Reviews

Trick 'r Treat Omnibus by Michael Dougherty

brigitte66's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

treestostars's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

tales_of_erasmo's review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

raynestorm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Collects comic retellings of the movie stories, as well as some new original stories.

Absolutely adored the various art styles, and the way that even without being happy, the endings are always satisfying. Must-read for Halloween, if you can stand the light body-horror elements.

rosasparks's review

4.0

I'll be the first to tell you that I don't watch horror movies but I love horror comics! I don't usually write long reviews but I am reviewing this. I am a huge fan of Fiona Staples (Saga) so I figured I'd at least enjoy the art. Ok, this graphic novel has 4 parts and each part is a different section of a collective universe.

Spoilers:

Part one is a typical horror story. It takes place in a suburban neighborhood where kids and families are actively trick or treating. However, each family has a unnatural incident and the neighbors or unaware they each of them will experience a horror-filled night. The first story was sort of predictable but filled with gore. The second story involved a sadistic teacher who is also a father who gets his kicks off poisoning kids with candy. His kid is getting on his nerves as he digs graves in his backyard. His neighbor shouts out to him. Remember this neighbor.

Part two was my favorite. In typical horror tropes, women are assaulted. However a group of girls decide to attend a Halloween costume party and while most of the girls are dressed either sexy or scary, these friends are dressed as vanilla Disney princesses. They lure men into the forest and eat them alive because they are on their periods

dallas_reads's review

dark lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

The first four chapters are a lovely representation of the film though graphic novel. The art style of the third may be difficult to understand as I found a lot of the images ran into one another or were just hard to see what they are. The four short stories are beautifully illustrated and will definitely be my favorites to reread. 

jltaggart's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

valuxiea's review

5.0

What a lovely little love letter to Halloween. I love that on Halloween, we choose to dance with the dead and the creatures of the night.

onetiredwitch's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

ghostinthepages's review

5.0

I loved all the extra stories in it