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Good movie but grossly overrated

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Sammi Curr was a famous, devil-worshiping rock star who died under mysterious circumstances. Now he wants to come back to life. Doing so requires possessing radio waves and automobiles and making a few human sacrifices.I was not familiar with this film, and had no idea what it was about. Today, if you say "Trick or Treat", people will think of "Trick 'r Treat", if they know their horror films at all. But right from the start, I liked what was going on here, a rock and roll horror film set in the heavy metal 1980s when rock went head to head with the PMRC.Unfortunately, the film does not quite live up to the early promise, and is not helped by some irritating music. (I like heavy metal, but some of the tracks on here are awful.) We get a story that is a bit like "Shocker" and a bit like "Rock and Roll Nightmare", though very much its own story... worth a peek, though perhaps not the lost treasure I wish I was.

Trick Or Treat is a excellent,entertaining Horror film that mixes together Horror,Comedy,Rock N'Roll and a Heavy Metal. Filled with great direction,wonderful special effects and a great Heavy Metal soundtrack,Trick Or Treat is a underrated Horror film from the 80s and is in my opinion a Cult Classic.Trick Or Treat tells the story of High School outcast named Eddie Weinbauer(Marc Price)who loves Heavy Metal and worships rock star Sammi Curr(Tony Fields)but is also being bullied by his classmates for loving the music and being different. When Sammi Curr dies in an unfortunate accident,Eddie receives Sammi's final record and plays it. When Eddie plays the record backwards,he is able to bring Sammi back from the dead and when Sammi comes back he begins to bring havoc and chaos to whoever he comes across. Now Eddie has to figure out how to stop Sammi's wrath and destroy him.Trick Or Treat seems like a film that came out at the right place and right time in the 1980s because it combines two great genres that were at the height of their success during that time:Horror and Heavy Metal. Everyone knows that Horror and Heavy Metal go together like Peanut Butter and Jelly and TT knows that for a fact. What I love about Trick Or Treat is the fact that the film does not take itself too seriously and is a fun movie that combines Horror,Slasher and Supernatural elements with Rock N' Roll and giving viewers a wonderful movie that tells the audience to have a good time. What is also great about TT is how funny it is when mocks and pokes fun at the controversy and criticism Heavy Metal went through at the time especially with Tipper Gore,the PMRC,playing Metal records backwards and probably hearing subliminal messages. It takes all of those things that are mentioned above makes laughs out of them. The Horror and Comedy in this film works so well to point where you don't have to take the film seriously and keep the light on,look over your shoulders or hide under the covers because Trick Or Treat is not that kind of Horror film and that is one of the things I like about the film is that it's over the top and fun but not dark and serious. I think most viewers will be able to identify and relate to the character Eddie because like most teenagers his age Eddie is an outcast and is constantly being bullied for being different and listening to different music or more specifically Heavy Metal music. The way Eddie is being bullied in the film is timeless and real and it will always be relevant because it happens all the time and Eddie is likable because despite Eddie being a Metal head,Eddie is a complex character who is dealing with teen angst and harshness of adolescence. Sammi Carr is great and interesting villain of 80s Horror cinema because unlike his fellow Horror villains of the 80s like Freddy and Jason,Sammi does not depend on blood or gore to freak out his victims Carr instead gives victims a show using electricity,guitars,music and dance movements to get his victims before he kills him. For those things I mentioned above,Sammi Carr is in a category of his own which I like to call a Rock N'Roll villain,something that I think is a rare in cinema. While Sammi Carr isn't iconic like Freddy or Jason Carr is definitely one of the most entertaining villains in 80s Horror films. Although this is a Horror film,there isn't any gore or much blood in the film and the violence is more electric and fire and besides I think if the film had been bloody or gory it would've thrown the film's lightness and humor off. The ending of the film is great and lasts 30 minutes long and pretty much goes out with a bang with wonderful Rock N' Roll,great special effects and a long extended chase scene and will stay with you after it's over. The cast does a great job in their roles. Marc Price gives an amazing performance as Eddie,,with Price bringing depth and believability to the role. Tony Fields is excellent as villain Sammi Curr,with Fields having a great presence,charisma and great lines. Lisa Orgolini is beautiful and does a great job as Lesile,Eddie's love interest. Doug Savant is wonderful as Tim,Eddie's bully and tormentor. Glen Morgan gives a fun performance as Roger,Eddie's best friend. Gene Simmons gives a good performance as Nuke,a local radio DJ. Ozzy Osbourne is hilarious in his ironic cameo appearance as Reverand Aaron Gilstrom,a Reverand who dislikes Heavy Metal music. Elanie Joyce(Angie Weinbauer)and Elise Richards(Genie)give good performances as well.The direction by Charles Martin Smith(of American Grafiti and The Untouchables fame)is great,with Smith always moving the camera and giving the film a great style and pace. Awesome direction by Smith.The score by Christopher Young is good and though it's not used a lot it goes well with the film. The film also has a excellent soundtrack of Heavy Metal songs from the band Fastaway including great songs like Trick Or Treat,Get Tough,Stand Up,After Midnight and many more. Brilliant Soundtrack.The special effects by Kevin Yagher are inventive and stylish and definitely add to the film. Great effects.In final word,if you love Horror films,Heavy Metal or Hard Rock I suggest you see Trick Or Treat,an entertaining Horror film that is fun and well worth of your time. Highly Recommended. 10/10.

