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Queer Horror Short ‘A Halloween Trick’ Set to Premiere on Dekkoo This Halloween!
This Halloween season, your most anticipated treat might turn out to be the deadliest trick of all.
Writer/director Michael Varrati‘s (Tales of Poe, The Office is Mine) A Halloween Trick is making its exclusive debut on Dekkoo, a gay entertainment streaming platform, on October 30. The film was created and produced as a Dekkoo original short, intended to add some “festive fright, a sprinkle of sex appeal, and a solid lesson about being a good neighbor” to this most spooky of seasons.
“It goes without saying that I’m a huge fan of Halloween and anytime I can tell a story set during that time of year, it hits a sweet spot for me,” says Varrati. “With A Halloween Trick, I kept returning to the idea of how the queer community really embraces the holiday…and how empowering that can be, but also occasionally dangerous, because we frequently throw caution to the wind in the pursuit of a good time. For me, this is a story with a social message, but also with that horror bite. A Halloween Trick is my version of the ‘Boy Who Cried Wolf’ fable intersecting with the world of EC Comics. It’s a reminder to be better to those around us…and to ourselves.”
A Halloween Trick stars Tiffany Shepis (Victor Crowley, Tales of Halloween), Ben Baur (Hunting Season, The Office is Mine), Matt Pascua (Wild, Where We Go From Here), Daniel Plotner (HBO’s Euphoria) and Sean Keller (co-writer of All That We Destroy and Giallo, composer of The Killer Sounds of Halloween).
In the film, an oversexed party boy (Baur) finds himself at odds with his quiet neighbor (Shepis) in the days leading up to Halloween. However, he soon discovers that their miscommunication may have deadly consequences when he accidentally invites the wrong man home for the night.”
A Halloween Trick is executive produced by Derek Curl and Brian Sokel, produced by Brandon Kirby (I’m Fine, Is This a Date), features mask design and blood effects work by acclaimed drag performer Vander Von Odd (The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula), and cinematography and score by Andrew J. Ceperley (Narcos: Mexico).
A Halloween Trick is set to debut on October 30th, 2019, on Dekkoo.
The Wayans are out to cancel the Cancel Culture with Scary Movie, and the cast assures it will do just that.
“They sort of have an across-the-board style,” Anna Faris tells EW. “It’s always been a part of the Wayans Brothers, their electricity. ‘Can we offend you? Will you still love us? Come on, you still love us, don’t you?'”
Regina Hall concurs, promising the “boundary-pushing” sixth installment in the horror parody franchise will “offend everyone.”
EW has shared a batch of behind-the-scenes images from Scary Movie, which hits theaters June 5 via Paramount.
Faris and Hall are joined by fellow franchise favorites Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Dave Sheridan, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, Chris Elliott, and Jon Abrahams in the legacy sequel.
The ensemble includes Damon Wayans Jr., Gregg Wayans, Kim Wayans, Benny Zielke, Cameron Scott Roberts, Heidi Gardner, Olivia Rose Keegan, Ruby Snowber, Savannah Lee Nassif, Sydney Park, Kenan Thompson, and Felissa Rose.
Michael Tiddes (A Haunted House) directs from a script by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, original Scary Movie director Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans (Scary Movie 2), and Rick Alvarez (A Haunted House).
The film will slash through reboots, remakes, requels, prequels, sequels, spin-offs, elevated horror, origin stories, anything with the word legacy in it, and every “final chapter” that absolutely isn’t final.
Scary Movie launched in 2000, followed by Scary Movie 2 in 2001. The Wayans’ involvement ended there, but the series continued with 2003’s Scary Movie 3, 2006’s Scary Movie 4, and 2013’s Scary Movie 5.
Regina Hall & Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans & Regina Hall on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Michael Tiddes & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Regina Hall & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
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