Season’s Greetings 2 Trailer Brings Sam Back for Halloween
Season’s Greetings 2: Mischief Night has arrived as a new grindhouse-style trailer from Michael Dougherty, bringing Halloween icon Sam back to animation. The October 30 video is part of Sam: The Soul of Halloween, Dougherty’s monthlong celebration of the character’s 30th anniversary.
The teaser adopts the look of an old exploitation-film preview, with ominous imagery, missing-person posters and a return appearance by the sack-masked trick-or-treater. Dougherty directed the trailer, with animation by Cyrus T. Hayley at Dragline Pictures and music by Alexander Taylor.
Does Season’s Greetings 2 Confirm a Full Sequel?
Not at this stage. The trailer’s description ends with a deliberately uncertain ‘COMING SOON… ?’ and no full-length production, distribution deal or release date has been confirmed.
Sam first appeared in Dougherty’s 1996 hand-drawn short Season’s Greetings, years before becoming the face of Trick ‘r Treat. The new official Sam project has spent October releasing animated shorts, artwork and collaborations that return the character to those independent roots.
For more on the character, browse TFR’s Trick ‘r Treat stories. The Mischief Night teaser is available here.
