everyday is halloween

bad candy [2020]

what more can be said about this halloween anthology showcase.  what's that?  you've never heard of it?  hell, neither did i, but for a couple of hours ago i was looking for horror movies on one of the streaming splatforms we subscribe to.  a movie about the high holiday?  featuring corey taylor, the lead ghoul in the band slipknot, & zach galligan, better known as billy from the wonderful - is it a christmas movie, or a halloween movie?  who cares! - cuz it is a classic from filmmaker joe dante, gremlins [1984]!  so while then these two dudes are dj's in new salem at psychotronic radio 66.6 fm on halloween night.  they are telling terror tales that may or may not be true to life.  the eponymous bad candy is a scary ass clown [are there any other kind?] who is the principal rapscallion & glue for all of these stories.  does this film work?  not as a cogent, cohesive narrative.  but if you're looking for an hour & half to kill with some cool fx & even cooler iconography of the spooky high holiday you can't go terribly wrong.  unless you've done some social wrong & then bad candy will be seeking you out!  cuz this film is not only for scaring but it is a morality tale too!  the only people that bad things happen to are bad people!  DUM DUM DA!

boo!