Trick or Treats1982

Horror Vault's take

On a creepy Halloween night, a babysitter finds herself at her wit's end dealing with a relentlessly mischievous young charge who seems determined to make her evening a living nightmare. But juvenile pranks are the least of her worries — somewhere out in the dark, a dangerous man who belongs behind locked asylum walls is making his way back home. Equal parts holiday atmosphere and slow-building dread, this early-eighties slasher leans into the vulnerability of being alone in a stranger's house when something truly threatening closes in. It's a modest but earnest entry in the golden age of Halloween-set horror.

Content: Violence, Threat To A Child Caregiver, Depictions Of Mental Illness Stigma