Haul Out the Halloween

There is no story, no plot, no romance, and whatever story was intended to be, I could not understand, and didn't care to. Can you imagine watching a hallmark and you can't understand the point? It was but a Lacey Chabert vehicle. "Put Lacey in it and they will come." "But boss, the story is awful." "Shut up Mimsy! Just do it!"

So many tedious dialogue filler scenes, I had to fast forward to move things along. They spoke their lines very rapidly with zero time in between lines, always trying to be clever. Every conversation was over-scripted.

What could've been a cute Halloween experience, was awful. When they finally had some sort of culminating halloween celebration at the end, it was all goofy elderly adults (plus lacey and her husband) wearing professional $1000 costumes. No kids were allowed in this neighborhood's high-falutin Halloween.

This third part of the Evergreen Lane franchise echoes the playfulness, warmth, and charm of the original. (I am not a fan of the Christmas sequel.)

The reference to the ancient Irish origins was a welcome surprise--though its widespread continuation, due to the Western Christian All Hallows (aka Saints) Eve thru to the festival of Dia de los Muertos (aka Day of the Dead or All Souls), was not added.

It also would have been fun to include the "new couple on the block" more since they provided such a wonderful energy during their opening scenes and could have been given their own happy subplot interacting with each favorite character in the trilogy. And what about that missing husband for our "Doctor of Arts & Crafts"?

If you're looking for fun ways to observe Halloween with friends or family, you'll find some fine ideas here. Watch this flick with the innocence of a child's heart and a smile on your face. It is reminiscent of a classic Hallmark romcom.

I'm sure many of you will remember the movie, HAUL OUT THE HOLLY, with the cast of annoying neighbors, the "fun time" of the HOA delivering violations, the unfunny dialog, and bad acting! Well take all of these same non-entertaining elements and instead of a Christmas backdrop, but put it in a Halloween theme, and there you have it!!!

Lacey Chabert and Wes Brown do their very best job of overacting that I've ever witnessed! The supporting cast of characters are exasperating and irritating instead of amusing. This is not an entertaining movie, I'd rather spend time rewatching ITS THE GREAT PUMPKIN CHARLIE BROWN!

I'm not sure what kind of grinch could hate this movie. Our culture is obsessed with "entertainment" that shows the worst in communities, marriages, friendships and holidays. This projects the appropriate way to deal with conflict and differences. How to repair and support each other. Hallmark movies are not meant to be 10 stars, but Maclain Nelson's additions are funny and enjoyable. This is a fabulous addition to the "Haul Out" series, and I'm so glad they didn't repeat the competition from #2 with the new "Halloween Town" <3 couple.

Can we talk about how many LEGENDS are in this movie??!! They are ALL IN and make the story sparkle. Ellen Travolta rapping?! C'mon! That's what you missed out on when you turned this "boring" movie off in the first 15 minutes.

Love that they featured new actors from another classic Halloween movie (Halloween town!). I really enjoy the "haul out" movie series in general, and this one did not disappoint. It was very cute, and had some good laughs as well. I do hope that they continue this series, I'd love to see what happens next.