Release Date: Oct 24, 1986 Wide
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Average Rating: 3.2/5
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Character actor Charles Martin Smith directed this quirky horror film about a dead rock star who wreaks vengeance on a small town. When a rock musician is banned from performing at a high school Halloween dance and ends up perishing in a hotel fire, he vows vengeance on the town and comes back from beyond the grave to obliterate the population. He does this through one of his most rabid fans, the nerdy Eddie Weinbauer (Marc Price), a high school outsider. He is such a fan that he plays the rock
R, 1 hr. 37 min.
Oct 24, 1986 Wide
Nov 1, 2002
Lorimar Home Video
All Critics (5) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (2) | DVD (2)
Trick or Treat" is reasonable. It shares many unfortunate similarities with Robert Englund's dire "976-Evil" but also some of the finer films of the genre, notably "Carrie".
I loved metal music when this came out, hence I loved the film. Yes, it's trash, but it's special trash to me.
'Trick or Treat' is the prime example of a sleeper: a film that was overlooked upon its release and is actually a kitschy, supremely fun picture in its own right. I love the anti-glorification of the self-destructive rockstar lifestyle and how impressionable teenagers would become drawn to it. Despite their prominence
October 9, 2011Super Reviewer
A horror movie where the spirit of a dead heavy metal star is haunting teens! I loved it, it's a fun awesome heavy metal horror movie.
September 6, 2010Super Reviewer
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