Halloween Candy

Title screen.

Season 2: Episode 5

Production Details

Directed by: Tom Savini

Written by: Michael McDowell

Mr. Killup: Roy Poole

Michael Killup: Tim Choate

Medical Examiner: David Varnay

Goblin: John Edward Allen

Children: Gary Pratt

Plot

A crabby old man would rather be mean to children than to deliver them Halloween candy.

Act I

It is Halloween.  Kids are trick or treating and getting plenty of candy.  

Michael Killup is visiting his elderly father.  He takes his father's cigarrette away, but Mr. Killip simply lights another one.  Mr. Killip tells his son that he hates Halloween and kids begging for candy.  He complains that the children soak his windows and toilet paper his trees, but Michael tells him that is simply because he did

Give out the candy!

not give them any candy.  Mr. Killip doesn't think that the kids should expect candy, but his son informs him that they do because his mom always gave the kids candy.  Michael admits that even when he was a child, he played tricks on those who would not give out candy.

Michael goes into the kitchen and begins sorting out the Halloween candy into bowls.  As he does, Mr. Killip mentions that he is now the meanest man on the block.  Michael closes the refrigerator, remarking that it has not closed correctly in nine years.  When Mr. Killip asks him what he is doing, Michael brings the candy into the living room, telling his dad to give it out because he does not want to end up cleaning up the soaped windows or cleaning out the toilet paper from the trees.  He tells his father he brought some Halloween candy to give out.  Mr. Killip feels it is a waste of money.  Michael insists that his father give out the candy and that he is completely capable of doing so.  Michael makes the point that Halloween does not last forever; it is only one night a year and is over by eight PM.  Mr. Killip still does not want to do it.  In fact, he mentions that if he is lucky one of the trick of treaters will drop dead on his porch of a sugar overdose.

When Michael is getting ready to leave, Mr. Killip asks him to lock up the windows.  He says he does not

The meanest man.

want children to try to get in the house when he doesn't give them candy.  Michael again tells him that the solution to this is to simply give out the candy.  Mr. Killip gets up and slowly makes his way over to the window.  He opens up the blinds, showing the lock.  With a sigh, Michael locks the window.  He then takes a tootsie roll and gives it to his father.

As Michael is headed to the door, Mr Killip is still complaining about the trick or treaters.  He feels that once the door bells begin ringing, they go on forever.  Michael tells his fathr that he has always been welcome to move in with him.  Mr. Killip, however, thinks that if he is not at home to protect the house, the kids would burn it down.  Michael tells his father that he will be back the following evening since there is almost no food in the house. Mr. Killip admits that he is always feeling hungry.  He says there is nothing else for him to do but eat. Michael tells his father to not eat all the candy himself, and he leaves.  

As Michael is leaving, Mr. Killip opens up his front door.  He asks his son to bring him some waffles when he comes back; real frozen ones, not ones that are pulled out of a carton.  Michael tells him that he wants to see all of the Halloween candy gone when he gets back.  He tells his father that if he is not nice to the children, he will deserve whatever he gets from them.  He closes his father's sweater, the two exchange an almost friendly glance and then Michael leaves.

ACT II

The child in the bunny costume from the beginning of the show knocks on Mr. Killip's door.  The old man opens the door and the child asks for candy.  Mr. Killip says he is sick, and points to his neck brace.  He asks the kid why he is bothering him.  Mr. Killip says he does not have any candy and would not give the kid any candy even if he did.  He closes the door.

No treat? Here's a trick.

Once alone, the trick or treater puts his basket down and takes out a spray can of paint.  As he is shaking it up, Mr. Killip opens the door back up.  He tells the child that he knows all of th child's tricks and that the police are on their way.  The child in the bunny suit runs out.

Mr. Killip returns to his chair.  The moment that he sits down, his door bells is ringing again.  This time there is a clown trick or treater at the door.   Mr. Killip answers the door, telling the kid to leave.  He tells the child that there is no free food there and if any children soap his windows, he will call the police.  The clown runs off.

As soon as Mr. Killip closes the door, the bell rings again.  He opens it up and there is a child in a different costume of a devil.  He assumes it is the clown child again, and at first asks the child if he just changed his mask.  Rather than wait for an answer, he simply closes the door.  Mr. Killip ignores the ringing bell and tells the child to "go to Hell."

