Epic
2015 color
92 Mins.
Horror Anthology
BooBoo Stewart, James Duval, Sam Witwer, Adrienne Barbeau, Cerina Vincent, John Landis, Lin Shaye and Ben Woolf star.
Written by Mike Mendez, Neil Marshall and Lucky McKee, etc.
Directed by Adam Gierash, neil Marshall, Lucky McKee, Mike Mendez, Daryn Lynn Bousman, etc.
Rated R for language, violence, gore and sexuality.
The truth is I'm just dying for another Trick or Treat film. That splendid Halloween genre entry that just really pulled in all the elements that you wanted from a film of it's type. Saturated in my favorite holiday it was both wonderfully creepy and darkly funny. Going into Tales it's hard to not have some type of expectations especially considering all those involved. But ultimately it's a mostly ho hum retread of familiar genre letdowns. There are some imaginative pieces and if I'm being honest none of it is really terrible. It starts off solid with Sweet Tooth which isn't wholly original but brings on the creep factor but than quickly devolves into a somewhat senseless plight of wacky and unique but overly mediocre entries. It all ends with a neat little homage to Halloween 3's silver shamrock but still never gets to where it needs to be. The animated credits and closing are fun and the addition of the still sultry voiced Adrienne Barbeau as a radio host in a nod to the Fog is inspired. But sadly the film is pretty disappointing. the performances are pretty scattershot in quality most of them on the bad side except for the sexy Sam Witwer and a few others. The makeup feels a little lackluster and cheesy but does sport some interesting creations and the direction is meh. It's really been better across the board from all of these accomplished artists. In the end it ends up tying together for the simplest of reasons and isn't nearly as clever as it should be. Which pretty much sums up the film. **.5/5
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