The Ghoulish Plot: It’s Halloween night in a town in Ohio, and as any Michigan person can tell you, there’s nothing more terrifying than being stuck in Ohio.

On that night, four intersecting stories occur with related characters, most of which falls into the classic Twilight Zone “Nice Try, Asshole” story mode — meaning, somebody thinks they’ve got it all figured out and are going to succeed at something, then another factor comes in to change the story and gives the protagonist a “nice try, asshole!” shock to the system.

This is a fun, fast 90-minute Halloween story with some solid shocks and scares, gruesome but not “Terrifier”-level gruesome and with some pretty great character actors filling up the story – including Brian Cox, whose career will be studied for years as an Emmy-winning HBO prestige series star, first Hannibal Lector, random comedy movie supporting player, and McDonald’s Spokesperson.

The Scariest Part of the Movie: at one point some kids have played a mean prank, and the subject of that prank gets a chance to turn it around pretty brutally. Well played, Trick R Treat.

Spookiness Factor: there are some brutal moments and gore, but after watching horror movies all month this felt pretty middle of the road to me in terms of spookiness.

Rating: 8 out of 10 Hundred Grand bars