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{{Infobox film
| image          = All Hallows' Eve 2013 film poster.jpg
| caption        = DVD cover
| director       = [[Damien Leone]]
| producer       = Jesse Baget<br>Gary LoSavio<br>Lisandro Novillo
| writer         = Damien Leone
| story          = Damien Leone<br>Jesse Baget
| starring       = Katie Maguire<br>Catherine Callahan<br>Marie Maser<br>Kayla Lian<br>Mike Giannelli
| music          = Noir Deco
| cinematography = Christopher Cafaro<br>C.J. Eadicicco<br>George Steuber<br>Marvin Suarez
| editing        = Damien Leone
| studio         = Ruthless Pictures
| distributor    = [[RLJE Films|Image Entertainment]]
| released       = {{Film date|2013|10|29|DVD}}
| runtime        = 83 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}

'''''All Hallows' Eve''''' is a 2013 American [[Independent film|independent]] [[horror film|horror]] [[anthology film]] written, edited, and directed by [[Damien Leone]]. The film is presented as a series of shorts that two children and their babysitter discover on an unmarked videotape on [[Halloween]] night, all of which feature a [[Evil clown|homicidal clown]] named [[Art the Clown]]. The film stars Katie Maguire, Catherine Callahan, Marie Maser, and Kayla Lian, with Mike Giannelli as Art the Clown. It incorporates footage from the 2008 short film ''The 9th Circle'', as well as the 2011 short film ''Terrifier'', both of which were also directed by Leone and featured Art the Clown.

''All Hallows' Eve'' was released [[direct-to-video]] by [[RLJE Films|Image Entertainment]] on October 29, 2013, and received mixed reviews. The film was followed by the standalone anthology-sequels  ''[[All Hallows' Eve 2]]'' (2015), ''[[All Hallows' Eve: Trickster]]'' (2023), and ''[[All Hallows' Eve: Inferno]]'' (2024), which feature segments by different directors. The character of Art the Clown would later be featured as the main character of the [[Terrifier (film series)|''Terrifier'' franchise]], where the character featured in the [[Terrifier|first film]] (2016), its [[Terrifier 2|2022 sequel]], and ''[[Terrifier 3]]'' in 2024. Each installment was written and directed by Leone.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/terrifier-sequel-art-clown-release-details-bigger-budget-box-office-hit-1235383506/|title='Terrifier 3': Details Revealed For Bigger Budget Threequel After Second Film's Box Office Breakout|website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|first=Andreas|last=Wiseman|date=May 31, 2023|access-date=May 31, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3763948/terrifier-3-is-officially-happening-and-will-continue-to-push-boundaries/|title='Terrifier 3' Is Officially Happening and Will Continue to Push Boundaries!|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|first=Brad|last=Miska|date=May 31, 2023|access-date=May 31, 2023}}</ref>

==Plot==
On [[Halloween]], after a night out [[trick-or-treating]], children Tia and Timmy are surprised to find an unmarked [[VHS]] tape in their candy bag. Together with their babysitter Sarah, they watch the tape, which contains three stories featuring a [[Evil clown|homicidal clown]] named Art.

===''The 9th Circle''===
The first segment features a young woman named Casey, who is drugged and kidnapped by Art while waiting for a train. She awakens to find herself chained in a room with two other women, Kristen and Sara. When Sara is dragged away by her chain, Casey and Kristen follow her to see where their chains lead. Upon reaching the end of the chains, Casey attempts to break the chains with a large rock. A deformed humanoid appears and dismembers Kristen with a cleaver, unwittingly freeing Casey by severing her chains. She runs away and encounters a man with a shopping cart who she begs for help but the man recaptures her and she is soon tied down and surrounded by a hooded [[coven]] of [[witches]]. After watching the witches cut the fetus from the womb of a restrained pregnant woman, Casey is taken over by [[Satan]].

Sarah sends Tia and Timmy to bed and continues watching the tape by herself.

