Tales of Halloween

"One town. One night. Ten chilling stories."

Director: Darren Lynn Bousman Year: 2015 Runtime: 97 min IMDb: ⭐ 5.7
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Ten stories from horror's top directors. Ghosts, ghouls, monsters, and the devil delight in terrorizing unsuspecting residents of a suburban neighborhood on Halloween night. This creepy anthology combines classic Halloween tales with the stuff of nightmares.

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Having just finished trick-or-treating, Mikey comes home. His parents have left him in the care of babysitter Lizzy, who has invited her boyfriend Kyle over to watch a horror movie. As Mikey enjoys his candy, Lizzy and Kyle advise him to leave some for "Sweet Tooth". The teens share the urban legend: fifty years ago, Timothy Blake, a boy who loved trick-or-treating but had never been allowed candy by his parents, discovered his parents eating his Halloween haul. Enraged, he killed them with a meat cleaver and ate all the candy. Wanting more, he cut his parents open and ate the candy in their stomachs. Every Halloween since, his spirit roams the neighborhood for candy. Children have to leave some candy to share with Sweet Tooth, or he will rip open their stomachs and take what is inside. Rattled, Mikey leaves a candy bar by the door before sleeping. Lizzy and Kyle are attacked by Sweet Tooth himself. He spares Mikey after taking the candy bar he left. Mikey's parents come home to find Lizzy and Kyle's corpses and their son exclaiming that they ate all his Halloween candy. It is revealed in "Bad Seed" that Mikey is believed to have murdered Lizzy and Kyle himself and was arrested. The Night Billy Raised Hell[edit] Written by Clint Sears, directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. Billy Thompson, dressed as a red devil and accompanied by his older sister Britney and her boyfriend Todd, tries to begin trick-or-treating early. The two teens trick Billy into throwing an egg at the house of Mr. Abbadon, a stingy resident who has never given out candy over the years. Before Billy can throw the egg, he is caught red-handed by Mr. Abbadon. Billy is ushered into Mr. Abbadon's house, where Mr. Abbadon is revealed to be a demon. Tired of children pranking his house year after year, he tells Billy that he is going to teach him what a real Halloween prank is. Mr. Abbadon and Billy go around the neighborhood and play twisted "pranks" throughout town, ranging from spray-painting walls to stabbing a dentist neighbor. The duo even hijack Adrianne Curry's car, using it to run down trick or treaters and rob a convenience store. After, Mr. Abbadon returns to his house and greets Billy, who is revealed to have actually been tied up the entire time. The person wearing Billy's devil costume is a miniature demon known as Mordecai. Satisfied, Mr. Abbadon lets Billy go, only for Billy to be surrounded by police officers for the terror Mordecai caused disguised as him. A terrified Billy pees his pants before the officers shoot him dead. Trick[edit] Written by Greg Commons, directed by Adam Gierasch. On Halloween night, close friends Nelson, Maria, James and Caitlyn are lounging around Nelson's house, smoking pot, giving out candy, and watching Night of the Living Dead. As Nelson goes to greet a trick-or-treater dressed as a witch, the girl suddenly stabs him multiple times in the abdomen. Frightened, Maria tries to drive Nelson to the hospital, only to be grievously attacked by four more kids in costumes. Maria succumbs to her injuries and drops dead in the house's pool. By this time, Nelson has died as well. James has his face burned by yet another trick-or-treater, who completes their attack by stuffing his mouth with rat poison. Caitlyn, the only adult left, hides in the pool house. It is revealed that Caitlyn, Nelson, Maria and James are actually a group of psychopaths who have been kidnappi…

Summary adapted from TMDb and Wikipedia sources.

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Content Warnings

⭐ IMDb Parents Guide 🛡️ Common Sense Media

a dog dies
spoiler Dogs appear in Episodes 5 ‘Grim Grinning Ghost’ and 6 ‘Ding Dong’ but no harm befalls them. ❤️🐶
there's child abuse
spoiler One of the stories (3) revolves around a group of people that torture and kill children
there's domestic violence
spoiler One of the segments is an adult male being emotionally and physically abused by his adult female partner
someone gets gaslighted
Yes
someone is stalked
Yes
alcohol abuse
spoiler Just recreational drinking as far as I can remember
someone uses drugs
spoiler Someone smokes cigars but I can't recall any illegal drugs
there's eye mutilation
spoiler Very graphic
there's excessive gore
Yes
there's torture
Yes
someone is burned alive
Yes
there's cannibalism
Yes
there's shaving/cutting
spoiler Slashing/stabbing
there's amputation
Yes
someone struggles to breathe
Yes
a kid dies
spoiler Off screen gunshots and implied deaths, onscreen eaten by a creature
there's bedbugs
Yes
the r-slur is used
Yes
A child's dear toy is destroyed
Yes
a parent dies
Yes
someone is kidnapped
Yes
there are jump scares
Yes
there are razors
Yes
someone is possessed
Yes
there are clowns
Yes
there's ghosts
Yes
someone vomits
spoiler Upon discovering the decoration fight crime scene, a policeman grossly vomits. In the short with the abusive witch, she swallows and pulls out a braid of hair multiple times.
There's audio gore
Yes
someone wets/soils themselves
spoiler A child pees himself from fear and is verbally humiliated by adults, but the physical act or evidence is not shown
there is copaganda
spoiler The last segment has cops but it feels more parody of detective media than praisey
a priceless artifact is destroyed
Yes
there's misophonia
spoiler Lots of squelching regarding gore and pumpkins, open mouth eating of candy
a mentally ill person is violent
Yes
there's a claustrophobic scene
Yes
there's dissociation, depersonalization, or derealization
Yes
someone has an anxiety attack
Yes
there's body dysmorphia
Yes
there is a tsunami
Yes
there's flashing lights or images
spoiler Police car lights in last segment
shaky cam is used
Yes
someone is watched without knowing
Yes
there's ableist language or behavior
spoiler R slur, "special," "spaz," all used from a teen to a child to be edgy
someone speaks hate speech
spoiler Ableist language is used
there's fat jokes
spoiler There's a fatphobic comment
there is sexual content
spoiler Making out and innuendo
the ending is sad
spoiler Anthology film, endings vary.
a person is hit by a car
spoiler When the devil child is driving the car, he is instructed to run the kids over, but I don't think we see or hear impact, just sort of runs them off the road
a car honks or tires screech
spoiler Yes, someone is cut off and stops quick to avoid a crash (after going home alone from the scary story party)
there's blood/gore
Yes
there's gun violence
Yes

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