Tales From The Darkside - Double Feature

As Halloween winds down I know many of you are looking for Halloween themed movies and shows alike. Henceforth, I decided to recommend two Halloween oriented episodes of Tales From the Darkside, whose executive producer is none other than icon George Romero.

The First Episode is Trick Or Treat, written by George Romero. It tells the story of a local businessman, Mr. Hackles, who seemingly, is owed money in the form of IOU's by the whole town. Every year he throws a haunted house that the whole town forces their children to attend. The deal is, if a child finds one of their parents IOU's, which is stashed somewhere in the house, then all the family's debts are forgiven. Going out of his way to terrify the children, he's soon paid a visit by some characters he finds quite spooky. First,a bear in his house seems to nudge him and amongst other things a knocking is heard at the door, and a witch is there to greet him. Showing how real she is, she scares him from the door where soon he wonders into a room colored in red. Here, we see Lucifer taunting and laughing at Hackels...as this is all going on one of the local boys earlier in the story is given the IOU's by the witch as she flies off. This fun, and campy story is not without serious of harsh realistic undertones, including notions of child abuse, poverty, debt and desperation.




Halloween Candy. As an elderly man attempts to fight off Halloween spirit he goes too far. Filling children's bags with condiments from his fridge, karma comes to visit this old man in the form of a goblin. As the goblin torments him and he attempts to resist, his efforts prove pointless. He gets what he deserves. With Tom Savini in the directors chair you feel no remorse for the old man as time goes on...as he develops more your resent develops with him. This is for every kids who went to a house who had their lights turned off, sitting in their living room, unresponsiveness to the sound of Trick Or Treat echoing in the autumn night.




The really great aspect of these stories is that they seem to serve as cautionary tales to those on opposite ends of the spectrum in regards to their Halloween spirit.

Halloween time is to be celebrated. Participate, have fun and be lighthearted. S
Keep your Halloween spirit in the right place. it can be spooky and scary, but don't take it too far...

Trick Or Treat




Halloween Candy