Review of Tales of Halloween (2015) by Ryan M — 17 Oct 2015

Horror anthologies can be amazing fun when done right, or eyeball poison when put in the wrong hands. Aside from Creepshow, Tales from the Crypt and Trick 'r Treat the good anthology films are few and far between.

Tales of Halloween manages to get a lot right...unfortunately it gets just as much wrong. The main problem here is the number of stories included - a whopping 10! Most anthologies have maybe 4-5, which means cramming in more stories limits their length to around 8 minutes each.

So things like story and character are pretty much nonexistent. Instead what we have are 10 very short films that look really cool and provide some minor shock value, but not much else. The tales from director's like Neil Marshall, Lucky McKee and Adam Gierasch are the best of the bunch, while the rest range from mildly enjoyable to instantly forgettable.

There's plenty of gore, atmosphere and genre cameos to keep fans entertained, but if the number of stories included were chopped in half it would've helped the film immensely. Worth a watch, just be ready for some duds.