Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Load of rubbish!!

Best movie of this year hands down!

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

I bloody love anthologies! While they can be a mixed bag in which some are bloody awesome and some pretty damn terrible, the fact that each doesn't last long makes it worthy a watch in my eyes!The Tales of Halloween has ten gruesome tales all based around Halloween, of course (the most wonderful time of the year!)Most of them are fast-paced and involve classic Halloween staples, full of references to infamous horror, but a few were too horror- comedy for me. I prefer creeps over laughs, but there was enough gore to keep me satisfied. A perfect watch for Halloween, though I'd have loved it if Tales of Halloween had gone all out scary, dark and disturbing, but i'm sure many horror fans will love this anyways. I'd recommend giving it a go, there's surely something you'll like.

This is an anthology of 10 Halloween inspired short stories.As in most anthologies the standard of the stories differs wildly but unfortunately this one is more hit than miss. It starts strongly and the first story for me was by far the most enjoyable. After that it rapidly goes downhill after that with just brief moments of both humour and horror. Most of the stories lack a twist or seemingly any point at all which is very disappointing. To it's credit it doesn't take itself seriously and for the most part at least it's moderately entertaining but this is far from one of the better anthologies out there. If you're looking for some genuine scares on Halloween I'd try a different avenue to this one.

RECIPE: Into a large cauldron carefully separate 10 Tales. Add equal parts of creativity and passion from Directors and Writers Neil Marshall, Axelle Carolyn, Darren Lynn Bousman, Mike Mendez, Adam Gierasch, Adam Kasch, Paul Solet, Lucky McKeee, Dave Parker, Ryan Schifrin, and John Skip. Next, gently fold in the Cast, Grace Phipps, Noah Segan, Alex Essoe, Pat Healy, Lin Shaye, Sam Witwer, Ben Woolf, Booboo Stewart, Barry Bostwick, Keir Gilchrist, Joe Dante, and Marc Senter. Bake for about 97 minutes. RESULT: What you'll wind up with is a perfect anthology of entertaining stories called Tales of Halloween. Tales of Halloween has the ability to attract a wide target audience, like it was intentionally made for everybody's enjoyment. Yet ironically, it probably will not appeal to everyone. It's edgy material (think Quentin Tarantino rated very R). But it's sweet too in its own dark little way. The stories, filmed beautifully, include scary witches, spooky ghosts, nefarious demons, the devil himself, lots of goblins, a few serial killers and in one hilarious (and quite graphic episode) an unexpected alien encounter with a tiny Intergalactic Trick Or Treater! All of the Tales are profoundly entertaining and slick. My favorite was The Night Billy Raised Hell, a very funny story about what can happen on Halloween when you elect to "Trick" the Devil (who coincidentally happens to live in your neighborhood). It's a fiendishly hilarious story. But to be fair, all of the episodes are wonderful, the cast is perfect including an unexpected cameo from Director John Landis, and though each story is different, they seem to compliment each other visually. Even the sound track is hugely appealing. There are moments where surf music transports you back to The Endless Summer. But it's not a pier the characters are shooting. It's monsters and demons and flesh-eating pumpkins, and, occasionally, humans capping each other. Nevertheless the sound track is so unrestrained and clever it could stand on its own (which, incidentally, it does with a CD in the Tales of Halloween Collector's Set). Some of the stories absolutely ooze nostalgia, like something you'd remember from a 60's late night Creep Show on black and white television. There's also a very thoughtful thread of artistic homage throughout the Tales. For example, the opening sequence is reminiscent of Tim Burton's Ed Wood, allowing the viewer to get a peek at the running order of the upcoming episodes. Some of the tales appear to be filmed simply for the "scare factor," while others seem to appeal to a more dark and sardonic sense of humor. Yet they all fit nicely together to deliver ghoulishly delightful themes of pure Halloween Horror. I think Tales of Halloween pairs very well with Michael Dougherty's wonderful 2007 Trick 'r Treat in terms of slickness, visual quality, engaging cast, and beautiful photography. (Oh, please Michael, give us Trick 'r Treat 2 before you film anything else!). Tales of Halloween is perfect for a Halloween Viewing Party with friends or just to be watched alone. In the dark. By yourself. At your own risk. With nothing to protect you from the clutches of Incarnate Evil except a menacing bowl of buttered popcorn and a ridiculously heavy 36 ounce soft drink. Tales of Halloween Definitely Wants You To Have A Happy Halloween . . . but only if you dare.

As the titles suggests we get a couple of stories that are all connected in a way (Halloween and all). There are also a lot of people who are famous (or infamous) in the horror genre that are involved with this. In front of the camera and behind it too. While this was playing at a few Fesstvals, it seems "real" Horror fans didn't quite like it as much as it was intended to be liked.They are the core and main audience, but the general feeling was that this is too "light" (not enough gore, not dark enough and more things that might make this seem a bit too mainstream). If you don't mind that or maybe don't see it that way at all, you will have a lot of fun though. The effects are good and the acting is more than decent too. Recognizing the people on the screen as they walk by ... You'll either like that or don't care. It's a fun affair though and should not be seen as anything else ...