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All Hallows' Eve

Movie, 2013, Art the Clown, Set in A babysitter's VHS tape

All Hallows' Eve is #1 of 4 in release order and #1 of 4 in chronological order in the Terrifier.

The story

While watching two children on Halloween night, a babysitter finds an old VHS tape in the kids' trick or treat bag. The tape features three tales of terror, all linked together by a murderous clown.

All Hallows' Eve recap

All Hallows' Eve (2013) follows a babysitter and two children who find a VHS tape in their Halloween candy holding three stories about Art the Clown. Damien Leone writes, edits and directs, building the film around his short films The 9th Circle (2008) and Terrifier (2011), with Mike Giannelli as Art the Clown. Sarah (Katie Maguire) watches with Tia and Timmy, then sends them to bed and keeps going. In the first story, Casey (Kayla Lian) is drugged by Art at a train station and wakes chained in a hellish place, where a coven of witches performs a ritual and she is taken over by Satan. In the second, Caroline (Catherine Callahan), alone in a new country house, is hunted by an alien after something crashes nearby. In the third, a costume designer (Marie Maser) meets Art at a gas station at night and he chases her down. Art's later films start here.

All Hallows' Eve ending explained

All Hallows' Eve ends with the costume designer waking mutilated on Art's operating table. Sarah switches off the tape, but the phone rings with the woman's voice begging for help, and Art appears on the screen, banging on the glass from inside. She smashes the tape, hears the children scream, and finds them dead upstairs with "ART" written on the wall. Terrifier recasts Art and builds a full feature around him.

Where to watch All Hallows' Eve

All Hallows' Eve is streaming on Philo, AMC+, Shudder, Fawesome, and Tubi in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.

Ratings

IMDb 5.2/10

Where it fits

• Release order: first, before Terrifier.
• Chronological order: first, before Terrifier.

What to watch before All Hallows' Eve

Nothing. All Hallows' Eve is the first of the Terrifier essentials, so it's the place to start.

Cast

• Katie Maguire as Sarah
• Catherine A. Callahan as Caroline (as Catherine Callahan)
• Marie Maser as Costume Designer (archive footage)
• Kayla Lian as Casey (archive footage)
• Mike Giannelli as Art the Clown / Demon
• Sydney Freihofer as Tia
• Cole Mathewson as Timmy
• Michael Chmiel as John (voice) / Attendant (archive footage)
• Marissa Wolf as Kristen
• Minna Taylor as Sara
• Brandon deSpain as Alien
• Daniel Rodas as Man in Car (archive footage)

Directed by Damien Leone.