Eraser81
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First off, I do find Patrick Lussier to be a talented guy. This was the fourth film I've seen of his, after Dracula 2000, My Bloody Valentine, and Drive Angry. I would rank Trick last out of those as I was a bit turned off by this film.
The movie opens with a Halloween party that gets gruesome after a kid named Trick starts slaughtering his acquaintances only to meet his match at the hospital at the hands of a detective played by Omar Epps, only the killer disappears, Michael Myers style. In each of the following Halloween's, the murders pop up again. Is it Trick, or is it a copycat? Only Epps believes that his nemesis Trick is continuing the onslaught.
My biggest problem with this film is the villain, and his continuous battles with Epps and his police cohorts. Trick wears a mask and paints his face and wears a hoodie. He looks more like a punk than a monster, and his constant twirling of a knife becomes bothersome. He also has a knack to run away from those pursuing him and their gunfire. He can slip out of their grasp like a fish.
Trick does have its moments and features plenty of blood for horror fans. Omar Epps is good in the lead and Tom Atkins is always welcome in a genre that he is no stranger to.
Trick ran in a whopping 1 theater here in Detroit and has not shown up in box office reports.
The movie opens with a Halloween party that gets gruesome after a kid named Trick starts slaughtering his acquaintances only to meet his match at the hospital at the hands of a detective played by Omar Epps, only the killer disappears, Michael Myers style. In each of the following Halloween's, the murders pop up again. Is it Trick, or is it a copycat? Only Epps believes that his nemesis Trick is continuing the onslaught.
My biggest problem with this film is the villain, and his continuous battles with Epps and his police cohorts. Trick wears a mask and paints his face and wears a hoodie. He looks more like a punk than a monster, and his constant twirling of a knife becomes bothersome. He also has a knack to run away from those pursuing him and their gunfire. He can slip out of their grasp like a fish.
Trick does have its moments and features plenty of blood for horror fans. Omar Epps is good in the lead and Tom Atkins is always welcome in a genre that he is no stranger to.
Trick ran in a whopping 1 theater here in Detroit and has not shown up in box office reports.
I saw the original Strangers the day it was released back in 2008 with my late friend. That film impressed me with it's display of suspense, including an edge of your seat scene involving a masked maniac behind the main character's best friend and a waiting shotgun.
Fast forward ten years and we have The Strangers: Prey at Night. I watched this at the theater in its fifth day of release at a matinee showing. My expectations weren't extremely low nor were they necessarily high. The film starts with a cool 80's beat that brought a smile to my face, but then we have to wait about a half hour for this film to really get going.
Once the mayhem ensues, the 1980's soundtrack starts to boom with it, and that's when this flick gets fun. The brown suited masked madman clearly enjoys his retro soundtrack, but he means business this time around, along with his two female accomplices, they come prepared swinging axes and knives.
The original film dealt more with cause and effect, where this time around they're looking to flat out maim and destroy, starting off with an elder couple who are the lone fall residents in a trailer park.
I had never seen such a film featuring blood squirting and flames burning to the sounds of Bonnie Tyler and Air Supply. You'll find that here.
Fast forward ten years and we have The Strangers: Prey at Night. I watched this at the theater in its fifth day of release at a matinee showing. My expectations weren't extremely low nor were they necessarily high. The film starts with a cool 80's beat that brought a smile to my face, but then we have to wait about a half hour for this film to really get going.
Once the mayhem ensues, the 1980's soundtrack starts to boom with it, and that's when this flick gets fun. The brown suited masked madman clearly enjoys his retro soundtrack, but he means business this time around, along with his two female accomplices, they come prepared swinging axes and knives.
The original film dealt more with cause and effect, where this time around they're looking to flat out maim and destroy, starting off with an elder couple who are the lone fall residents in a trailer park.
I had never seen such a film featuring blood squirting and flames burning to the sounds of Bonnie Tyler and Air Supply. You'll find that here.
