# Trick or Treat (1986)

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**Runtime**: 97 min
**Genres**: Horror, Comedy, Music
**Directed by**: Charles Martin Smith
**Written by**: Michael S. Murphey, Joel Soisson, Rhet Topham
**Starring**: Marc Price, Tony Fields, Lisa Orgolini, Doug Savant, Elaine Joyce, Glen Morgan

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

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Neon guitars flicker in a Midwestern basement, October static on the stereo.  
A boy places a warped record on a turntable, smoke curling from the speakers.  
His idol now sings through the flames, tuning a vengeance no parent would recognize.  
This is John Carpenter meets Headbanger’s Ball on a budget of black nail polish and FM distortion.

**Mood tags**: 3am-cult, neon-soaked, playful

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