck the name of the puppet with the flamethrower was called. Initially Torch wasn't gonna kill him, but the kid whipped him or some shit like that, next thing you know Torch looks at the camera really pissed with flames starting to rise and then you get the idea.
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was actually way more disturbing than actually seeing the death. God do I love tha movie, I've even got the poster over my bed. Get it, 'cause it's called Sleepy Hollow?
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Dr. Decker killed that kid at the top of the stairs in Night Breed. the blob in the 1988 remake killed that bully kid. Kid dioe in horror films but it's always played out in a way that you never see it. Hollywood has no balls. Penatration and graphic non cutaway child/baby killing on screen is off limits to hollywood films.
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Don't worry about spoilers in any of their materials. If you have only have a brain in your head you'll be able to see what is coming next in this film 15 minutes before it happens. Complete let-down for me.... and I LOVE shit like this.
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Remember in the beginning in the hotel, when baddie #2 shot the girl right in front of our...oh wait never mind. Damn cutaways.
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Serious idiocy by the studio.
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...that second cover sucks. Way to spoiler, jackasses.
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that this film doesn't get a theatrical release. someone needs to get fired.
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Jul 15, 2009 7:21:40 PM CDT
I call 'shenanigans' on not wanting to spend money for marketing
by darkman
DARK KNIGHT made the studio more money than most of us will see in ten lifetimes. They, easily, could've spent 10-15 million pushing this film. Bunch of pussy-ass dumbshits.
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...don't get your motors too revved up. It's a fun movie, but it's not the second coming of whatever horror masterpiece you hold most sacrosanct. Take it with that expectation, and you'll be fine.
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Why is the movie industry so obtuse and insane?
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but like DarthCorleone said, it's not the second coming. I love it though. It's got a great look and cool "vibe" to it. Glad I can get it on BR finally.
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This is being screened at the Toronto After Dark Fest in Aug.
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. . . the Kintner boy death in Jaws still kind of gives me a chill. In Tentacles, the worst of all Jaws ripoffs, a baby gets dragged under, bassonet and all. Anybody seen Deadly Eyes? If not you have to. Giant, killer rats played by dachsunds in costumes. The movie is basically shit, but there's a gruesome, off camera baby death w/ a nasty trail of blood from high chair to basement. Freaked me OUT as a kid. Best kid death EVER is the kid in sleeping bag getting swatted into a tree by inside-out bear in Prophecy. I'm sure I can think of some others. . . oh yeah, Pet Semetary.
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Why has there been no fucking story on this? We've been following this movie for years, and you casually tell us there's no theatrical release by just showing us the DVD box art? What the fuck is this shit?
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I can't think of a SINGLE reason why they didn't bother to release this last Halloween? Or this Halloween? Or Halloween 2 years ago? Anna Paquin is a more recognizable star now, thanks to True Blood. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS STUDIO?
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I haven't seen this movie, but I didn't want to have the kid's face spoiled. Ugh.
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For God's sake, give this site some dignity back.
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Where's your excuse now, Warner Bros?
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FEAST 2 and HIGH TENSION
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as well as the two movies that Frank Cotton mentioned
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No idea what gruesome demises are in that movie.
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I can't wait for them to announce that the DVD/BD release for this will be "indefinitely delayed." The fact that they're not giving an official street date is cause for ominous rumblings from beyond the world ...
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"Master Skywalker! There's too many of them! What are we going to do!?" Cut to shot of kids in the background, Anakin igniting his lightsaber in the foreground, kid(s?) flinching simultaneously as he ignites it, hilarity ensues. Oh George if you only filled episodes I-III with more scenes like that you'd still be the celebrated artist instead of tinkerer/re-editor.
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But I think the actual slayings are off screen though.
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"Hey Mr.! You forgot your--" BOOOOOOOMMM!!!
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Been waiting for this.
