This year, he gets his comeuppance. However, real paranormal events soon unfold in the house. Town miser Gideon Hackles spends Halloween hiding IOU's in his house, which he then rigs as haunted and invites local kids to search for the IOU's so he can scare them. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin.
Romero’s pilot episode, “Trick or Treat”, was a morality tale that set the tone for the series. This year, he gets his comeuppance.
1 of 3 people found this review helpful. With Barnard Hughes, I.M. Was this review helpful to you? Title Original air date "Trick or Treat" October 29, 1983 (): A rich and spiteful old man named Gideon Hackles whose obsession for documenting and exploiting debts owed to him, annually offers trick-or-treaters the chance to search his house on Halloween night for their parents' IOUs, only to terrify them with animatronic "ghosts". TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE: TRICK OR TREAT was written by George A. Romero. This year, he gets his comeuppance.
Billy travels back home, walking past the old man's grave. I just wish that Willy Tanner would have gotten off his ass and pounded Hackles into hamburger. Town miser Gideon Hackles spends Halloween hiding IOU's in his house, which he then rigs as haunted and invites local kids to search for the IOU's so he can scare them. Talesfromthedarkside Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community.Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat.
Directed by Bob Balaban.
Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero; it was released in 1984. "Trick or Treat" is the pilot episode of the television anthology series Tales from the Darkside, co-written by George A. Romero and directed by Bob Balaban. Tales From the Darkside–Trick or Treat! This is the sort of episode that must have scared a lot of kids and some adults. It is about a wealthy man who lends his money in exchange for IOUs and a chance to terrify the debtors’ children. Similar to Amazing Stories, The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, The Outer Limits, Tales From The Crypt, and Lee Martin's The Midnight Hour, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. I highly recommend this one. Revisit these iconic summer movies, from coming-of-age favorites, to whirlwind romances, to camp slashers.Keep up with all the biggest announcements and updates with IMDb's breaking news roundup of Comic-Con@Home 2020.Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site?
Hobson, Max Wright, Joe Ponazecki. Gideon rigs his house with fake monsters and uses them to scare the trick-or-treaters; he sadistically mocks the frightened children through an antiquated speaker system.
Most of the children who try to search the house—taken against their will by desperate parents—quickly flee in terror, their failure relished by Gideon. Gideon Hackles (Barnard Hughes) is an elderly miser who keeps the residents of his rural town mired in debt.
It was originally aired in syndication by Tribune Broadcasting on October 29, 1983. TRICK OR TREAT is the pilot episode of the TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE and it sets off the format ably, with twists, turns, a creepy atmosphere, and a flesh-and-blood fiend.
Town miser Gideon Hackles spends Halloween hiding IOU's in his house, which he then rigs as haunted and invites local kids to search for the IOU's so he can scare them.
Movie details. Not long after scaring off another trick-or-treater, Gideon encounters a mysterious Billy, confident that he can find his parents' IOUs, sneaks off to Gideon's house against his father's wishes.
Once he arrives, Billy is greeted by the witch, who gives him both the papers and Gideon's valuables before flying off into the night. Use the HTML below. Thematically it's very similar to the later episode HALLOWEEN CANDY, which I happened to watch first, in which somebody who hates trick or treaters finds themselves getting their just desserts.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends.
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The visuals are very good and the bad guy is very unlikable.