This film started out great, with the masked Trick, killing a bunch on teens at a Halloween party. He's badly injured and taken to hospital, where he makes his escape, despite being shot multiple times by the police and falling two storeys out a window. He disapears into a river and is naturally presumed dead.
The following Halloween someone who for all intents and purposes seems to be Trick returns and goes on another murder spree in a town just down the river from the first Halloween killings. He then turns up a third Halloween and kills yet again.
The fourth Halloween is when most of the story is set, with Detective Denver and Sheriff Jayne determined to put a stop to Trick once and for all.
The twist in the plot is where an enjoyable slasher flick gets disappointing. For most of the film we're tricked into thinking Trick is a rather endurable killer, who won't stay dead (much like Michael Myers). It is then revealed that there is a small 'cult' of Tricks who are working together (because they like killing) and are trying to make it all seem like the actions of one supernatural-ish killer).
Ignoring the twist, this slasher flick is quite enjoyable for the most part; it clearly takes inspiration from the Halloween franchise (a masked killer murders people every Halloween), though it never feels like a rip off. The changing of the mask every year and the 'personalised' Trick or Treat knife were a nice touch.
I personally would have enjoyed this movie more if the killer had been Myers-esque and had disappeared mysteriously at the end of the movie (despite appearing to be dead). The ending with the three main characters going off to hunt down the 'cult' of Tricks, who wanted to expand, didn't quite work for me.
The following Halloween someone who for all intents and purposes seems to be Trick returns and goes on another murder spree in a town just down the river from the first Halloween killings. He then turns up a third Halloween and kills yet again.
The fourth Halloween is when most of the story is set, with Detective Denver and Sheriff Jayne determined to put a stop to Trick once and for all.
The twist in the plot is where an enjoyable slasher flick gets disappointing. For most of the film we're tricked into thinking Trick is a rather endurable killer, who won't stay dead (much like Michael Myers). It is then revealed that there is a small 'cult' of Tricks who are working together (because they like killing) and are trying to make it all seem like the actions of one supernatural-ish killer).
Ignoring the twist, this slasher flick is quite enjoyable for the most part; it clearly takes inspiration from the Halloween franchise (a masked killer murders people every Halloween), though it never feels like a rip off. The changing of the mask every year and the 'personalised' Trick or Treat knife were a nice touch.
I personally would have enjoyed this movie more if the killer had been Myers-esque and had disappeared mysteriously at the end of the movie (despite appearing to be dead). The ending with the three main characters going off to hunt down the 'cult' of Tricks, who wanted to expand, didn't quite work for me.
