You got ten stories all taking place on All Hallows' Eve - most of which are centered around a revenge theme. There's a ghoulish entity that rips the eaten candy from peoples stomachs, Satan, himself, presumably taking a trick-or-treater out on a crime spree, some people being terrorized by a gang of killer trick-or-treaters and a kid calling upon a demon to take care of some bullies that killed his parents. Lucky McKee has one of the more 'odd' segments about a witch dressing her wimpy-ass husband up as Hansel and handing out candy - followed up by a guys' Halloween decorations being one-upped by the headbanger neighbors, a "Friday the 13th"/"Evil Dead" combo-spoof involving UFOs and an evil Jack-o-lantern taking over the town...
For the most part this one is a straight-up horror-comedy, though its got a decent amount of gore and some fairly enjoyable, tongue-in-cheek moments if you're down for shutting your brain off for a bit. My one problem was how they threw in all the story titles during the opening credits, which didn't make much sense to me seeing as how it was nearly impossible to remember them (and who wrote/directed them...) once the story came around. In all, "Tales of Halloween" is no genre 'classic', but if you're up for something dumb it's worth a watch.
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