===''Something in the Dark''===
The second segment features Caroline, who has just moved into a countryside home. At night, a bright object crashes near the house and a [[power outage]] occurs. Caroline's phone and car malfunctions and she suspects that someone else is in the house. She suddenly receives a call from her husband, John, a painter, but the connection soon breaks. She discovers that she is being stalked by an [[Extraterrestrial life|alien]], and after managing to disorient it, she hides in a small room under a staircase. There, her phone rings again, alerting the alien to her location. As the alien drags her off, she pulls a sheet off of one of John's paintings, revealing an image of Art the Clown.

===''Terrifier''===
The third segment features a costume designer driving down an isolated road. Stopping at a gas station, she finds the attendant furiously kicking out Art, who had apparently smeared feces on the gas station's bathroom walls. While the attendant fills her tank and gives her directions, he hears a noise from inside the gas station. He goes inside to investigate, and when he does not return, the costume designer enters the building and sees Art chopping up his body with a hacksaw. She drives off and calls the police, but Art appears behind her seat and attempts to suffocate her with [[cellophane]]. She slams on the brakes and escapes, barricading herself inside a large shed. Art digs his way into the shed and slashes her with a makeshift whip. She stabs Art in the eye with a scalpel and in the back with a knife. She escapes again and is picked up by a man who tries to drive her to a nearby police station. Art pursues them in a car and kills the man with a handgun, causing their car to crash. After some time, the costume designer regains consciousness on a crude operating table and finds that Art has amputated her limbs and breasts and carved obscenities into her body.

===Ending===
Disturbed, Sarah turns off the TV. A home phone rings, and when Sarah answers it, she hears the costume designer from the third segment pleading for help. The television turns back on, displaying a dingy room. Art steps into the frame, approaches Sarah from within the screen, and begins to pound on the glass. Sarah then sees herself on the television screen, with Art behind her. She frantically removes the tape from the [[VCR]] and smashes it on the floor, destroying it. Shortly afterwards, she hears Tia and Timmy scream. Sarah runs upstairs and sees Art the Clown outside their room, covered in blood, laughing at her and gleefully gesturing for her to enter. Sarah covers her eyes in terror; when she uncovers them seconds later, Art has disappeared. Sarah enters the room, finding just Tia and Timmy's bodies slashed apart, and "ART" written on the wall in blood.

==Cast==

* Katie Maguire as Sarah
* Catherine Callahan as Caroline
* Marie Maser as Costume Designer
* Kayla Lian as Casey
* Mike Giannelli as [[Art the Clown]] / Demon
* Sydney Freihofer as Tia
* Cole Mathewson as Timmy
* Brandon deSpain as Alien
* Michael Chmiel as Attendant / John (voice)
* Marissa Wolf as Kristen
* Minna Taylor as Sara
*Daniel Rodas as Man in Car
*[[Christine Evangelista]] as Scarecrow
*Anna Maliere as Pregnant Woman
*Eric Diez as [[Satan]]

