Trick 'r Treat
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| Directed by | Michael Dougherty |
| Produced by | Bryan Singer |
| Written by | Michael Dougherty |
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| Music by | Douglas Pipes |
| Cinematography | Glen MacPherson |
| Edited by | Robert Ivison |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $12 million |
| Box office | $13.5 million |
Trick 'r Treat is a 2007 American-Canadian horror anthology film written and directed by Michael Dougherty. The film stars Dylan Baker, Brian Cox, Rochelle Aytes, Lauren Lee Smith, Leslie Bibb, and Anna Paquin. It centers on four Halloween-related horror stories. One common element that ties the stories together is the presence of Sam, a mysterious child trick-or-treater wearing shabby orange pajamas with a burlap sack over his head, who makes an appearance in all the stories whenever someone breaks Halloween traditions.
Despite being delayed for two years and having a small number of public screenings, the film received much critical acclaim and has since garnered a strong cult following. In October 2013, the filmmakers announced that a sequel, Trick 'r Treat 2, is in the works. In 2016 Michael Dougherty and Legendary Pictures teamed up with AtmosFX to create a series of digital Halloween decorations that feature Sam.
In the fictional town of Warren Valley, Ohio, Emma (Leslie Bibb) and her Halloween-worshipping boyfriend Henry (Tahmoh Penikett), set up numerous ghost-scarecrows for Halloween in their yard, despite the fact that Emma hates Halloween. After returning home from a Halloween party, Emma tries to blow out a jack-o'-lantern, but Henry tells her not to because it is against tradition to extinguish a jack-o'-lantern on Halloween. She blows it out anyway while his back is turned. While Henry is drifting off to sleep inside the house, Emma attempts to take down the Halloween decorations without his knowing. In the process of doing so, she is murdered by an unknown assailant with a large blade shaped like a pumpkin lollipop. This occurs in front of a group of kids who were trick-or-treating, causing them to run away in fright. Some time later, Henry goes outside to search for Emma but finds she is gone. He notices limbs hanging by wires outside. One of the decorative scarecrows lights up and he approaches it and takes down the cover. He cries out in shock at the sight of Emma's severed head speared onto the stick and wrapped in decorative lights. Her limbs have been chopped off and her mouth is stuffed with a large lollipop.
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