The Opening:

A couple returns to their home. In the yard, they have set up numerous “ghost-crows” (scarecrow-style ghosts) for Halloween decorations. The woman, Emma, tries to blow out a jack-o’-lantern by their fence, but her husband, Henry, tells her not to because it is not midnight yet and it’s against tradition. She refuses to listen to him and blows out the jack-o’-lantern anyway. Emma also wants the decorations taken down in preparation for her parents arrival the following day. After a little convincing from Henry, Emma agrees to meet him inside for some alone time. Henry goes inside while Emma starts to take down the decorations. As Emma takes off all of the sheets from the ghost-crows, one jumps at her, and in the ensuing struggle they tumble onto the sidewalk where passing children witness the scene. Under cover of the sheet, the figure takes a bitten pumpkin sucker and slits her throat. The sheet turns red and the children run away scared as the unknown assailant drags Emma’s body back toward the house……

1. The Principal

A boy walks through the neighborhood knocking over jack-o’-lanterns. He walks up the porch of a house to see no one is home. On the porch a bucket full of candy sits near the door with a note that says to take only one. He begins to put the entire contents of the bucket in his bag when someone startles him from behind. The boy recognizes him as Principal Wilkins and Wilkins recognizes the boy to be Charlie. Wilkins, whose house Charlie was stealing candy from, sits Charlie down to have a little chat about the rules of Halloween. After Charlie has a piece of candy given generously by Wilkins, he begins to vomit up blood and chocolate and Wilkins exclaims the first rule of Halloween, “always check your candy.” Charlie then passes out and seemingly dies from the poison candy. Wilkins drags Charlie into his house, when the doorbell rings. Struggling with Charlie’s body he opens up the door to three teenagers asking if they can take his jack-o’-lantern; along with a mysterious boy in footed pajamas and a large hood with buttons for eyes (Sam). He agrees and also gives them candy. Wilkins then takes Charlie’s body into his back yard which already has a six foot grave dug. Another child’s body occupies the grave as he pushes Charlie into it……

2. The School Bus Massacre Revisited

Four teenagers, Macy, Schrader, Sara, and Chip, have been going around trying to collect jack-o’-lanterns. They stop at the home of a girl named Rhonda, whose front yard is decorated with dozens of hand-carved jack-o’-lanterns. Schrader asks her if they can borrow some of her pumpkins, and they invite her along on their trip. She agrees and the five arrive at their destination, an abandoned rock quarry on the other side of town, which is the location of a local legend, “The Halloween School Bus Massacre”. Macy explains that thirty years ago a school bus was driven into the quarry and crashed into the lake at the bottom. The bus had on board eight children, all mentally challenged and disturbed, whose parents would send to a school outside of town everyday. The children were so disturbed they were chained to their chairs as they rode the bus. Their parents could no longer stand the strain and humiliation of caring for them, so they paid the bus driver to take them to the rock quarry and crash the bus. As the driver went around checking each child’s restraints, one managed to get free and tried to drive the bus “home”. Before the driver could stop him he was tripped by one of the other children and the bus was driven into the lake. The driver survived, but was never heard from again, and the bus was never recovered. Macy goes on to explain that they’ve collected eight pumpkins for each of the kids who died on the bus as a tribute. The first to go down are Macy, Sara, and Schrader, since the rickety elevator that goes to the bottom of the quarry can only hold three at a time. As Rhonda and Chip go down next, they hear the other three scream in terror and watch as their jack-o’-lanterns suddenly go out in the mist below. Rhonda goes to investigate, leaving Chip in the elevator, and she sees the half-submerged school bus sticking out of the water with a few Halloween masks floating nearby……

3. Surprise Party

Laurie is a 22-year-old “virgin” who is always very nervous and self-conscious. Her older sister, Danielle, and her friends try to boost her confidence by taking her to a party. The girls all dress in fairy tale costumes, with Laurie dressed as Little Red Riding Hood. Along the way Danielle and the other girls pick up dates, but Laurie chooses to walk through the woods alone instead. Meanwhile, a mysterious masked man is making out with a young woman in an alley. After he kisses her neck she sees that she is bleeding. The man smiles and shows off a set of vampire fangs. The girl then runs away……

4. Meet Sam

Three children walk up the porch of a house with no Halloween decorations and knock on the door. The door opens to reveal darkness. Suddenly two glowing eyes pop up in the darkness and growling is heard. The children run away as Kreeg comes out to call for his dog, Spite. He picks up the dog to reveal that Spite is wearing a costume with glowing eyes. He picks up the children’s dropped candy and goes back inside. Kreeg proceeds to burn some old pictures in his fireplace and goes to watch TV. He sits down and takes a bite out of a candy bar; disgusted, he puts it on the stand next to him and takes a swig from a mostly empty liquor bottle. He flips through the channels and quickly turns anything that has to do with Halloween. He shuts off his TV when he hears Spite barking outside. Kreeg goes to investigate when an egg hits his window. Startled and angry, he goes and gets his baseball bat. He steps outside to see his whole lawn decorated with dozens of jack-o’-lanterns. He calls for Spite to come back in but Spite is chewing on a finger. Kreeg investigates and confronts Wilkins about what he is doing. After they talk Kreeg goes back inside when he hears Spite barking upstairs. He thinks better of the bat and instead grabs his shotgun above the fireplace. As he approaches the stairs, Spite is heard yelping upstairs and then becomes silent. Kreeg proceeds up to a room at the end of the hallway. He opens the door to reveal his bedroom and something moving under the covers. He pulls them back to reveal a mechanical hand. As he examines it, fire suddenly erupts from a jack-o’-lantern in the corner of the room, revealing that ‘Trick r Treat’ and other Halloween sayings cover his walls……

Are you spooked already? Do you dare to watch the movie trailer?