==Production==
{{quote box|align=right|width=35%|quote="My intention wasn't to make an anthology film. [...] This was just a reason to get 'Terrifier' onto [[DVD]] and whip it into a feature just to get it out there to get more people familiar with Art the Clown and hopefully get a little bit more of a fanbase."|source= – Damien Leone on the anthology format of ''All Hallows' Eve''.<ref name=dc>{{cite web|title=Filmmaker Damien Leone Talks All Hallows' Eve and More|url=https://dreadcentral.com/news/72865/filmmaker-damien-leone-talks-all-hallows-eve-and-more#axzz33YzjOkqR|last=Tinnin|first=Drew|date=December 17, 2013|website=[[Dread Central]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714140148/https://dreadcentral.com/news/72865/filmmaker-damien-leone-talks-all-hallows-eve-and-more#axzz33YzjOkqR|archive-date=July 14, 2014|access-date=June 3, 2014}}</ref>}}
Leone created the character of Art the Clown, who was first featured in the short film ''The 9th Circle'', which Leone wrote and directed.<ref name=fangoriaqa>{{cite web|title=Q&A: Damien Leone on "ALL HALLOWS' EVE" and "FRANKENSTEIN VS. THE MUMMY"|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/qa-damien-leone-on-all-hallows-eve-and-frankenstein-vs-the-mummy/|last=Koestner|first=Madeleine|date=December 2, 2013|work=[[Fangoria]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020210603/http://www.fangoria.com/new/qa-damien-leone-on-all-hallows-eve-and-frankenstein-vs-the-mummy/|archive-date=October 20, 2014|access-date=June 3, 2014}}</ref> The short was filmed on [[35 mm format|35 mm]] in 2006<ref name=fangoriaqa /> and premiered at the Backseat Film Festival in 2008. Leone then wrote and directed ''Terrifier'', another short film featuring Art that was released in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3412819/telluride-horror-show-16-terrifier-spring-break-zombie-massacre-windmill-reviews/|title=[Telluride Horror Show '16] 'Terrifier', 'Spring Break Zombie Massacre', 'The Windmill' Reviews|last=Barkan|first=Jonathan|date=October 31, 2016|work=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|access-date=September 19, 2019}}</ref> ''All Hallows' Eve'' producer Jesse Baget viewed the ''Terrifier'' short on [[YouTube]], prompting him to consider including it in an anthology film with shorts by other filmmakers.<ref name=dc /><ref name=fangoriaqa /> According to Leone, "I wasn't having that, and talked him into letting me shoot everything. He was totally cool with it, and allowed me to write more and use the two shorts I had already made to create a whole, cohesive film."<ref name=fangoriaqa />

''The 9th Circle'', with additional footage that was not included in the original short film, serves as the first segment of ''All Hallows' Eve'', while the ''Terrifier'' short serves as the film's third segment.<ref name=dc /> In regards to the film's second segment, Leone stated: "A lot of people ask me why we didn't do another Art the Clown story, and I felt if I gave people another 15 or 20 minutes of him killing someone, it would take away from the impact of 'Terrifier.{{'"}}<ref name=fangoriaqa /> He originally intended for the alien in the second segment to be created using [[puppetry]], but due to time and budgetary constraints, the alien was portrayed by actor Brandon deSpain in a costume.<ref name=fangoriaqa />