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I guess I'll be one of the lucky few who had a chance to see this on the big screen (Screamfest 2008). I can attest to the fact that this is, in fact, one of the top 3 best Halloween-themed movies ever made. This could have been a massively successful new franchise, but Warner Brother's has tiny, shriveled, retard balls and sat on the film for two years before killing it like a pumpkin-smashing fat kid. Fuck you, Warner. Fuck you in your ignorant fucking face.At least the public will finally get to see what they've been missing...
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...it's a grown man poisoning HALLOWEEN CANDY. Um...can ya see the copycat murder trials coming a mile away? Yeah, so can the studio. And bottom line...the movie's not THAT good, guys. Trust me, I was at that screening. A couple of the segments kick ass and there's some cool visuals and that's about it. The one nudity scene has a bunch of chicks with small boobs. I mean if that's not a crime, then WHAT IS I ASK?!!! (No, Anna Paquin is not naked -- strike three!)
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...the little girl in the red dress and the boy who couldn't clean the bathtub in Schindler's List.
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Did I? My dickish boss said it to me last week when I was late arriving and it amused me.Now I know where he got it from, I'm HORRIFIED.
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Planet Terrors kiddie death. Even though it was off screen, still gives me judders just thinking about it...
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http://tinyurl.com/l9o4gg
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What the hell, huh?
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Jul 16, 2009 8:48:54 AM CDT
WARNER b\ROS. SHOULD HAVE CHANGED THE NAME TO CREEPSHOW AND....
by charlesthomasmathews1978
Sold it as a reboot of that series since it's an anthology and reamkes are all the rage these days and the lazy Hollywood cunts can't be bothered to market anything original these days.
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Has there been no mention, considering the Halloween them, of Halloween 3 Season Of The Witch? Didn't Buddy Kupfers die a bug infested death, thanks to the Halloween mask?
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I loved this movie so much, saw it first weekend in 1982, I even own the soundtrack on CD. Such a fun cohesive movie with crazy style!
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Leslie Nielsen pre-Dreben, Hal Holbrook, Fritz Weaver, and my favorite segment EG Marshall. Stephen King, though, should keep his roles to cameos and walk-ons. His acting wouldn't pass in a Three Stooges short.
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That kid death in Feast was fast but pretty violent: eaten alive in front of his mother. Incidentally, I think Feast was the film everybody keeps claiming Drag Me To Hell was: Funny, grusome and at times genuinely scary.
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The whole concept of poisoning or otherwise contaminating candy at Halloween time has been a persistent urban myth for decades, even though the actual instances of such a crime occurring have been incredibly rare. Hell, there is a scene in Halloween II where a kid has a razorblade in his mouth from what we infer was tainted candy. I seriously doubt the studio backed away from a theatrical release over that single plot element.
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It's not an on scene death but I thought it should be an honorable mention SPOILER the cop guy comes home and finds Jenifer in the basement eating the body of the little asian girl (little as in single-digit age). Sure it (the asian girl's body) was mostly guts and only the torso and head were left, but I thought that was pretty gruesome to show a body like that so young even if it was prolly just a dummy.
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If so count me out.
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Studios don't shelve a movie that cost $20 mil. and has several name actors in it over the "inability to market it." They shelve movies because they're either a) horrendous, or b) have some element that presents possible lawsuits against them. The film isn't THAT bad to warrant not being released, so I'm going with option B. It's a different corporate landscape now with horror movies than the days of Halloween II. And remember the film, "The Program," where on opening night multiple groups of teenagers were injured (and some killed, I believe) re-enacting a stunt from the film. It doesn't mean it will happen, just that it could so the studio covers their ass.
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Darwin Awards were on a fuckin' conveyer belt.
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If so, that's good.Actually, it's surprising that a great, genuinely scary movie about Halloween and kids trick-or-treating has not been made yet. There's a lot of potential there.
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The "street date" for this will be "indefinitely delayed." Studious would rather piss blood than release anything quality.
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