Short films are the oldest form of motion picture, so I thought Jupiter Beagle could use some reviews of shorts. The first review up, for the second day of the 20 Days of Halloween celebration, is a relatively new form of short film: the flash cartoon.
In Homestarloween Party, the namesake of homestarrunner.com, Homestar Runner, throws a Halloween costume party. The characters all show up in various costumes, based on pop culture from the past. Homestar Runner fans should note that Homsar, the series’ “secret guy” was not a part of the main cast as of this cartoon, so there’s no Easter egg costume here. The residents of Free Country, USA decide to take turns telling a scary story, which ends up being not scary at all due to the story being twisted with each character’s personality quirks.
This is the beginning of the very popular Homestar Halloween shorts, and much like The Simpsons Tree House of Horror, the first one is excellent, but the better ones are still to come.
Final Verdict:
Three and one half out of Five
Tags: comedy, halloween, homestar runner, short films, strong bad
