Diet Phantasma - frame narrative
Written and directed by Bryan M. Ferguson
In 1982, The Octagon Company (led by Blaine Rothschild) are trialing a soda called Diet Phantasma (made with poltergeist extracts), before putting product on the shelves.
Test Subject 37 takes a sip and tentacles sprout from the can, removing his jaw.
Three interludes follow, so for the purposes of simplicity.
More Subjects bite the dust and 40 vomits a black liquid and repeatedly smashes her head against room's glass window. She is subsequently torched with a flamethrower.
41 initially enjoys accursed stuff, but then spontaneously combusts, decorating room with her blood and guts.
After more carnage, a possessed 47 displays pale eyes.
Coochie Coochie Coo
Written and directed by Anna Zlokovic
Teenagers Lacie and Kaleigh are preparing to celebrate their final Halloween on Earth
A group of boys tells the girls that 'The Mommy' will get them.
They knock on the door of a house that seemingly appears out of nowhere and a female voice entices them inside.
Taking candy from a basket causes container to drop, leaving a human fetus and trails of milk.
They come across deformed adults acting like babies.
After finding Mommy has already converted Lacie into one of her own, Kaleigh resigned to her fate, voluntarily lays down in the nursery as Mommy signs a lullaby.
Ut Supra Sic Infra
Written by Paco Plaza and Alberto Marini
Directed by Paco Plaza
Following the murders during a Halloween party, police question sole survivor Enric.
Segment flashes back and forth between the investigation and the house where the murders took place.
Enric, Vicky and several others enter a cupola and find a disconnected telephone and Ut Supra Sic Infra (As Above, So Below) scrawled on wooden boards. He reads it out loud three times and the phone rings. Ignoring Vicky, he answers and has a seizure.
For the record, telephone principle is presumably lifted directly from feature-length 2014 found footage horror As Above, So Below.
Weird.
Back in the present, the police take Enric back to the house and he recites Latin phrase again. This time, an officer answers the phone, and Enric vomits the partygoers' eyeballs, before sending all to the ceiling. He takes their eyeballs and then everybody drops down.
Fun Size
Written and directed by Casper Kelly
Josh, Austin, Lauren and Haley leave a party disappointed there was no candy. In response, adults decide to go trick or treating.
Outside a house, they find a huge bowl of candy labelled 'One Per Person'.
Austin unwraps a penis shaped chocolate and takes a bite, which apparently ejaculates.
He wants more, but a hand emerges from the bowl and swallows them all.
They wake up inside a warehouse and stalked by supernatural being Fun Size.
Austin is found tied to a conveyor belt and chopped up going through the machine, with numerous body parts turned into candy.
Lauren manages to escape, but Fun Size kills her.
Later, two children take a finger from Fun Size's bowl. When one admits to breaking the rules, bowl attacks.
Kidprint
Written and directed by Alex Ross Perry
Tim Kaplan runs Kidprint from his electronics store, a children's video ID service that is meant to help identify and save missing kids.
While at a party, he's informed by a concerned mother that a young girl has gone missing, with a police officer asking him to get a video for Maria. When he arrives at the store, Tim discovers tapes of missing children being tortured or murdered. Tim is attacked by his employee Bruce Dittman.
It's revealed that Bruce used Kidprint to lure children to the basement of the store to carry out unspeakable acts. Before Maria, Bruce also captured a boy called Drew and ripped his face off.
When Tim attempts to help Maria and Drew, they assume he is Bruce's partner, and viciously stab him to death. Immediately after, Bruce kills them.
In the aftermath, Tim is labelled The Butcher of Ardmore, and having got away scot-free, Bruce commits to continuing the Kidprint service, for the sake of the children.
Home Haunt
Written and directed by Micheline Pitt-Norman and R.H. Norman
Since 1977, Keith has set up his home as a haunted house with his wife Nancy and son Zack. Keith sneaks into the back of an antique store and finds a music record called Halloween Horror.
Whilst playing, LP bursts into flames and ghosts start killing the guests.
Keith, Zack and Nancy manage to escape, but a witch grabs Zack's camera, who proceeds to murder kids out trick or treating.
The entrance of demon's mouth suddenly comes to life, breaking free from the building.
Diet Phantasma - mid-credits
47 appears saying "It's scary how good it turns out."
For internal use only
Coochie Coochie Coo was the stand out, Fun Size was probably funnier than intended and Kidprint was the darkest in terms of subject matter.
While spilling generous gore, acting throughout misses rather than hits, wraparound is among the worst and finale sucked.
Franchise is getting stale, but I'm sure Shudder will keep churning shit out.
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