Trick or Treat (DVD, 2003)

Trick Or Treat,a 1986 horror movie,is a much underrated movie of it's genre.The movie was the first to have heavy metal music as part of the film plot and the first not to have knives and stabbing weapons used.Rather,they used electrodes,which completely obliterated the victim leaving no traces.It also featured another first.Two people were actually killed through a TV set.
The whole movie starts when Eddie Weinbauer(a.k.a.Ragman[Marc Price])is the target of taunts by the "ultra students" in his high school.He is obsessed with rocker Sammi Curr,who also was a student in the same high school.One day,his idol dies in a hotel fire and Ragman is devastated.When his DJ friend Nuke(Gene Simmons of KISS)gives him an acetate disc of Sammi's final recordings,Ragman discovers that there is a subliminal message meant for him by Sammi to help him get even with his tormentors.First,Ragman goes with it but later tries to back out of the plan.When it gets out of control,on the night of the annual Halloween dance at the high school,which is when the mayhem really begins,Ragman knows that he has to STOP Sammi Curr before it's too late because the whole human race is at stake.Ragman does this knowing that everybody tormented him.But he later realizes that revenge,even if some people deserve it,is not always sweet.
The film has a surprising cameo by Ozzy Osbourne as a Televangelist(which was the butt of jokes back in the day on the late night talk shows)and some good performances by Marc Price(who played Skippy on Family Ties),Lisa Orgolini as Leslie and former Solid Gold dancer Tony Fields giving an over the top performance as the extremely evil rocker Sammi Curr.It also has an infectious and scorching Heavy Metal soundtrack and some decent,if not really enough,special effects.It all adds up to a horror movie that can be watched again and again and it doesn't have to be October 31st either.The point is that this movie is a classic that can be watched over and over again.
Overall,Trick Or Treat is a much underrated horror classic and one of those rare masterpieces of modern horror if there ever was one.It's fun,musical and not too scary but it truly delivers.It also should be a part of any horror lovers film library.

A DEADLY OBSESSION TURNS INTO A SPINE TINGLING HORROR. EDDIE WEINBAUER IS A TYPICAL ALL-AMERICAN TEENAGER, AT LEAST HE WAS UNTIL HE FELL UNDER THE EVIL SPELL OF ROCK MUSIC. NOW HE'S OBSESSED WITH HIS HEAVY-METAL SUPERSTAR IDOL,SAMMI CURR,WHO IS KILLED IN A HOTEL FIRE. EDDIE BECOMES THE RECIPIENT OF THE ONLY COPY OF CURR'S UNRELEASED ALBUM, WHICH WHEN PLAYED BACKWARDS SENDS A MESSAGE OF DESTRUCTION AND AS HALLOWEEN APPOROACHES, EDDIE BEGINS TO REALIZE THIS ISN'T ONLY ROCK-N-ROLL...IT'S LIFE AND DEATH AND HE MUST DRAW THE LINE TO THRWART THIS MISSION.

Who wrote the 'spoiler' to this? Did he actually SEE the movie? Following is the REAL spoiler for Trick Or Treat...

Eddie Weinbaur is a high school outcast, a ‘metalhead’ who loves his rock and roll, and his rock Idol, Sammi Curr, who also went to his high school. When Sammi seemingly dies in a hotel fire, Eddie is devastated, until a DJ friend of his gives him the only unreleased Sammi Curr album in the world. Soon however, Eddie makes a startling discovery : when Sammi’s music is played backwards, it provides the dead rocker with a doorway to return to our world - with a vengeance. Thinking that Sammi is helping him ‘get even,’ he opens the doors... only to discover that Sammi has a far more deadly agenda.

Now, in a race against time, Eddie tries desperately to destroy the copies of Sammi’s music before the Sammi Curr Tribute is played at midnight, backwards, allowing Sammi one more horrifying show in his hometown.

Guest starring evangelical-preacher-against-r​ock-and-roll Ozzy Osborne and rock radio DJ Gene Simmons of KISS, TRICK OR TREAT is a fast-paced, action-packed rock and roll ride to hell and back.

BUCKLE UP.

I first saw this film as a teenager. It was at a time when heavy metal ruled the world. Trick Or Treat has every element for a movie that rocks. With a cast that features Skippy from Family Ties, Gene Simmons of Kiss and Ozzy Osbourne as a Preacher, how can you go wrong? The soundtrack features music by Fastway. Backwards evil messages played on vinyl LPs! Yes thats right, they used records in this movie. In one scene Eddie (Skippy) is listening to a message from the evil rockstar on his record player when things begin to get scary. Monsters start to come out of his speakers as his stereo becomes possessed. As a teenager I tried playing my records backwards hoping it would happen to mine. All it did was ruin my copy of Led Zeppelin III forever. 20 years later Trick Or Treat is still one of my all time favorite movies.

Great little horror movie with some really amusing elements like Gene Simmons as a rock & roll radio personality and Ozzy Osbourne as a televangelist! Based on the old Faust legends about a man who sells his soul to the devil, this one's uniquely different with some really cool music by Fastway. Beware: turning 12" LPs backwards will ruin the needle and your prized vinyl! Top-not horror movie!