Trick ‘r Treat is an upcoming horror anthology film directed by Brian Dougherty that has been in the works for a VERY long time. It’s been re-edited, had its release date pushed back a few million times, and has finally been sentenced to the cinematic limbo that is the American Direct to DVD market. I would normally be outraged for the fact that it just looks like a fantastic movie. Now, I’m not that much of a horror fan. It takes a lot to get me excited about a horror movie. But this looks like it’ll be a fun movie. And so far the reviews have been really good. A lot are saying that it’s the best horror film of the past ten years. So you’re probably thinking, “yeah, Coty, that’s all well and good, but why aren’t you mad about the direct to DVD treatment?” I’ll tell you why. It’s because it might help the direct to DVD market get an injection of GOOD films. For example, in Japan it is considered just fine for a movie to go direct to DVD instead of theatres, unlike over here where it’s looked down on. The appeal is that the premiere is in your own home, as Kramer from Seinfeld put it. There are a lot of directors who are big names in Japan, such as Takashi Miike, who prefer going direct to DVD because it means that they aren’t held down by a studio and they get to do basically whatever they want. The point I’m trying to make is that maybe our direct to DVD market could become similar. After all, as Kevin Smith put it, theatrical runs are really just elaborate commercials for the DVD, where the real money is at.
I think Trick ‘r Treat is going to be a fantastic film, and I will have a full review of it up soon. Here’s the trailer, btw!
