Tales of Halloween

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Tales of Halloween

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2015

1h 37m

Holiday

Horror

Comedy

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Ten short stories revolve around ghosts, ghouls, monsters, the devil, aliens, and ax murderers who terrorize a suburb on Halloween night.

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Critics Consensus

Tales of Halloween boasts a number of fun scares and is overall more consistent than many horror anthology films, even if it isn't quite as dark or nasty as the classics of the genre.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

As anthologies go, this one is a heck of a lot of fun, even the misses having a spunky, go-for-broke attitude worthy of going a tiny bit crazy for.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 22, 2016

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

While it pales in comparison to such horror anthology predecessors as Tales from the Crypt, Asylum and Creepshow, Tales of Halloween offers enough minor diversions to make it enjoyable late-night viewing.

Dec 7, 2015

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

There is a kind of cheerful innocence and simplicity to these stories that will endear them to their target audience.

Rated: B-

Oct 30, 2015

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Chris Joyce

Movies and Munchies (YouTube)

While Tales of Halloween is not the scariest, goriest, or most captivating of anthologies, it does provide an hour and a half of unique and short stories that can make you laugh, squirm, and roll your eyes.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 3, 2023

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Kevin A. Ranson

MovieCrypt.com

Hearing the sultry Adrienne Barbeau (channeling DJ Stevie Wayne from The Fog) introducing each story while appearing in none of them is the biggest offense among many.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 17, 2021

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

It makes for an excellent party movie as there is something for everybody and the stories are short and fun.

Rated: 4.5/5

Apr 19, 2020

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Pizza B

A goofy and gruesome Halloween anthology that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Hit the spot on Halloween eve.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/30/25

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Ron S.

Gruesome fun to every Halloween night.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/15/25

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Jason W

Excellent anthology from some of horrors heavy hitters with a roster of recognizable names and faces weaved within these Halloween tales. Great annual watch to get you in the spirit.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/29/25

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madi a

Was definitely worth watching had so many twist and turns which left hanging at the edge of your seat and had few laughs thrown in too

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/04/25

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Russell H

Lots of different stories that were mostly stupid and poorly acted but some were funny enough to entertain

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/01/24

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Jeff M

This anthology really gets off to a strong start. Barbeau starts the proceedings as a radio DJ - an obvious nod to her role in THE FOG 35 years earlier - and her memorably husky voice is heard throughout the movie. The first couple segments are rather effective, and I was particularly tickled to see the first one take place in Haddonfield, IL. Horror nuts will immediately recognize this as the city from the HALLOWEEN franchise. Sadly, the early promise disintegrates quickly, with many of the segments not making any sense whatsoever and seemingly existing simply to come up with new and inventive ways of killing off their characters. I often enjoy anthology movies, but fitting 10 short stories into 97 minutes is pushing it. Rotten Tomatoes has a 77% critical approval rating for this one, so apparently there's something I'm missing. But the audience approval is only 41%, so that makes me feel a bit better. If everything else were as strong as the first 20 minutes, I'd give this a hearty recommendation. Unfortunately this is a snowball going downhill if I ever saw one.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/24

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Synopsis

Ten short stories revolve around ghosts, ghouls, monsters, the devil, aliens, and ax murderers who terrorize a suburb on Halloween night.

Director: Darren Bousman, Axelle Carolyn, Adam Gierasch, Neil Marshall, Lucky McKee, Mike Mendez, Ryan Schifrin, John Skipp, Andrew Kasch, Paul Solet
Screenwriter: Dave Parker, Clint Sears, Greg Commons, Axelle Carolyn, Lucky McKee, Molly Millions, John Skipp, Andrew Kasch, Mike Mendez
Distributor: Epic Pictures
Production Co: Epic Pictures
Rating: R (Language|Brief Drug Use|Strong Bloody Horror Violence)
Genre: Holiday, Horror, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 16, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 37m

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