Heavy Metal Horror Staple ‘Trick or Treat’ Slashes into Standard 4K UHD

For those who missed out on Red Shirt Pictures and Synapse Films’ Trick or Treat limited edition 4K UHD — which sold out of all 6,666 copies in record time — a standard edition is coming on March 11, 2025.

It’s been newly restored in 4K from the original 35mm camera negative, approved by director of photography Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood), with Dolby Vision. Lossless DTS-HD Master Audio of the original 2.0 theatrical mix and an all-new 5.1 surround sound mix are included.

Marc Price and Tony Fields star in the 1986 Halloween slasher with special appearances by heavy metal icons Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne.

Charles Martin Smith (Air Bud) directs from a script written by Michael S. Murphey, Joel Soisson (Dracula 2000), and Rhet Topham (976-Evil).

Special Features include:

• Audio commentary with director Charles Martin Smith, moderated by filmmaker Mark Savage
• Rock & Shock: The Making of Trick or Treat – New retrospective with director Charles Martin Smith, actors Marc Price, Glen Morgan, Elise Richards, and Larry Sprinkle, writer/producer Joel Soisson, costume designer Jill Ohanneson, assistant set costumer Francine Decoursey, construction foreman Tom Jones, Jr., special make-up effects artist Everett Burrell, music executive producer Stephen E. Smith, composer Christopher Young, and a special appearance by Gene Simmons
• Audio interviews with writer/producer Michael S. Murphey and writer Rhet Topham, moderated by film historian Michael Felsher
• Audio conversation with Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s authors Paul Corupe and Allison Lang
• In The Spotlight: A Tribute to Tony Fields, featuring interviews with the late actor’s family and friends
• Horror’s Hallowed Grounds: The Filming Locations of Trick or Treat with Sean Clark
• “After Midnight” music video by Fastway
• Theatrical Trailers, TV Spots and Radio Spots
• Still Gallery featuring optional audio interview with still photographer Phillip V. Caruso
• Vintage electronic press kit

In the film, “After heavy metal superstar Sammi Curr dies a violent death, his spirit returns to teenage outcast Eddie get even with his high school tormentors. In doing so, Sammi begins to gain control over Eddie’s life and brings him deeper into the world of the occult. When Eddie realizes that he has become the tool of Sammi’s vengeance, he attempts to stop him, and the horrifying events that follow leave no one unscathed.”

The first pressing of Trick or Treat includes a slipcover along with reversible artwork.