Full-blooded stories and whispered urban legends are braided together to create one seemingly seamless narrative in this anthology set on October 31st, with the cute yet sinister character of ‘Sam’ linking tales of child abductions, school-bus disasters, werewolves, vampires and a small but deadly home invasion. Despite the fast and fun filmmaking, this candy-coloured creepshow hides some wicked surprises under its sugar-rush surface – director Michael Dougherty, who went on to make Krampus and the forthcoming Godzilla: King of Monsters, dispenses tricks and treats equally top create one of the best Halloween films since the night he came home…