Name: The Night Before Halloween
Director: Sheldon Wilson
Genre: Horror, Halloween Horror
Released: 2016
Rating: 5.813

Synopsis

When a Halloween prank goes wrong, it unleashes a creature that will hunt each of the participants down and kill them, unless they can figure out how to transfer the curse to someone else.

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Summary adapted from TMDb and Wikipedia sources.

🎄 Holiday Cheer Breakdown

☠️ Takes place on or around a holiday —
☠️ Features holiday symbols and decorations —
☠️ Features a traditional holiday activity —
☠️ Features an iconic holiday character —
☠️ Someone is killed in a festive or holiday-specific way —

Content Warnings

⭐ IMDb Parents Guide 🛡️ Common Sense Media

there are bugs

spoiler Flies are a big motif of the demon chasing them.

there's addiction

spoiler It's mentioned that one of the characters had an addiction problem, but no drugs are shown.

alcohol abuse

spoiler Alcohol is shown in the beginning but nobody drinks it.

someone uses drugs

spoiler It's mentioned that one of the characters had an addiction problem, but no drugs are shown.

there's shaving/cutting

spoiler See the self-harm category for more details on the cutting.

someone struggles to breathe

spoiler (SPOILERS) The character that kills himself chokes on his own blood.

someone falls to their death

spoiler One friend is electrocuted, falls and hits her head. She's in a coma the entire movie. She's brain dead

someone breaks a bone

Yes

a kid dies

spoiler The kids in the film are 17-18.

someone is kidnapped

spoiler One of the friends forces the others to a remote location by gunpoint.

there are jump scares

Yes

there's ghosts

spoiler A demon with no body except for a swarm of flies torments the characters. It's not exactly a ghost but it's also not really a demon either.

there's a hospital scene

spoiler One of the friends ends up in a coma and the others visit the location multiple times.

someone dies by suicide

spoiler (SPOILER) One of the main characters dies by glass to the throat. It's towards the end of the movie when two of them make a pact to not let the demon get them.

someone self harms

spoiler (SPOILER) One of the characters kills themselves.

there's a claustrophobic scene

spoiler One of the characters in the movie has multiple lockers dropped on them.

someone has an anxiety attack

Yes

shaky cam is used

spoiler None that I noticed, but I may be misremembering so tread carefully.

the black guy dies first

spoiler Haha no.

there is sexual content

spoiler Nothing explicit happens, however a one night stand is mentioned and in the beginning of the movie when talking to police a sexual relationship is implied to a police officer (a false cover story).

a car crashes

spoiler This happens pretty early on in the movie. Happens during the car chase.

there's blood/gore

Yes

there's gun violence

spoiler Multiple rounds are shot in the beginning during the car chase sequence, (SPOILERS) shots are fired outside of the hospital after the friends regroup together, and shots are fired at the end in the warehouse.