Trick 'r Treat

For other uses, see Trick or treat (disambiguation).

Trick 'r Treat
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Dougherty
Written byMichael Dougherty
Produced byBryan Singer
Starring
CinematographyGlen MacPherson
Edited byRobert Ivison
Music byDouglas Pipes
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures[a]
Release dates
  • December 9, 2007 (2007-12-09) (Butt-Numb-A-Thon)
  • October 6, 2009 (2009-10-06) (United States)
Running time
82 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States[2]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$12 million[3]
Box office$27,909[4]

Trick 'r Treat is a 2007 American anthology horror film written and directed by Michael Dougherty (in his directorial debut) and produced by Bryan Singer. The film stars Dylan Baker, Rochelle Aytes, Anna Paquin, and Brian Cox. It relates four Halloween horror stories with a common element in them: Sam, a trick-or-treating demon wearing orange footie pajamas with a burlap sack over his head. The character appears in each story whenever one of the other characters breaks a Halloween tradition.

Despite being delayed for two years and having only a limited number of screenings at film festivals, the film received positive reviews and has since garnered a cult following.[5]


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  1. ^ "Trick 'r Treat (15)". British Board of Film Classification. October 16, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  2. ^ "Trick 'r Treat (2007)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on November 19, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  3. ^ Barone, Matt (October 28, 2013). "The Scary-Good Afterlife of "Trick 'r Treat," The Movie That Should Be Halloween's Answer to "A Christmas Story"". Complex. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  4. ^ "Trick 'r Treat (2007) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  5. ^ Watercutter, Angela. "Cult-Favorite Halloween Flick Trick 'r Treat Streams on Facebook Tonight". Wired. www.wired.com. Retrieved February 11, 2013.