TRICK 'R TREAT (2007) Blu-ray review

Trick ’r Treat (2007) d. Michael Dougherty (USA) (82 min)

Writer/director Dougherty and producer Bryan Singer deliver a blood-soaked candy basket to horror fans everywhere with this cleverly structured, EC comics-flavored anthology piece, offering up four interlocking stories all taking place in the same neighborhood over the course of Halloween night. With stalwart high-profile ensemble members as Anna Paquin, Brian Cox (both X-Men 2 veterans, which Dougherty scripted and Singer directed), Leslie Bibb, and Dylan Baker lending able support, this is a well-acted and gorgeously photographed celebration of all things midnight and monstrous.

FIDO (2006) movie review

Fido (2006) d. Currie, Andrew (Canada)

Director/co-writer Currie deserves full marks for attempting to do something new with the ubiquitous flesh-eating zombie, and while he fails to match the zom-com-rom bar set by Shaun of the Dead, his Technicolored vision of an alternate 1950s (think Douglas Sirk meets George Romero) provides more than a few laughs, with its undead heart in just the right place.