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Wow, I just received this in the mail today and I have to say I am amazed. I have never seen the movie, but I liked what Pipes did for Monster House. You might say I went into this one blind, but this is in the vain of the old orchestral horror score that I like, BUT for a newer movie!!!!
Thank you La-La Land. This has to be the best release I have bought in 6 months!
Well, we will see what Varese brings in a few days!
Did anyone see the movie? The DVD gets released in Oct.
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Thanks, guys! Its wonderful to read how much people are enjoying this score. Keep spreading the good word on how awesome this score is. My hope is once the film comes out people will see it and love the music in it as well. This really is old school horror (well, 70's and 80's "old school") so if you like that Goldsmith/Young/Elfman style of scoring this is the release for you!
MV
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Sep 27, 2009 - 7:59 PM
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SillyString
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I've got high hopes after all the good word, but I'm trying to keep my expectations realistic, as I enjoyed but didn't love Monster House.
In my opinion Trick 'r Treat is far superior to Monster House, and I enjoyed Monster House as well.
This is an amazing statement, one in which I can't argue as of yet since the new La La Land release isn't in my possession yet, but frankly, I'd be very impressed to hear how Pipes succeeds himself (Monster House) with a more traditional, adulterated horror sound. Frankly, I thought Pipes' Monster House was one of the best scores of 2006 -- not to mention one hell of a fun ride, from a cinematic point of view, as well.
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I just watched the film and was incredibly pleasantly surprised. I LOVED IT. In a day when horror films that are plentiful on the Blockbuster store shelves, it was nice to finally watch one, that's worth the rental fee.
Was this in theaters? I hope it was as it seemed like a big budget film. EXCELLENT score and a great film. Okay, I have faith now that the horror genre isn't completely dead.
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Oct 7, 2009 - 10:21 PM
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mastadge
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I watched the film tonight. It's got plenty of admirable qualities -- well above-average production values from a direct-to-video release, with plenty of beautiful Halloweeny atmospheric visuals. Fine score, fine acting, even from the children, and mostly fine special effects. Unfortunately, it seemed kind of lost as a horror-comedy. It was more humorous throughout than funny, but it was never really scary, either. It was amusing and entertaining, sure, and it occasionally had some decent shock value (but also occasionally squandered what could have been tense moments, and got a bit predictable at times), but it lacked real bite. Also, with the four or five intertwined stories, I never really felt like I got to know any of the characters well enough to be particularly invested in their stories. It was an amusing trifle in the spirit of the season, but a great movie it was not. I'd recommend watching it if you enjoy this sort of thing, but don't expect to be blown away.
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I tried to see this at its second and final show at the New Beverly on Monday night but it was already sold out when I arrived at 7:15 (I didn't even know they had advanced ticket sales for regular screenings at the New Bev). I e-mailed them but they don't anticipate it screening there again any time soon. Alas.
Oh well. At least I got to see The Midnight Meat Train there last year, plus a Q&A with an odder-than-expected Clive Barker.
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I found Trick 'r Treat to be a ghoulish delight. Terrific production design and Halloween atmosphere. Loved it. And Douglas Pipes' score is quite good. If you have any affection for this devilish sort of fun, don't miss either!
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Jun 6, 2010 - 4:17 PM
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I found this film really disappointing. Some neat story ideas (dating girls, bus death) , but I thought it's gimmicky, time shifting, "Pulp Fiction" non-chronological ordering of stories to be disorienting. To me it seems like the most obvious, fanboy/focus group like way to "inject new blood for today's sophisticated audiences" into the genre. It almost felt like they were ashamed of the genre in doing this, more concerned to be a self consciously scattered ensemble thing than an anthology horror. Yet it's got loads of visual references to the comic book form of Creepshow and not to mention most of the iconic horror movies of our time (Halloween particularly with the steadicam POV shots).
I don't think Michael Docherty showed any flair for direction with this film at all, and some of it felt like he holds producer Bryan Singer in high regard too much (there's a shot of a bus going off a cliff that reminded me of the self important, light suspense of the Superman returns plane sequence). I also thought it looked really cheap, more like a Buffy episode than a feature film. I found it an unneccasarily slow film too, really plodding pace even lacking the atmosphere needed to big that kind of style up.
Additionally, I thought the film wasn't scary enough to be a horror and wasn't funny enough to be black comedy, either.
GREAT score though.
I thought this was a servicable three star film, though I am shocked to see so much praise for the movie. Even as just an anthology horror I don't think it's anywhere near Asylum, Creepshow 2, Tales from the Darkside, The House that dripped blood or even The Monster Club.
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