Trick or Treats
A baby sitter is stuck watching over a young brat on Halloween night who keeps playing vicious pranks on her. To add to her trouble the boy's deranged father has escaped from an asylum and is planning on making a visit.
Why it matters
A scrappy ’80s slasher that blends babysitter-in-peril tension with a relentless Halloween night nightmare.
- Early nod to the babysitter trope, mixing home-invasion dread with psychotic family horror.
- Low-budget charm amplified by gritty practical effects and a relentless sense of escalating menace.
- Perfect for fans of regional horror and ’80s DTV gems that lean hard on atmosphere over polish.
- Not subtle or refined, but that raw, gritty energy captures the era’s no-frills approach to terror.
Director
3 horror films in catalog
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
0
Slow Burn
0
Psychological
43
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
17
Fun Factor
50
Cerebral
0
Survival
50
Slasher
