It’s neat how the stories intersect with each other. I’m not always a fan of this method of
storytelling but it works here. I think
it’s because the different tales don’t really interfere with each other. They could be told separately (although you’d
have to re-edit the movie to get all the pieces of each related story together)
but instead we’re shown that all these characters and incidents are happening
in the same small vicinity. This lends a
nice cohesiveness to the whole thing.
Overall Impressions:
The movie’s fun and all but none of the stories really stand out or excel at
the type of horror they were going for.
The child killing school principal, the band of voluptuous ladies
looking for a good time, the group of young kids checking out the site of an
old school bus massacre, the home invasion, the woman who hates Halloween are
all executed competently without much memorable flair. That’s strange though because the filmmaking
is on the slicker side with very moody lighting, great production design and
expert camerawork. But somehow it
lacks. Maybe it’s that I’m not too
interested in most of the story segments, or that they’re not unique enough, or
that the characters don’t have much depth, or that first time writer/director Michael
Dougherty (Krampus) tries too hard
with the plot twists. I’m not sure.
One really bizarre thing is how much child death there is in
this piece. Like a whole slew of kids eat
it at various points and that didn’t occur to me until I was talking about this
movie with a buddy of mine. It doesn’t
come off so dark or in bad taste though.
I don’t know how they managed that.
Anyway, if you like these horror anthology type deals this
fits the bill but it’s nothing to get too excited about.
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