Source: MTV

Well, now that Warner Brothers has decided to finally release the much hyped Trick ‘r Treat film on DVD/Blu-ray, it is no surprise that Writer/Director Michael Dougherty is talking up the possibility of at least one sequel, if not more. Details after the jump!

Here’s what Michael Dougherty had to say to MTV about sequel possibilities:

“Yeah, I have to say that the excitement over the past few months of watching the film grow has started to jumpstart some ideas, and I know how the next one ends… If this [DVD release] does become something, if it catches executives off-guard, it might [get sequels]. I would love to do them.”

He also discussed how the sequel(s) could play out:

“The whole idea originally, for me, was to do one if not every Halloween, at least every other Halloween… Because it’s an anthology film, it lends itself to telling another four stories which would intertwine – but I think you could take the film and explore how Halloween was celebrated in different locations, different time periods, and the one consistent character would be Sam, the mascot.”

Trick ‘r Treat was put on the back burner by Warner Brothers and could not get a nationwide theatrical release for the last two years. It was screened at various film festivals, which created quite a bit of a cult following, but it could not get a distributor to release it nationwide. Two years later, it has become a cult horror classic among movie bloggers, film festival goers and the like, and has finally gotten its nationwide release, albeit straight-to-DVD/Blu-ray.

I finally got the chance to see this film and I must say it lives up to the hype for the most part. We have not seen a horror movie done this well since John Carpenter’s Halloween. Even though it isn’t quite as good a film as Halloween (and not without its issues here and there), it still manages to create a great moody atmosphere where all sorts of horrific things are possible and capture the imagination of anyone who really digs the Halloween season and horror movies.

I thoroughly enjoyed it, and the possibility of at least one sequel seems promising, even if they all end up straight to DVD/Blu-ray. I think it could even lend itself to giving us a little more (but not too much) back story on how “Sam,” the creepy pumpkin/scarecrow kid, came to be and why he is this harbinger of death so to speak. I also think it would be cool to explore the different time period thing and perhaps go back to the 1800s and tell some stories there.

My only hope is that this doesn’t end up like the Saw franchise. Since this movie was so good, I would want any sequels that follow to live up to the first film’s legacy. It would interesting if the sequel ends up getting released theatrically, since the first film did not. I’m not sure if that has ever been done before. I guess we’ll have to wait and see if a sequel actually happens.

Click here to read on about Dougherty’s ideas for TrT2.

MPAA: Rated R for horror violence, some sexuality/nudity and language.