Trick 'r Treat is a strange beast to say the least. The comic was based on the film from
Michael Dougherty, which was initially set for a 2007 release. But, despite strong buzz from festivals and previews,the movie was unceremoniously pulled from the schedule by Warner Brothers for reasons known only to them. Wildstorm had been planning a tie-in mini-series adaptation, but it wasn’t released.
Now, two years later, the film gets a DVD release on Tuesday, October 6th, and the planned mini has been collected as one graphic novel by writer Marc Andreyko and a group of talented artists.
Make no mistake:
Trick 'r Treat is for horror fans; if you don’t dig the genre, then you probably shouldn’t pick this one up.