Trick or Treat
What are you afraid of? It's only rock & roll.
Eddie Weinbauer, a metalhead teen who is bullied at school, looks to his heavy metal superstar idol, Sammi Curr, for guidance.When Curr is killed in a hotel fire, Eddie becomes the recipient of the only copy of his unreleased album, which, when played backwards, brings the rocker back to life.
- Director
- Charles Martin Smith
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $7M
Who's in it
Cast
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18 billed performers
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Eddie Weinbauer, a metalhead teen who is bullied at school, looks to his heavy metal superstar idol, Sammi Curr, for guidance. When Curr is killed in a hotel fire, Eddie becomes the recipient of the only copy of his unreleased album, which, when played backwards, brings the rocker back to life. As Halloween approaches, Eddie begins to realize that this isn't only rock 'n roll...It's life and death.
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Box Office & Release
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- Worldwide gross
- $7M
- Release date
- Oct 24, 1986
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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