Oh the fun of playing records backwards to pick up on some sort of cryptic message… and there's a reason to why it's cryptic. This time it's used as a medium to the dead. Forget about seeing the names Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne, as they have nothing more than small guest appearances in this 80s heavy metal horror opus. "Trick or Treat" is your by-the-numbers heavy metal teenager Eddie finds himself an outcast at school, as he's picked on by the high school jocks. To make things worse his music idol Sammi Curr had just died in a hotel fire, but the local radio DJ (Simmons) gives him an only copy of Curr's unreleased album. Upon listening to it, he plays it backwards where Curr sends a message directly to Eddie from beyond the grave. Through this he scares those you picked on him, but then he finds out that he can't control the malevolent spirit of Curr. What starts off like something that would have some sort of social commentary on the unfair image that's garnished from the hard rock scene (like the laughable phrase "rock pornography") or the obsessive nature of idolism or the freedom of expression in what you feel comfortable, but it goes on to settle for a simple junky revenge gone astray angle where it's a race against clock with some basic thrills peppered in. Nothing new, but enjoyable enough in its cheesy gimmicks where its dark edge is never sustained as it seems to have fun at its own expense. The most amusing thing happened to be Ozzy Osbourne's ironically funny cameo, in which he appears on a TV show as a reverend opposed to this sort of music. Nice little in-joke. Simmons is more so sombre in his role. Tony Fields brings a foreboding exuberance to his heavy metal star Curr, but I got more from it before he actually materialises to cause havoc. Still he crafts out a booming presence. Marc Price in the lead as Eddie is affably confident and there are likable turns by Lisa Orgolini and Glen Morgan as his friends. Doug Savant is suitably hateable and Elaine Joyce is a treat as Eddie's always concerned mother. And what is it without thrashing out the hard rock tunes --- it's a scorching soundtrack to boot with former Motorhead Eddie Clarke attached. Director Charles Martin Smith projects a crisp looking production, despite some kitschy optical work and elastically eccentric special effects. Stereotypical, but nonsensical fun.

Actually, I never bought into the metal was satanic and stuff, but this movie kind of played on that idea. Though certainly not a movie to take seriously or to rate really high, it does serve its purpose in that it entertains while it is playing. The story has a metal band burned to death in their hotel, one of their fans has a dream to this effect and said band starts to go on a kill spree from beyond the grave. So yes, a bit of "Nightmare on Elm Street" plot going on here. Granted Freddy never molested a girl in a car before. There was another movie featuring a heavy metal band in it, but it was very different in how it played out as it had a band that kind of took over a town of kids and made them crazy. This one simply has the one fan of the band kind of helping the killer spirit at first then trying to stop him. Nothing to gruesome in it as I do not remember all that many gory kills. Quite frankly, the scene I do remember most is the scene of the girl wearing the headphones and then being molested by some creature incarnation of the band. Nothing great, but a nice time filler.