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I enjoyed the movie and I am not sure were all this negetive energy towards it is warented. A wish the DVD sales success. Sam is a great chaeracter.

I too don't understand the negative reactions... I really, really liked it and I'm usually pretty critical of movies.

I agree. Not a classic horror movie by any means, but as an enjoyable piece of Halloween entertainment I think it delivered.
The story, sets and lighting were good, and although the acting was perhaps a little pedestrian here and there I found it an enjoyable movie overall and have added the DVD to my collection.

Originally Posted by Baron Samedi

I agree. Not a classic horror movie by any means, but as an enjoyable piece of Halloween entertainment I think it delivered.
The story, sets and lighting were good, and although the acting was perhaps a little pedestrian here and there I found it an enjoyable movie overall and have added the DVD to my collection.

I have seen people call Trick 'R Treat a classic or not a classic quite a few times already and I have have to ask, isn't it a little early to be calling it one or not? I mean I don't think people came out of Frankenstein and called it a classic. It's only be out to the public for what, a month and a half, let's give the film some time.

Classic or not, it's by far the best horror film since Sleepy Hollow.

Originally Posted by Frankie's Girl

I too don't understand the negative reactions... I really, really liked it and I'm usually pretty critical of movies.

I think it has something to do with unrealistic expectations and viewers inability to let a movie be what it is and not what they “thought” it would be.

All the hype surrounding the film helped get the word out about it but also hurt it, seems like a lot of people went into this movie with a “this film better show me something” mentality. It’s near impossible to over come some peoples idea of “what the movie would be” in their heads.

It’s the type of horror film horror fans have been wanting from a major studio for a long time and although most didn’t get to see it in the theater, we did get it see it. I’m a little sick of all the “not what I thought it would be” type of reviews.

Nobody was more hyped about seeing this film and I was and it could have very well not be as good as the hype but this is one film that really did live up to the hype surrounding the film.

Well, I loved it! It is a new favorite of mine.

Mr. Scratch,

While I thoroughly enjoyed Trick 'r Treat, I agree that whether it's a classic remains to be seen. If you look at the original Frankenstein, for example, it's considered a classic, but why? Karloff did a great job as the monster, but much of the rest of the acting was pretty over the top, at least by today's standards. It's an enjoyable movie, but I wouldn't consider it "great."

Sometimes I think we're influenced into calling something classic or great because it's been handed down to us that way. There are some works of literature that I find impenetrable but they're "classics." I wonder if anyone's really read Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's "Gulag Archipelgo?" No matter how many times I've taken that book off my bookshelf I find it too dense getting through the first five pages let alone the 1000+ it goes to. Yet it's considered a great work of literature. A classic.

I think many times a work is deemed significant due to the times in which it was released. Frankenstein was something unseen before when it came out and Gulag was surrounded with politics. Would a Frankenstein by a "classic" if released today? Doubtful. The Gulag Archipelgo may or may not receive such fanfare today considering the changes in geopolitics today.

As for Trick 'r Treat, it probably won't be left to us to decide whether it achieves classic status, but at least for those of us enjoyed the movie we at least get to, er, enjoy it and can many times over.

Rich

Originally Posted by GhoulishCop

Mr. Scratch,

While I thoroughly enjoyed Trick 'r Treat, I agree that whether it's a classic remains to be seen. If you look at the original Frankenstein, for example, it's considered a classic, but why? Karloff did a great job as the monster, but much of the rest of the acting was pretty over the top, at least by today's standards. It's an enjoyable movie, but I wouldn't consider it "great."

Sometimes I think we're influenced into calling something classic or great because it's been handed down to us that way. There are some works of literature that I find impenetrable but they're "classics." I wonder if anyone's really read Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's "Gulag Archipelgo?" No matter how many times I've taken that book off my bookshelf I find it too dense getting through the first five pages let alone the 1000+ it goes to. Yet it's considered a great work of literature. A classic.

I think many times a work is deemed significant due to the times in which it was released. Frankenstein was something unseen before when it came out and Gulag was surrounded with politics. Would a Frankenstein by a "classic" if released today? Doubtful. The Gulag Archipelgo may or may not receive such fanfare today considering the changes in geopolitics today.

As for Trick 'r Treat, it probably won't be left to us to decide whether it achieves classic status, but at least for those of us enjoyed the movie we at least get to, er, enjoy it and can many times over.

Rich

When I mentioned Frankenstein I was saying that I doubt anyone that saw it in 1931 came out and said “this is a classic” and I also don’t think they worried about it. I’m not sure why so many people are worried about if something is a classic or not.

Frankenstein has proven it’s self a timeless film, it’s influence as a film is quite large, and for many Karloff’s Frankenstein Monster is The Frankenstein Monster.

Every movie is a product of it’s time and it’s quite unfair to judge it’s acting by “today’s standards.” You may not think Frankenstein is a “great “ film but that doesn’t make it any less “classic”.

I’m sure there is a movie I don’t like that is highly influential and has stood the test of time but just because I don’t dig it doesn’t make them any less classic.

If you don’t see Frankenstein as a Horror classic or even a great film, what is in your eyes?

It seems as though alot of people on here missed the point with this movie, and for Halloween people that's wierd. Sam isn't really evil, he just gets pi$$ed off when you don't follow the rules of Halloween. Some people don't like the ending but if you watch it again you will realize that what you thought was the ending was not. And weren't vampires and werewolves part of Halloween before they were a part of True Blood? I don't get it I think this movie was very original and very Halloween. And as far as holiday icons go Sam is the new Santa for me. I LOVED this movie, the more times I watch it the better it gets

The movie wasent as I expected it to be but it's still one I will watch every halloween. It was pretty good. I loved the ending.