Since its debut in 2007, "Trick ‘r Treat" has become an essential watch, mandatory during each Halloween season. Even knowing the outcome, we return to it year after year, as its themes continue to resonate with us.

| Original Score: A | Nov 11, 2024

Horror anthologies are a dime-a-dozen, but they rarely work as well as this one does, with its brisk pacing and excellent casting, and its alluring combination of prankish humor and sincere dread.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 13, 2023

[Director Michael] Dougherty takes a cue from Tarantino and plays with the format, stirring up, intercutting, and at times interweaving the strands into a smartly paced, playfully directed and entertainingly atmospheric collection.

| Nov 4, 2023

The film is simply too original and too fun to be considered anything less than a creative achievement.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 30, 2023

...compelling subject matter that is, for the most part, employed to lackluster and surprisingly tedious effect...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 26, 2022

Trick 'r Treat lives up to its reputation taking the traditions of the holiday and wielding them into a horrific tale of lore, murder, and revenge.

| Nov 4, 2021

There are a lot of tricks in this movie, and a lot of treats - that isn't just a cheesy Halloween reference, it's the visible intended design of this funny, weird, sometimes actually unsettling movie.

| Oct 20, 2021

I really enjoyed the story in Trick 'r Treat that features Rhonda, a clearly autistic girl.

| Jan 11, 2021

Filmed anthology style, following several people throughout one night, the movie is both spooky, funny and a kind reminder to never break the rules of Halloween.

| Jan 2, 2021

I defy you to give me a better modern Halloween anthology than Trick 'r Treat.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 30, 2020

Trick 'r Treat deserves points for avoiding cheap thrills and excessive gore, but its limited old-school charms are not nearly as impressive as its inflated reputation suggests.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 14, 2020

A cleverly constructed work.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 12, 2019

It invokes traditions and superstitions ... while subtly threading in new customs and legends from the whole cloth-so artfully that they immediately seem just as valid and timeless.

| Oct 30, 2017

Those that have grasped its intentions have every reason to be happy with the end result. And to that end, mere words in a movie review cannot express how much I just don't care.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 6, 2016

One of the only obvious instant classics of horror in the first decade of the 21st Century.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jul 30, 2015

This slick and twisted effort should enjoy lengthy shelf life as a Halloween perennial.

Full Review | Nov 12, 2009

Full of atmosphere, jack-o-lanterns, fun facts and yes, plenty of blood... exactly the film horror aficionados hope to see in theaters every October.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Nov 11, 2009

It's not a smart movie.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 8, 2009

This movie loves Halloween so much you can almost taste the candy corn.

| Original Score: A | Nov 8, 2009

has genuine holiday spirit

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 30, 2009