Tagline: "Terror begins after hours."
Director: David Poag
Release Year: 2022
Runtime: 87 min
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Plot Summary: A group of middle schoolers discover a Spirit Halloween store is haunted and must survive the night.
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In the 1940s, Alec Windsor threatens a woman so he can purchase her land. The woman reveals herself as a witch and casts a spell that kills Windsor.
In 2022 three teenage friends - Jake, Bo and Carson - are quarreling. Jake has lost his father to bone cancer and has not moved on, causing friction with his mother, his new stepfather, and his young stepsister. He wants to go trick-or-treating with his friends like they always have, but Carson is eager to do something more exciting and less childish. Bo cautiously agrees with Carson. The three friends go to a Spirit Halloween pop-up store. Carson suggests they hide while and spend Halloween night in the store. As the three friends play with products inside the store, a threatening animatronic comes to life.
Carson's sister Kate, on whom Jake has a crush, is trying to locate the boys to give Carson his phone. She realizes they are inside the store by seeing photos on Jake's Instagram account. She joins them in the store, unaware of the danger.
The friends discover Windsor's ghost is able to possess objects and people. Windsor possesses various animatronics in the store as the teens avoid his attacks or disable his bodies. Eventually he possesses Kate. As they deal with the crisis, Bo argues that Jake needs to process his grief and that Carson should help him. Kate expels Windsor, defeating him at last.
Having reconciled, the friends leave the store and find Jake's mother in the parking lot. She scolds them for their recklessness, but she is relieved that they're safe. A Spirit Halloween employee returns to find the store in shambles.
One year later, Jake has improved his relationship with his stepfamily. He takes his stepsister trick or treating and agrees to meet Bo and Carson at Kate's party afterwards. In the closing moments, Bo's grandmother seems to revive Windsor's ghost.