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Review: Trick ‘R Treat: The Best Comic To Get You Into The Halloween Mood
We’re a day away from October and I’m sure most of you are sick of Halloween stuff already. Stores and people shove merchandise, costumes, and candy down our collective throats. What is this season really about? Why scaring you to your core of course! Wildstorm’s adaption of the Trick ‘R Treat movie is made tactfully and beautifully to make it the comic to get this season! Full review after the break.
If you’ve ever read an issue of Creepy/Eerie/Tales From the Crypt or watched movies like Creepshow; you will be familiar with Trick ‘r Treat. The trade paperback is broken into 6 stories that tell dark adventures that all happen one Halloween night. The stories are even linked together for eagle eye readers. The only character that is in every story is ‘Sam,’ which I assume is the mute host of all these stories compared to Uncle Creepy or the Cryptkeeper.
The strongest part of the stories is that it teleports you back to being a child. Most of the unlucky victims in the story don’t follow simple Halloween etiquette like always answer the door and give candy, check you’re candy for safety, etc. Stories like this hit me to my core and remind me when I would be scared as a child during Halloween from stories I would hear from family and friends. These chills and scares won’t make you question reality or vomit, rather they are very fun and entertaining while still making you feel a little uneasy.
This comic was supposed to come out in 2007 in 6 issues, but with the movie getting pushed back and everything it didn’t come out until now(DVD out October 6th). Trick ‘R Treat is strengthened by the fact it’s in trade paperback to fuse the stories together and to show off all the different artists throughout.
Trick ‘R Treat is a great comic and I hope will become an annual series. This is the best Halloween comic I’ve read in years and I know you’ll agree.
The supernatural world of Korean folk horror movie Exhuma grows larger with the arrival of prequel spinoff webtoon Maengjong this weekend, Variety reports today.
Naver Webtoon debuts Maengjong on May 30.
The series hails from Haemuri (Olgami) and will trace the high school origins of how shaman duo Hwarim and Bonggil, played by Kim Go-eun and Lee Do-hyun in the 2024 film, came together to face occultish threats.
The story is set to begin when “Hwarim, who has been concealing her identity following a childhood encounter with a snake spirit called Jin, crosses paths with Bonggil at their school.”
Variety notes that Exhuma director Jang Jae-hyun participated in the project’s early concept stage.
“We are presenting ‘Maengjong,’ a new series capturing the appeal of the horror-occult genre, ahead of the full summer season,” said Lee Jeong-geun, Naver Webtoon’s Korea webtoon content leader. “With the high school story of Hwarim and Bonggil, who left a strong impression in the film ‘Exhuma,’ enhanced by Haemuri’s characteristic tense direction, we expect it will be a welcome work for genre fans.”
“It is meaningful that the spin-off story of ‘Exhuma,’ loved by many audiences, expands by meeting the new grammar of webtoon,” said Lee Hyeon-jeong, managing director of the film business division at Showbox, which distributed the film. “We hope it will be a fresh experience for both film fans and webtoon readers.”
Exhuma was a breakout hit in 2024, becoming the first Korean occult film to surpass 10 million ticket buyers and the country’s highest-grossing film of the year. I wrote in my review that “the intricately woven Exhuma delivers one of the year’s biggest surprises in horror so far.”
The bond between Hwarim and Bonggil was one of the film’s highlights, making this prequel webtoon a must for fans.
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