==Release==
''All Hallows' Eve'' was released on [[DVD]] and [[Digital distribution|digital]] by [[RLJE Films|Image Entertainment]] on October 29, 2013.<ref name=rljahe>{{cite web|url=https://us.rljentertainment.com/franchise/all-hallows-eve/|title=All Hallows' Eve|publisher=[[RLJ Entertainment]]|access-date=September 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/All-Hallows-Eve-Catherine-Callahan/dp/B00DRQETEW/|title=All Hallows' Eve|website=[[Amazon.com]]|date=29 October 2013 |access-date=September 18, 2019}}</ref> It was first released on [[Blu-ray]] as a [[double feature]] with the 2013 film ''[[Mischief Night (2013 film)|Mischief Night]]'' on September 9, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://us.rljentertainment.com/franchise/halloween-double-feature-all-hallows-eve-mischief-night/|title=Halloween Double Feature: (All Hallows' Eve, Mischief Night)|publisher=[[RLJ Entertainment]]|access-date=September 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Halloween-Feature-Hallows-Mischief-Blu-ray/dp/B00KTFJ5C0/|title=Halloween Double Feature: (All Hallows' Eve / Mischief Night)|website=[[Amazon.com]]|date=22 July 2014 |access-date=September 19, 2019}}</ref> Image re-released the film on DVD on September 13, 2016 as a double feature with the 2015 film ''All Hallows' Eve 2''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://us.rljentertainment.com/franchise/all-hallows-eve-all-hallows-eve-2-double-feature/|title=All Hallows' Eve / All Hallows' Eve 2 Double Feature|publisher=[[RLJ Entertainment]]|access-date=September 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/All-Hallows-Eve-Double-Feature/dp/B01FYKBEMI/|title=All Hallows' Eve / All Hallows' Eve 2 Double Feature|website=[[Amazon.com]]|date=13 September 2016 |access-date=September 19, 2019}}</ref> ''All Hallows' Eve'' received a standalone Blu-ray release in August 2019.<ref name=rljahe /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/All-Hallows-Blu-Ray-Catherine-Callahan/dp/B07W6CFN2X/|title=All Hallows Eve (Blu-Ray)|website=[[Amazon.com]]|date=13 August 2019 |access-date=September 19, 2019}}</ref> The film received a [[VHS]] release in September 2024 by [[RLJE Films]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=DiVincenzo |first=Alex |date=2024-09-11 |title=Before 'Terrifier'… Damien Leone's 'All Hallows Eve' Now Available on VHS! |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/home-video/3830889/before-terrifier-damien-leones-all-hallows-eve-now-available-on-vhs/ |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=Bloody Disgusting! |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Reception==
''All Hallows' Eve'' has received mixed reviews. Rod Lott of the ''[[Oklahoma Gazette]]'' wrote: "what ''All Hallows' Eve'' lacks in production value, writer/director/editor/makeup artist Damien Leone makes up for in pure passion. One can tell this guy loves the spirit of the season, and it shows in his terror trilogy, which has all the makings of becoming a minor cult hit."<ref>{{cite web|title=Oklahoma Gazette DVD Review: All Hallows' Eve / Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear |url=http://www.okgazette.com/oklahoma/article-19600-all-hallows-eve-chilling-visions-5-senses-of-fear.html|last=Lott|first=Rod|date=October 22, 2013|work=[[Oklahoma Gazette]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029014138/http://www.okgazette.com/oklahoma/article-19600-all-hallows-eve-chilling-visions-5-senses-of-fear.html|archive-date=October 29, 2013|access-date=September 13, 2018}}</ref>  A reviewer for ''[[Ain't It Cool News]]'' praised the character of Art the Clown, calling him "somewhat iconic" and "pretty terrifying", but criticized the film's "paper-thin" storyline, writing that "I can only imagine the fear would have been multiplied exponentially had the filmmakers spent as much time on the story as they did with coming up with the creepy as all get-out monster."<ref>{{cite web|title=AICN Horror extends Halloween with All Hallow's Eve! Mischief Night! Amityville 3D! Bounty Killer! The Vagrant! 2/11: Dia de Los Muertos! Idle Hands! The Pit & the Pendulum! & Skinwalker Ranch!|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/64921#10|date=November 1, 2013|website=[[Ain't It Cool News]]|access-date=September 13, 2018}}</ref>

Madeleine Koestner of ''[[Fangoria]]'' wrote that the film's first segment "makes absolutely no sense", and went on to call the second segment "inexcusably uninteresting", referring to the third segment as "easily the best of the three."<ref name=koestnerreview>{{cite web|title="All Hallows' Eve" (DVD Review)|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/all-hallows-eve-dvd-review/|last=Koestner|first=Madeleine|date=November 8, 2013|work=[[Fangoria]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019211633/http://www.fangoria.com/new/all-hallows-eve-dvd-review/|archive-date=October 19, 2014|access-date=September 13, 2018}}</ref>  She commended the special effects and character designs, and noted that "there's something legitimately creepy about this movie."<ref name=koestnerreview /> Brad McHargue of [[Dread Central]] gave the film a score of 3.5 out of 5, writing that Art could "be destined to become a horror icon", and concluding: "Through all of its flaws, [...] ''All Hallows' Eve'' shows tremendous talent both in front of and behind the camera. [...] while it's not a perfect film, it hints at a promising future for Leone and, if we're lucky, Art the Clown."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/49010/all-hallows-eve-dvd/|title=All Hallows' Eve (DVD)|last=McHargue|first=Brad|date=October 15, 2013|website=[[Dread Central]]|access-date=September 13, 2018}}</ref> Adrian Halen of HorrorNews.net called it "easily one of the scariest films I've seen this year", writing that it "tends to transcend its own setting by playing on viewers fears and sense of nightmarish realism."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://horrornews.net/81464/film-review-hallows-eve-2013/|title=Film Review: All Hallows' Eve (2013)|last=Halen|first=Adrian|date=June 23, 2016|website=HorrorNews.net|access-date=September 19, 2019}}</ref>