The trick or treaters do not leave Mr. Killip alone, so he develops a trick of his own.  He takes honey, glue

Goblin candy.

and mayonnaise and mixes them together.  Mr. Killip goes back to the door and the devil child is still there.  Mr. Killip says that he has goblin candy for the boy and pours the concoction into his bag.  

ACT III

As the night continues and the trick or treaters stop coming around, Mr. Killip falls asleep in his chair.  His television is showing white snow and a few shots of a goblin face appear on the screen.  He is woken up by the sound of his door buzzer.  Looking at his watch, Mr. Killip notes that it is 11:30 PM.  

Mr. Killip lights a cigarrette as the door buzzer continues to go off.  He then gets up from his chair and walks over to the front door of the house.  Looking through his blinds, he sees that there is no one on his front porch.  His door buzzer continues to ring, however.  Mr. Killip walks over to the door, which then opens on its own.  

Standing outside his door is a short creature.  In a gruff voice, the creature says "Trick or treat."  Mr. Killip tells the creature several things.  He says that it won't get any candy because it is too late, and that he never had any candy to give out anyway.  Mr. Killip then closes the door in the face of the trick or treater.  The

The kid who won't go away.

door buzzer keeps ringing and the door knob continues to move as if the creature is trying to turn it from the other side.  Mr. Killip starts backing away from the door, telling the trick or treater to go away.  He looks through the blinds and sees a bizarre creature looking in at him.  He then closes the blinds.  

Mr. Killip walks back over to the door.  He tells this creature to go home, but it responds "No."  Mr. Killip opens the door and tells the creature that it is too late for him to be out trick or treating and to go home and tells its mother that it is a wicked child.  As Killip tries to close the door, the creature opens it back up.  It walks in the door, repeated its request for a trick or treat.  The creature walks in and goes over to the candy dish.  It grabs some of the candy.  

Mr. Killip attempts to stop the creature from taking any candy.  He tries to grab it, but the creature hrabs his arm and knocks his watch off. It then does a back flip and lands outside on his porch.  It then jumps up on

He won't take no for an answer.

the porch railing and waves to Mr. Killip as the door closes.  Killip reopens the door, but when he sees nothing there, he simply closes it again.  

Walkin back into his house, Mr. Killip accidentally steps on his watch.  The glass cracks.  Killip picks up the watch and holds it to his ear.  It is broken.  Killip says, "Damn kids."

ACT IV

Later that Halloween evening, Mr. Killip is watching television.  He notices the burlap bag that the creatre dropped on the floor, moving as if something is inside it.  Cautiously, he gets out of his chair and approaches the bag.  Little bugs start crawling out of the bag and scamper across the floor.  

Killip walks over to his table and picks up his phone.  He calls Michael, but instead realizes he has called for the time.  He hangs up, redials the phone and again has called for the time.  In his attempt to dial the operator, Killip again only gets the time.  It's still midnight.

Killip falls asleep in his chair.  Later, the clock still reads midnight.  His television is still showing snow.  There is a flash and the sound of the creature saying "Killip."  Killip wakes up and looks around the house.  He feels like he had to have slept for hours and assumes that it must be breakfast time.  He slowly gets up and walks over to the phone.  Picking it up, it gives the time as midnight without even having to be dialed.  KIllip sets the phone back in its cradle.

Killip remarks that he still feels like he must have slept for hours.  He looks around and cannot understand

A not so yummy egg.

why it still seems to be midnight.  All the clocks have also stopped at midnight.  Killip remarks that he feels like he has not eaten in days.  His refrigerator door opens and an egg falls out and breaks on the floor.  Many roaches come out of the cracked egg and scurry around on the floor.

Killip walks over to his sink and makes him a glass of water.  There are many roaches all over his house.  As he drinks the water, the creature from earlier looks in through his window at Killip.  When he turns to look at it, the creature disappears.  Killip remarks that the creature cannot be wearing a mask.  He looks down at his glass of water and sees that it is a glass of roaches.  Kilip drops the glass on the floor.

The door buzzer starts to ring again, while the operator's voice states that the time is still midnight.  Killip grabs a bat and makes his way over to the door.