Trick or Treat (1986) [R]

Release Date:
October 24, 1986

Original Title:
Trick or Treat

Alternate Titles:
Farce ou festin
Heavy Metal do Horror
Horror Rock
Morte a 33 giri
Muerte a 33 R.P.M.
Muerte a 33 revoluciones por minuto
Noche de brujas
O Massacre de Halloween
O Rock do Dia das Bruxas
Ragman - Tödliche Frequenz
Trick or Treat
Tysta blodiga natt
ハロウィン1988・地獄のロック&ローラー

Genres:
Comedy | Horror | Music

Production Companies:
DEG

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  US: R 

Runtime: 97

What are you afraid of? It's only rock & roll.

Eddie Weinbauer, a metalhead teen who is bullied at school, looks to his heavy metal superstar idol, Sammi Curr, for guidance. When Curr is killed in a hotel fire, Eddie becomes the recipient of the only copy of Curr's unreleased album, which, when played backwards, brings Sammi back to life. As Halloween approaches, Eddie begins to realize that this isn't only rock 'n roll...it's life and death.

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Art Direction:
Colin D. Irwin

Associate Producer:
Scott White

Casting:
David Cohn
Paul Bengston

Casting Associate:
Pamela Sparks

Costume Design:
Jill M. Ohanneson

Director:
Charles Martin Smith

Director of Photography:
Robert Elswit

Editor:
Jane Schwartz Jaffe

Location Manager:
Shiho Ito

Location Scout:
Stephanie A. Fowler

Music Editor:
Roy Prendergast
Richard Luckey

Original Music Composer:
Christopher Young

Producer:
Michael S. Murphey
Joel Soisson

Production Coordinator:
Barbara D'Alessandro

Production Design:
Curtis A. Schnell

Production Manager:
Scott White

Screenplay:
Rhet Topham
Joel Soisson
Michael S. Murphey

Set Decoration:
Douglas A. Mowat

Story:
Rhet Topham

Stunt Coordinator:
Dan Bradley

Stunts:
Denney Pierce

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