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- 1986
- R
- De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
- 1 h 38 m
- 1986
- R
- De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
- 1 h 38 m
Summary Sammi Curr was an infamous 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.
Directed By: Charles Martin Smith
- 1986
- R
- De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
- 1 h 38 m
- 1986
- R
- De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
- 1 h 38 m
Trick or Treat
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Summary Sammi Curr was an infamous 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.
Directed By: Charles Martin Smith
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Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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44% Positive
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56% Mixed
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
57
44% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
56% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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A surprisingly effective satire on heavy metal, on horror films and on those forces who see both of those as immoral and destructive to American society. [29 Oct 1986, p.D15]
It's genial, not too frightening and even rather sweet.
Director Charles Martin Smith, an accomplished actor, gets some very good performances from his cast, notably from Mark Price as Eddie and Lisa Orgolini as his girl. (Gene Simmons, of the rock group KISS, has a small part as a radio deejay). In his directorial debut, he shows an attractive visual style and a sure hand for both humor and horror. [27 Oct 1986, p.5C]
Like a relatively dark street on Halloween night, Trick or Treat is ripe for howls and hoots, but only manages to deliver a choice handful of them when the festivities are just about over.
Utter rubbish but fun, benefiting greatly from outrageous SFX à la Videodrome, and from two neat cameos by real life HM stars Ozzy Osbourne and Gene Simmons.
Far too tame for hard-core horror fans and far too lame for loyal head-bangers, who can see much scarier stuff at a Slayer concert. [27 Oct 1986, p.2]
A fairly clever sendup of both heavy-metal music and the paranoid parental-action groups that want it banned.
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