This coming Halloween, instead of the 14th installment of Saw or another Hostel movie, we may be treated (forgive the pun) to something a little different. Something good and scary; and something a bit more original.

Trick r Treat is comprised of four stories that somehow intertwine for a spook-tacular story of mischief and mayhem of all manners of creatures (both human and supernatural) on devil’s night.

Nothing is what it seems when a suburban couple learns the dangers of blowing out a Jack-o-Lantern before midnight; four women cross paths with a costumed stalker at a local festival; a group of pranksters goes too far and discovers the horrifying truth buried in a local legend; and a cantankerous old hermit is visited by a strange trick-or-treater with a few bones to pick.

Now to me, when I read the description I immediately thought of Stephen King’s Creepshow from 1982. While I’m not holding my breath, I do have hopes that we’ll get treated rather than tricked and get a handful of as much fun and creepiness in our bags as Creepshow was.

Trick r Treat will be the directorial debut of Michael Dougherty; who also helped pen the scripts for X2: X-Men United and Superman Returns. The movie stars Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Dylan Baker and Leslie Bibb among others.

Two posters were recently released…

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