Every Halloween on Retro Slashers I mention Gary Graver’s Trick Or Treat (1982). A movie deeply underloved, even by the slasher crowds that hold Don’t Go In The Woods Alone and The Prey up as pinnacles of retro-slasherdom. Last year’s gratuitous mention warranted some speckled comments killing the movie criticism and worse – indifference.
Happy Halloween from Retro Slashers! I’ll be celebrating all weekend – because one day a year just isn’t enough. The Michael Myers flicks are the defaults to fall back on, but round this time of year I find solace in alternatives like the late Gary Graver’s Trick Or Treats (1982 – not to be confused with the 1986 heavy metal horror romp). Like 99.% of my favorite movies, a movie typically trampled on even by the genre-enlightened, it has an all-star cast, a sense of pure fun, and a near real-time pace for the progression of All Hallows Eve.