Trick or Treat (1986)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Thanks for the memories!

best movie i've ever seen.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

I grew up a fat child in a small town with crushing self esteem issues, a love for gore movies and a sarcastic mind that loved the way people treated me when I started dressing all in black. Every single situation that Eddie Weinbauer (Marc Price, the previously mentioned Skippy) endures in this film…I lived it. If a monster Glenn Danzig could take over shop class and kill my tormentors, I would have gladly welcomed such mayhem and menace.Eddie is a big fan of Sammi Curr, a superstar who went to the same high school Eddie is in, was tormented and bullied the same way Eddie is, became a big star and then died in a mysterious fire. Radio DJ Nuke (Gene "inventor of the devil horns" Simmons, who played a great bad guy in Never Too Young to Die while wearing his girlfriend Cher's clothes) gives Eddie the only vinyl copy of Sammi's satanic masterwork "Songs in the Key of Death."Eddie does exactly what I'd do: he listens to the record and falls asleep. He has a crazy dream about the fire that killed Curr and awakens to the album playing backwards, telling him how to gain revenge on the bullies that torment him.Eddie chickens out though — he doesn't want to kill the jocks who have made his life so rough. Sammi takes matters into his own hands, creating an electric surge that allows him to escape the record and come back to our reality. Eddie responds by smashing his stereo. Sammi's response is as perfect as it gets: "No false metal."Sammi's friend Roger gets involved and unwittingly plays a cassette at the school dance, causing Sammi to leap out of a guitar amp and take the stage. The crowd goes wild before Sammi starts killing audience members, shooting lightning at them and revealing his burned face. I saw this scene at the drive-in this year and the exuberance of hearing Fastaway blasting from car stereos in the fog at 5 AM is an experience I recommend to every single person reading this.Read more at http://bit.ly/2l4iO5c http://bit.ly/2l4iO5c

I have loved the movie the first time I saw it and I still love it after 30 years. It helps when you are a Metal fan (will add to the fun), but you do not have to be. The movie is (sadly) a rather rare example for a perfect combination of music, high school fun/action, horror and a great message: the message being Eddie, who is the bullied Heavy Metal fan who has our sympathy and every right to take revenge on his bullies and yet shows the most integrity and morals. A fun high school, horror music ride for everybody who loves the 80ies or ever was/is being bullied or has a heart for the ones being bullied/the underdogs - come on, you must (at least) love the first (rather harmless) acts how Eddie is taking revenge! And though the cameos of Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne are great, there is so much more to the movie than these scenes. Great fun. And though there are some parallels to the equally great/enjoyable 976 Evil and Brainscan, there has never been a movie like Ragman again, it's a shame, would have made more sense then Saw 6340... Go watch it and enjoy.

I believe the soundtrack had the rocker band called "Fastway"? They rocked the sounds. with guest stars Ozy, and others, it was worth watching. Fastway is an under rated band of the 80s. Had some good moving the record backwards to hear the devils warning. basic kid is not understood by parents, puts music and rock n roll above all else, has his room decorated to the max in rock n roll, the movie was alright, the stars were better, and the music, soundtrack was perfect. well worth checking out, and if you haven't heard of fastway, and you like heavy metal of the 80's, your missing out on an important part of the 80's.

It's silly, not very original and about as far away from 'high quality' as you can get, but all that stuff aside; Trick or Treat is at least an entertaining piece of crap, and I wouldn't have asked for more going into it. The film seems to take influence from 'outsider getting their own back' films such as Stephen King's Carrie (among many others), as well as Wes Craven's popular modern classic 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' as it features an evil entity being brought back from the dead via unusual means. This is all mixed in with a heavy metal soundtrack and themes coming from the insanely silly case involving Judas Priest about records harbouring secret messages when played backwards. The plot focuses on Eddie Weinbauer; a heavy metal loving outcast who is devastated when his favourite rock star dies tragically in a hotel fire. Not content to just let it go, Eddie begins playing one of the dead rockers records backwards, and soon realises that he can communicate with him through said record. It's not long before Eddie is using his new found powers to get revenge on all those that wronged him...Naturally, this film has all manner of plot holes; but you can hardly fault it for that as Trick or Treat makes no attempt to be a 'serious' horror film anyway, and the film is much more fun to watch if you forget about any plot problems. It's clear that director Charles Martin Smith has a sense of humour; this is shown best during a hilarious sequence involving Ozzy Osbourne and a cameo as an anti-heavy metal priest! I cant really say that this film is 'about' heavy metal, but the music style at the centre does play more of a role than simply being a backdrop for the silly story; though if it's trying to make any sort of point, I'm not really sure what it is as the film pokes fun at those that condemn metal; but then features a heavy metal singer as the lead villain. Anyway, it's not too important. The film does feature a few good and interesting set-pieces, though there is a lack of blood and gore as the director seems to prefer dodgy eighties special effects. Anyway, this is hardly a great film and I doubt I'll remember much about it in a few weeks time; but its fun enough and I did enjoy it.