Trick or Treat | | Cast : | Ozzy Osbourne | | Director : | | | Studio : | Uav Corporation | | Format : | Color | | Released Date : | October 24, 1986 | | DVD Released Date : | November 28, 2002 | | Language : | English (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | NR (Not Rated) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | September 09, 2003 | | Summary | Standard '80's teen horror fare | Content
 | Not much to be said for "Trick Or Treat", really. It's a dumbed-
down little artifact that may provide some mindless time killing
for aging baby boomers (nostalgia factor) and 10 year olds. Not
a dvd for horror fans as there is absolutely nothing scary or
suspenseful going on here. On the up side, it's not awful as far
as '80's teen fodder goes, and is actually a notch or two above
most of what this genre was offering. There are a few laughs to
be found here and there, not much else. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 23, 2003 | | Summary | Relic of my youth | Content
| The storyline in this movie is very cheesy, lets get that straight. But, anyone growing up in the 80's will be able to relate. The high school the story takes place in reminds me of mine. A bunch of idiot jocks and stuck up cheerleader types. I was 15 when this movie came out. I remember when it came out, but I only recently saw it. I grew up on the music of Fastway, Dokken, Dio, Ozzy,Maiden, kiss and Priest. Although the storyline isn't the greatest it reminds me of high school again. Ozzy as an evangelist is a gas. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 26, 2003 | | Summary | So Cheesy It's Cool | Content
| Sure the movie is cheesy, but that is part of its charm. My favourite line has to be when the one chick (I think her name was Genie Wooster) tells Eddie that he is creepy, and when he says he doesn't understand, she replies "If you weren't so creepy, you would know what I mean". The reason why I love this line so much is as follows: It reminds me (and I am sure many others) of stuck up people in high school who had the same attitude. I can think of one, in particular right now. So despite the movie's lack of appeal to awards committees, it does have some great moments, and although it does not have mass appeal, I don't think that was its purpose. It reaches out to the lost children of the world by showing them that they are not alone. Besides, it is just a fun movie. Where else will you get to see Ozzy Osbourne preach about the evils of heavy metal music? I would also highly recommend another cheesy 80s horror movie called "Basket Case". |
| Rating | | | Date | May 30, 2003 | | Summary | If it's too loud you're too old, baby. | Content
| Okay, firstly, this isn't the greatest movie, not really. I myself was a 16 year old headbanger when this movie came out, so, identifying as I did with our misunderstood heavy metal protagonist, I loved it. And I guess that what's gotten to me this time around, prompting me to get the notably inexpensive DVD. Haven't seen this movie since high school, many moons ago. The one thing I never understood was the soundtrack by Fastway. The movie's villain, Sammi Curr, was supposed to be the blasphemous lord and master of hard core black metal, but like, he was just singing Fastway songs. Fastway was hard rock at best, and an especially harmless hard rock band at that. The hero, Skippy from Family Ties, is crushed when his hero Sammi Curr dies in a hotel fire. But his dj buddy, Gene Simmons (in his five minute cameo) gives him the one and only copy of Curr's final unreleased album. Skippy learns that if he plays the record backwards, he can conjur his dead hero in ghostly/electric form. (The movie started off reciting lines about Faust, so we can only assume that Curr, by association, made some pact with the devil.) Anyway, at first Curr helps Skippy settle some old scores with the sissy-mary schoolhouse bullies that never give him a moment's rest. But then things begin going a little too far, and Skippy tries to pull the plug---especially after Curr threatens Skippy's highschool dream girl. Curr later shows up at the school Halloween dance, and starts trimming down the student body, singing, stage-cavorting, and shooting blue lightning bolts out of his guitar. Skippy, to save his girl, is forced to fight with his hero. actually, for what it was, the movie was entertaining, and did have some clever parts, but I think mostly people around my age group would appreciate it. For me, it was strange seeing it again. I remember, as a kid, having a slight crush on Skippy's girlfriend. I remembered her being kinda hot, but my memories from those days are a little addled from excessive doses of, uh...teenage fun. I was pleasantly surprised to see that she was the same beautiful girl I remembered. It's good to know that at least a few things stay the same. Ozzy is plastered on the cover, but, unfortunately, he was only in the movie for about two minutes, playing a televangelist speaking out against heavy metal. I think that was Ozzy from about the time of his No Rest for the Wicked days. Still, it's Ozzy, so it's cool. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 07, 2003 | | Summary | Stellar editing and plot | Content
| This movie was a perfect example of how to make a movie with a few thousand dollars. Beginning with the casting of Skippy from Family Ties to play the lead role, and then promoting Ozzy and Gene Simmons as the "big names" in the movie despite their 4 minutes combined of screen time, shows that this movie shouldn't have even been classified as a B movie. It definitely falls to the level of D or E level, if there was such a thing. The acting could only be compared to a bad SNL sketch where the actors are visibly reading cue-cards and stammering their lines. And, the editing of this film was done by an absolute genius. This is shown in several scenes...my personal favorite is in the house when the mother is going out for Halloween (dressed as god only knows what...looked like a whore to me), she leans over to kiss her mentally deranged son on the cheek and, over head, we see in all it's glory, a big red boom mic (set against a white background) enter into the picture like a curious red-headed mouse that is searching for cheese. Also, the lip-synching at the end by Curr is amazing...only Milli Vanilli could lay claim to such a wonderous accomplishment. The key to lip synching is to actually have the lip movement match the recorded words...but this editor and director decided to push that old standard aside and felt that the japanese dubbed look would finish off the movie nicely.
I will say that I did laugh my buttocks off at this film...but, then again, it wasn't supposed to be funny. |
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