Horror on Main Street: Three Dead Trick or Treaters

'3 Dead Trick or Treaters is a fusion of mood-driven experimental filmmaking and kitsch Halloween imagery'

Opening with a screening of Ghoulish – a short by local filmmaker Seb Godin.

After stumbling upon the graves of three murdered trick or treaters, a small town paperboy discovers a series of handwritten horror stories tacked to the children’s headstones. Penned by a deranged pulp author driven mad by his craft, the stories chronicle grisly tales of Halloween rites, rituals and traditions. Absent of dialogue and heavy on atmosphere, 3 Dead Trick or Treaters is a horror anthology unlike any you’ve seen before says a news release from the gallery.

The four shorts and wraparound tale have been woven together through dreamlike cinematography and a brooding score by Stephen Schooley, which heightens the mood. Violence is kept off the screen, to play through the audience’s subconscious instead.

This anthology film is currently on a world tour, after four years in production. As Langen explains, “3 Dead Trick or Treaters is a fusion of mood-driven experimental filmmaking and kitsch Halloween imagery. In whole, the project is an expression of isolation and the anxiety that comes with it; characters struggling with morality under horrifying circumstances. This is merged with a love for dime store monster masks, silent storytelling, and underground music.”

This Halloween folk-chiller by independent film director Torin Langen, is screening this Friday, October 20th at 9 p.m. at White Water Gallery (122 Main Street East);

Tickets are $7 at the door.