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1/10
The acting is Truly terrible
adamwho19 December 2013
I thought this would be a good, funny kids movie for the family but it turned out to be the biggest bunch of crap I have ever seen.

Seriously, the writing, story, the acting, the filming and even the music are worse than porn levels of terrible.

It isn't even good-bad like Tremors 3, it is just poorly put together and executed. It is a case study in failed film making.

The only thing even remotely interesting is the weird sexual tension between the teens... and the dog and the mother. The long scene of the mother scratching her boyfriend that turned into a dog with the Sesame Street-like music in the background is just fetish material.

If you doubt this, go check it out on net-flix.
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1/10
A Terrible Kiddy Halloween Movie!!!
Pumpkin_Man29 August 2013
Warning: Spoilers
Well, it's 2 months til Halloween and I started it off early with a crapfest called A Halloween Puppy. It was boring, slow, dull, and bland. It took 27 minutes for Eric Roberts to turn into a dog. Almost every other scene, the mom is playing the dog inside the house or outside. (She can't make up her mind where she wants to be) The crew of this film filmed scenes at daylight and used them for nightime scenes and put a blue filter up, hoping kids wouldn't notice. This was obviously filmed in spring. There were barely any Halloween decorations. Cindy Brady even makes a cameo as a witch. I would not recommend A HALLOWEEN PUPPY!!!
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1/10
Get ready, I have a list...
brightasb24 September 2016
This movie is terrible. The puppy pictures sucked us in. About 10 minutes in I realized we made a mistake, but by that time my kids were invested. Where to start...the college-aged son's giddiness over "Halloween movie night", the exposed microphones, they wear the same clothes every day, the "night" scenes filmed at day, the 1 dog in the movie is full grown, but they keep calling it a puppy. The budget must have not called for a tailor, because poor Molly had to cuff her jeans, and I don't mean in the trendy way. I lost count how many times Molly called someone "weird". The mom eats grass with the "puppy". Plus, my own weird feeling that any minute it was going to turn into an adult film. I'm highly disappointed in Cindy Brady. She must have owed the director a favor.
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1/10
Totally Unacceptable
wolfalli25 July 2015
I would not recommend "A Halloween Puppy", and here is why:

-It is a crap fest -Too much sexual tension for a children's movie -Too much of the budget spent on hiring the mob boss from the Dark Knight to play Ted -The teenage girl was out of his league (like, way out of his league) -Who gave the dog a collar? Where did Ted's clothes go? Why did Ted turn into a female dog? -Same music replayed over and over -The dog's mouth wasn't even moving when Ted was talking... -Why isn't Ted more freaked out that he turned into a dog? "I'm a puppy, what?" -This is not nearly as good as Smart House -Why did the mom eat grass when the dog was screaming about chipmunks?
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1/10
So many questions.
lukasmcsherry28 October 2018
Why? Who? How did this get made? This is truly one of my favourite bad movies. It is up there with The Room for me. The twins!! What? "There gonna beat us up!" What?
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1/10
Bad
mikemit-0704331 October 2018
Its bad and not funny it went from day to night at a nighttime scene.
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1/10
Don't... unless you're into weird/bad movies.
jandsm53219 May 2023
The problem is, if you're a parent, you're probably here because you picked up the movie at a thrift sale because had a cute puppy and the word magic... by then it's probably too late.

We did exactly this, our library had it in their old books sale, unopened, so we tossed it on the pile of movies $2 a bag.

The kids were watching the new movies on a Saturday morning and they got about 20 minutes into this one and I was suspicious. This movie did not feel right. The last straw was the comment of "eating candy and pretending it is human flesh" from the weirdly Halloween-obsessed main character. It's like he's got the enthusiasm and obsession of a 5 year old, but add in the fearsome gore that an adult might seek.

I looked up the movie here and found indeed, it's made by a director that makes porn and gory horror movies. The fact that he made a few talking animal movies targeted at kids is suspect. Add in the deceptive marketing on each movie of cute animals that aren't at all in the movie and in my opinion this is an attempt at child grooming. No way the director is just that bad at making kid movies.

Our copy is now in the trash. I'm not interested in letting our kids watch it.
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10/10
it was "suckfest in the woods"
livcate7 November 2016
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first off, Linda needs to cool it. second, ted needs to brush his hair. third, there was 10 minutes of clips of them driving in a car. fourth, THE TWINS! fifth,my kids haven't woken up from the grief stricken coma this movie has placed upon them, in my time of horror, only Linda has come to my aid. her plentiful wardrobe compared to the other characters saved my life. i would recommend this movie to everyone!!!!!!!! #yolo #swag #suckfest #mollylikesscifi #whydidthismovieseemlikeporn #muffinwasthegreatestattraction #iwillhavenightmaresofthetwins #iveseenthismovie5times #andeverytimeitgetsalittlebitbetter #imforserious #iforgotmyhomeworkatschool #killme #afteriwatchedthismovieiknewthat anythingwaspossible so to conclude, show this movie to your grandparents and children, great for all ages, i am a hip young cool teenager, just chilling in cedar rapids
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10/10
THE BEST
amelialarson6 November 2021
My kids have asked to watch this movie every millisecond of every day of every month of every year since October second, two thousand and twelve. They even dressed themselves and the dog as the characters for Halloween. EVERY NEIGHBOR GAVE THEM EXTRA CANDY for their costumes. It is a world wide phenomenon that even newborn babies will love. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for creating such an authentic, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Cinematic experience. I am forever in debt to the directors for this life changing experience. I owe you my life.
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10/10
Absolutely Groundbreaking
vaughanestelle-608005 January 2023
Lets get this straight... I married 8 times to 8 different men. When i showed them this movie and ALL of them disliked...i divorced immediately. I had never felt such resentment towards a man in my whole life. Thats when i realized No one will ever make me as happy as this movie has. This movie changed the trajectory of my life singlehandedly. I think this movie....though severely underrated... has the potential to shake the ground of cinema as we know it. The Godfather has nothing on this completely immersive experience of a film. A puppy....a halloween puppy...is ..dare i say...what we all need. In our lives. This movie will take over the world, globally.
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