All Hallows' Eve (2013)

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1. 

   samoan

   This is a terrible movie. Like V/H/S Viral is just super boring. The greatest sin a horror movie can make is boring. Be silly, be scary, be funny, be fun, but don't be boring. I love horror movies, and I love bad horror movies as well. You know the soo bad it is good movies. For a bad movie to be good, the movie has to try to be great and just epically fail. But that doesn't work for all bad horror movies. As this and V/H/S Viral both show, yes they are made seriously trying their best to be scary and they fail. But they fail because they are boring. In this movie, the acting is soo bad.
   
   The kids and especially the first story have almost unwatchably bad acting with stiff deliveries. Kids are normally bad actors except for a notable few, but these kids don't even seem to be trying to act. They aren't the only ones, half of the adult cast is also equally terrible. It feels like the director askes them to say a line, they did thinking it was a test and then the director says cut perfect next scene. The actors then asked, are you kidding, can we do that again, I didn't think that was the live shot, and they were like no that perfect exactly what I want.
   
   It is bad even for amateur acting, high school drama classes have better acting. But that isn't the biggest issue as bad acting can be fun to watch, not in this case, and there are some actors in the movie that do a decent job. The clown is creepy and the costume effects are good.
   
   But I have seen better low budget movies made in college film courses. I mean seriously I don't get why anyone would say this was a good anthology film or that it is worth watching. Much less someone giving them money to make a sequel and spin-off movie. It isn't the worst film I have seen nor is it complete unwatchably. The third story has some of the best SFX and is decent compared to the rest of the movie but that isn't saying much. Don't see this movie, skip it. If you must watch it as you have run out of good movies to watch, skip to the third story, you won't miss much but terrible acting. But honestly, don't waste your time there are 1000s of better horror movies. I would rather have watched Trick r' Treat, Tales of Halloween, Southbound, V/H/S 1 & 2, and probably can find 100 other anthology films that are better than this.
   
   Seriously I can't even recommend this to horror film loves who love bad movies. Maybe just maybe I can recommend it to people who think they can't make their own movie and need the inspiration to realize they can at least make a better movie than this.
   
   Halfway through the movie the main character says "Who makes this Shit? Why am I watching it?" I couldn't help but think the same thing about this movie.
   
   I hear the spin-off is better, so perhaps I will check that one out at some point, but I am not holding my breath. 4 years 5 months ago
2. 

   ikkegoemikke

   
   
   “All Hallows’ eve” isn’t exactly an easy film and will surely enchant few. It’s clearly a low-budget film with a somewhat sinister and absurd atmosphere, mixed with some gore scenes and an atmosphere that reminded me of 80s horror movies. That is the strongest and most positive point why I could actually appreciate this movie. That nostalgic feeling and mood in this “Halloween”-like film. It felt indeed like a rented VHS with a outdated movie. Including a bad image caused by age and noise on the videotape. You only needed the monotonous music of an old synthesizer and it would be a perfect imitation.
   
   It all starts on a Halloween night. Sarah (Katie Maguire) is babysitting that night and the two teenagers, Timmy and Tia, are back from a round of “Trick or Treat”. Just before they go to sleep, Timmy discovers a VHS tape between his candy. They convince Sarah to look what´s actually on it , assuming that it’s probably a scary Halloween movie. Eventually there appear to be three short horror films with “Art the Clown” as a central figure.
   
   “All Hallows’ eve” is a so called anthology film : a collection of different stories. The different stories are actually the downside of this movie. They are not very original and the first two are downright bad. The first story is pretty absurd and confusing. Besides a claustrophobic feeling and the intention to make a kind of demonic torture story out of it, it didn’t make a big resounding impression on me. A content-free and completely insignificant whole. The exhibit of gross footage didn’t make it any better. And it looked as if they were slicing and chopping marzipan. Not exactly a successful part of the movie. The clown appeared briefly as if it was just a prop. So this was just a warm-up.
   
   The second story had a completely different approach, but it was completely ruined by the design of the creature. It looked like the character on the painting “The Scream”, but with all kinds of attributes. Total nonsense, no suspense or fear moments. “Art” was not even there in person.
   The third story was the highlight. A gross and extravagant final story with Art as a conductor in a bloody tragedy. A collage of bloodstained knives, a hacksaw with remains of human flesh and a still life of the lost girl fully carved with obscene words. Clearly this is the best story of the trilogy …
   
   Ultimately the story progresses as expected. The film has similarities with “V/H/S” and “Playback“. The whole movie revolves around Art and I must admit that this is a truly deranged clown with a bloodthirsty, spooky and creepy look. A successful representation of a humorous nightmare, innocent but deadly at the same time. A devil in a box that always plays on his horn, and who makes a transition from the imaginary world to reality. A real collection of curiosities with many incomprehensible creatures, interspersed with some ghoulish images and gory moments. The other characters were not exactly bad. Most looked really just frightened out of their eyes throughout the whole film. Katie Maguire played a persuasive role in which she has to put the two teenagers at ease and overcome her own fears at the same time.
   
   Many will think this is a very bad movie. Others will judge it as a sublime work. I’m right there in the middle. With the first two stories better developed, this wouldn’t have been a clownish display.
   Make sure you watch this movie completely, because the sting is in the tail.
   
   More reviews here 6 years 6 months ago

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