{"id":33492,"date":"2020-10-05T16:27:55","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T20:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=33492"},"modified":"2020-10-05T16:29:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T20:29:37","slug":"the-terror-of-hallows-eve-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/05\/the-terror-of-hallows-eve-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"The Terror of Hallow\u2019s Eve (2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Beneath the surface of Todd Tucker\u2019s, there\u2019s a fantastic Halloween themed horror movie. \u201cThe Terror of Hallow\u2019s Eve\u201d is a movie with so much flab and filler that it ultimately loses sight of what it\u2019s trying to accomplish, not to mention it distracts from the utterly fantastic special effects and supporting performances. You\u2019ll have a hard time appreciating those elements since Zack Ward\u2019s script\u2019s pacing is so glacial. \u201cThe Terror of Hallow\u2019s Eve\u201d is a mix of \u201c976-Evil,\u201d \u201cHalloween,\u201d and \u201cCellar Dweller,\u201d with a lot of spirit, but none of the sinister tone or deep rooted menace.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s October 30th, 1981. Special effects prodigy Tim (Caleb Thomas), still struggling with the divorce of his parents, becomes the victim of a group of bullies in his small town. Anxious to get back at them, Tim\u2019s imagination takes on life in the form of an impish creature known as the Trickster (Doug Jones). The enigmatic being offers Tim a chance to wreak pure revenge on his tormentors by giving him the power to bring to life his twisted monsters. But as Tim revels in the payback, the Trickster seems to have ulterior motives.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Terror of Hallow\u2019s Eve\u201d is stuck under a veneer of family drama, and bullying melodrama, and can barely muster up the enthusiasm to build on the horror premise until the final half. Writer Ward seems to build up on family drama and how Tim\u2019s love for Halloween has a link to his imagination. The problem is the screenplay never quite explores the link to his imagination with Halloween, or why Tim loves Halloween. Does he have superpowers embedded in him, or did the supernatural beings decide to take advantage of his pain? And did his trauma enhance his abilities to manifest the monsters of his imagination? Is his father\u2019s (Christian Kane has a thankless walk on role) past with drug abuse Tim\u2019s strength or fuel for evil?<\/p>\n

In either case, \u201cThe Terror of Hallow\u2019s Eve\u201d meanders in to melodrama, and sub-plots that go nowhere. Only when it finally kicks the narrative in to motion does the movie rise above average. All things considered, the make up effects are fantastic, and Doug Jones is excellent as The Trickster. The Trickster has a lot of potential to be a fascinating horror villain, but he\u2019s lost here in so much empty melodrama, and filler. Not to mention the movie seemingly has no idea how to come to a close, thus writer Ward sloppily tacks on two endings, and<\/em><\/strong> a silly epilogue that hints at a sequel. \u201cThe Terror of Hallow\u2019s Eve\u201d is a solid Halloween horror drama if you can get past its script\u2019s flaws; Doug Jones and Sarah Lancaster\u2019s spirited supporting turns are enough of a reason to give this one a shot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beneath the surface of Todd Tucker\u2019s, there\u2019s a fantastic Halloween themed horror movie. \u201cThe Terror of Hallow\u2019s Eve\u201d is a movie with so much flab and filler that it ultimately loses sight of what it\u2019s trying to accomplish, not to mention it distracts from the utterly fantastic special effects and supporting performances. You\u2019ll have a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,12],"tags":[302,349,441,477,840,1087],"class_list":["post-33492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-halloween-horror-month","category-movie-reviews","tag-drama","tag-fantasy","tag-halloween","tag-horror","tag-revenge","tag-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33494,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33492\/revisions\/33494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}