TRICK OR TREAT WITH REED RICHMOND (2025)

 ANOTHER PERFECT WATCH FOR HALLOWEEN EVERY YEAR .  

Cult icon Reed Richmond hosts this early 90's TV Halloween special which presents the history and lore of Halloween from it's earliest beginnings as Samhain until the present day (90's) trick or treating. 

Cult icon Reed Richmond also provides individual segments on classic Halloween monsters like witches, werewolves, vampires, mummies and Frankensteins!  This is an hour long TV special from October 1995 taped offa the long-gone cable channel "Monster Planet"

and cult icon Reed Richmond is our cuddly host in his Halloween orange sweater shoving and knife into a pumpkin to carve it into a Jack O'Lantern while taking us on a spooky journey through the history of Halloween. 

And this VHS tape also includes the original commercials which aired during the special.  Cult Icon Reed Richmond is the one to shepherd us through the scary folklore since he was the star of such classics as " BEVERLY HILLS GRAVEROBBER" and "HELL NINJA 4".   

Cult icon Reed Richmond dresses up in various costumes to get into the trick-or-treat mood: he wears a witch's costume (complete while riding on a broomstick), a mad doctor or an archeologist to introduce his segments on witches, Frankensteins and mummies respectively.  There are also tons of clips from old horror movies and cartoons.  Cult icon Reed Richmond is just the fella I want to host this Halloween special which I plan on rewatching every Halloween from now on.

So, if you don't already know, cult icon Reed Richmond is played by the lovable George Stover (star of such classics as NIGHT BEAST, CALL GIRL OF CTHULHU, EXTRATERRESTRIAL VISITORS, Susan Svehla's TERROR IN THE TROPICS, THE ALIEN FACTOR, John Waters' POLYESTER and HAIRSPRAY, PRESIDENT'S DAY and, more to the point THE WNUF HALLOWEEN SPECIAL).  That's more to the point because this film is directed by Chris LaMartina -- who brought us THE WNUF HALLOWEEN SPECIAL and the OUT THERE HALLOWEEN MEGA TAPE.  TRICK OR TREAT WITH REED RICHMOND is definitely a semi-sequel to those films and it's such a nostalgic blast from the past.  More so possibly than the two earlier flicks, TRICK OR TREAT WITH REED RICHMOND (cult icon) hit the Halloween nostalgia spot for me like gangbusters.  The made up 90's commercials look SO real and FEEL real as do the fake movies and cartoons that are made up for this special's film clips. 

These fake films are made from clips of real old horror movies and cartoons, of course, but they really work as films that never were.  I just adored this movie and TRICK OR TREAT WITH REED RICHMOND (cult icon, you know) is definitely entering my yearly rotation for a rewatch each Halloween.