Tom Becker of [[DVD Verdict]] criticized the film's "unimaginative writing, uninspired acting, and tacky effects", and wrote that "It's not a bad film, especially, just not a particularly good or memorable one. [...] Worth a look if your cable is out and you've exhausted [[Netflix]] and [[Redbox]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dvdverdict.com/reviews/allhallowseve.php|title=DVD Verdict Review - All Hallows' Eve|last=Becker|first=Tom|date=October 26, 2013|website=[[DVD Verdict]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708173137/https://dvdverdict.com/reviews/allhallowseve.php|archive-date=July 8, 2014|access-date=September 19, 2019}}</ref> Felix Vasquez Jr. of Cinema Crazed called the film "a pointless exercise in the anthology format with no real stand out stories, or performances in the bunch. Even with Generic the Clown acting as the basic clothesline for all of the tales, Damien Leone's indie anthology horror film is a very forgettable and dull genre entry."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinema-crazed.com/blog/2013/12/05/all-hallows-eve-2013/|title=All Hallow's Eve (2013)|last=Vasquez|first=Felix|date=December 5, 2013|website=Cinema Crazed|access-date=September 19, 2019}}</ref>

==Sequels and spin-offs==
{{Main|All Hallows' Eve 2|Terrifier|Terrifier 2|Terrifier 3}}
''[[All Hallows' Eve 2]]'' is a standalone anthology film from Ruthless Pictures and producer/director Jesse Baget containing nine story segments, each with a different director.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenanarchy.com/2016/02/review-all-hallows-eve-2-needs-more-evil-clown.html|title=Review: ALL HALLOWS' EVE 2 Needs More Evil Clown|last=Miñano|first=Ernesto Zelaya|date=February 1, 2016|website=[[Screen Anarchy]]|access-date=May 1, 2018}}</ref> The film was released on [[Video on demand|VOD]] and digital on October 6, 2015, and had a DVD release on February 2, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/videos/3375244/all-hallows-eve-2-trailer-and-stills/|title='All Hallows' Eve 2′ Trailer and Stills Give Tricks and Treats!|last=Miska|first=Brad|date=January 4, 2016|work=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|access-date=May 1, 2018}}</ref> Two sequels, ''[[All Hallows' Eve: Trickster]]'' and ''[[All Hallows' Eve: Inferno]]'', were released in 2023 and 2024, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3786584/all-hallows-eve-trickster-opens-up-halloween-hell-on-tubi-today-watch-the-trailer-here/|title='All Hallows' Eve: Trickster' Opens Up Halloween Hell on Tubi Today; Watch the Trailer Here|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|first=John|last=Squires|date=October 31, 2023|access-date=November 1, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/all-hallows-eve-inferno-steve-barton-interview/|title=All Hallows' Eve: Inferno's Steve Barton On Building Roster Of Indie Shorts & Art The Clown's Absence|website=[[Screen Rant]]|first=Grant|last=Hermanns|date=October 29, 2024|access-date=November 20, 2024|archive-date=November 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241120091508/https://screenrant.com/all-hallows-eve-inferno-steve-barton-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref>

A spin-off, full-length film featuring Art the Clown, titled ''[[Terrifier]]'', was released in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmjournal.com/scary-movies-x-return-film-society-lincoln-center-horror-film-festival|title=Scary Movies X: The return of the Film Society of Lincoln Center horror film festival|last=Monder|first=Eric|date=July 12, 2017|work=[[Film Journal International]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808032737/http://www.filmjournal.com/scary-movies-x-return-film-society-lincoln-center-horror-film-festival|archive-date=August 8, 2017|access-date=September 19, 2019}}</ref> ''Terrifier'' was followed by ''[[Terrifier 2]]'', which released in 2022 and a second sequel, ''[[Terrifier 3]]'', released in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3763948/terrifier-3-is-officially-happening-and-will-continue-to-push-boundaries/|title='Terrifier 3' Is Officially Happening and Will Continue to Push Boundaries!|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|first=Brad|last=Miska|date=May 31, 2023|access-date=November 1, 2023}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of films set around Halloween]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{Mojo title|allhallowseve}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|all_hallows_eve}}

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