![]() ![]() Sam from Trick 'r Treat has gone on to become truly the biggest horror icon of the 21st century. He represents the dark side of those classic traditions of Halloween's past, and becomes a metaphor for one of those spirits they tried to keep away in those times. Sam is truly a terrifying slasher villain that doesn't have unnecessary explanations for his origins or some watered-down motivation. At the same time though, Sam has nothing to do with that and Kreeg never did anything to Sam personally. Old Man Kreeg did some really screwed up stuff in the past for sure, so he wasn't innocent at all. These people did nothing wrong and the wife didn't deserve half the punishment she received. He did all this for such a seemingly silly reason, but was so treacherous with his attack that it's deeply disturbing. Sam has turned her corpse into a gruesome decoration with her tied to a post with Halloween lights, and a big sucker shoved into her mouth. The husband hears her scream and rushes downstairs, but he's too late. Then Sam drags the corpse back by the porch while covered in the blood-soaked white sheet. Some kids walk up to trick or treat, but when they realize someone is seemingly getting killed, they run off. Once he finds an opening, he leaps out with the sheet and starts stabbing the wife repeatedly. He starts stalking the wife slowly and takes his time. He covers himself with a sheet from one of the ghost decorations as she begins taking them down. Sam gasps, offended, and from that moment he starts stalking them, setting his sights on the wife. Sam notices from across the street that the wife blows out the jack-o-lanterns in their front yard. Then once he's on-screen, it gets ten times scarier and more intense.įor example, the opening sequence with the couple dressed as robots. While doing very little, Sam can terrify his victims and the audience alike, while not even being on-screen. This imagery is so eerie and is one of the scariest sequences in any horror movie of recent memory. Kreeg discovers a jack-o-lantern that's lit on fire with the words to the trick or treat nursery rhyme written on the wall in blood. ![]() Sam does something just as creepy just a little while later in Kreeg's bedroom. These moments establish how Sam is potentially a supernatural being, but it is never revealed to the audience if he is or not. Once Kreeg starts to head back inside he finds a ton of lit jack-o-lanterns on his porch that appeared out of nowhere. Then a little while later Kreeg is distracted by his next door neighbor Steve Wilkins ( Dylan Baker). ![]() Then, when the dog gets out through the back door, Sam begins stalking his new victim slowly and quietly. He starts off light, by egging Kreeg's house to make him drop his guard at first. This upsets Sam, and he immediately targets Kreeg and begins his gruesome pursuit of the old man. It all starts when some kids come to Kreeg's house to trick or treat, and he scares them away by dressing up his dog in a scary costume. The most effective and terrifying moments of Sam's reveal are in the sequence with Old Man Kreeg ( Brian Cox). You don't even see Sam in his costume for the first few scenes, which creates a lot of tension right at the beginning. Throughout most of the film you don't know what Sam actually looks like under the mask, which gives him such a creepy aura. He's not exactly human, but he doesn't look like an animal either, which creates a confusion and creep factor when Sam's true nature is finally revealed in the third act. Once he's unmasked though, he's revealed to be some kind of humanoid pumpkin creature. Which also makes his design fresh and that isn't the easiest thing to achieve in the horror genre. He has this sack head mask and an orange onesie that gives him a creepy and innocent look that's perfectly balanced. He's truly unique in a genre filled with so many other masked killers. Sam's overall design is so fantastic while also being well-thought-out and put together. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Looks That Could Kill ![]()
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