As we recently learned, Michael Dougherty’s Trick ‘r Treat is being released in Regal theaters on October 6, and today we’ve learned the 2009 film is also bringing Sam to AMC Theatres for the Halloween season. It comes to select AMC Theatres locations beginning October 21!
These new showings mark the FIRST TIME the film has ever released wide in theaters!
As you may recall, Warner Bros. and Legendary didn’t seem to know what to do with Michael Dougherty’s Trick ‘r Treat way back in 2007, showing the film at various festivals but not actually releasing it wide until 2009. And the film wasn’t even released in theaters at the time, instead brought direct to DVD. Oh how the times have changed, to say the very least.
Here we are 15 years later and Trick ‘r Treat has become a hugely popular fan favorite, with merchandise filling up Spirit Halloween stores every Halloween season. As Dougherty had hoped way back in 2007, Sam has become a bona fide horror and Halloween icon in the past several years, the film far exceeding any expectations Warner Bros. originally had for it.
Trick ‘r Treat features five interwoven stories that occur on Halloween…
“An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband; and a mean old man meets his match with the demonic, supernatural trick-or-treater whose name is Sam.”
The wait is over! TRICK ‘R TREAT is heading to select AMC Theatres locations beginning October 21. pic.twitter.com/XHwZ0I5EOl
— AMC Theatres (@AMCTheatres) September 27, 2022