Tales from the Darkside: Trick or Treat
1983, English. Directed by Bob Balaban.
Town miser Gideon Hackles spends Halloween hiding IOU's in his house, which he then rigs as haunted and invites local kids to search for the IOU's so he can scare them. This year, he gets his comeuppance.
- Runtime
- 0h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Bob BalabanDirector
- Paul SparerNarrator
- Barnard HughesGideon Hackles
- I.M. HobsonMr. Bindle
- Max WrightMr. Bundle
- Joe PonazeckiAtticus Kimble
- Knowl JohnsonBilly Kimble
- Brenda CurrinSarah Kimble
- Eddie JonesVictor Muldoon
- Patrick WilcoxTimmy Muldoon
- Eevin HartsoughBessie
- Nancy Ellen SutherlandBessie's Mom
- Jessica Rene CarrollRickert Kid(as Jessica Carroll)
Details
- Released
- 29 October 1983
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- George A. Romero, Franco Amurri
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Tales from the Darkside: Trick or Treat isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 29 October 1983. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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If you liked Tales from the Darkside: Trick or Treat, try American Horror House, Dark Harvest, The Boogeyman.
Who directed Tales from the Darkside: Trick or Treat?
Tales from the Darkside: Trick or Treat (1983) was directed by Bob Balaban and stars Paul Sparer, Barnard Hughes, I.M. Hobson.