One Halloween at a party of the local high schoolers, one student suddenly shocks everyone by slaughtering almost everyone at the party. The student, nicknamed Trick, is wounded and while in the hospital breaks free, after taking several bullets and falling out a window, he disappears.
While everyone else is sure he is dead, believing he had leaped into the nearby river, Det. Mike Denver is not so convinced. He believes that Trick is still out there.
The following Halloween, he is proven right as Trick starts appearing in different masks, wearing creepy face makeup beneath. Like Jason or Michael, Trick seems capable of surviving multiple wounds and appearing anywhere at any time.
So, Trick is the latest from Patrick Lussier (Drive Angry, My Bloody Valentine) and screenwriting collaborator Todd Farmer (Drive Angry, My Bloody Valentine and Jason X) have created a fairly by the books action slasher. This is not bad, as they show they have a pretty solid grasp on the tropes and find a way to explain them in a late film twist. The film is fairly tense with some thrills.
The cast is quite good, led by Omar Epps. But he is supported by genre vets like Tom Atkins and Jamie Kennedy. And the faces I was less familiar with, such as Kristina Reyes and Ellen Adair were good as well.
As noted, the film is not breaking new ground, but it is a pretty fun and exciting slasher film over all.
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