The Fear: Halloween Night (1999)

Michael invites his friends to stay at his parents house for the weekend.  His hometown is the home of a legendary serial killer named the Highwayman who targeted lone motorists on the highway and tortured them until they revealed their deepest fears.  Michael's mother was murdered by the Highwayman and Michael saw it.  Nothing could possibly go wrong with this homecoming.

Michael plans to have a costume party whose theme will be dress as your worst fear.  Well that may be fine for Michael ,who is trying to face his fear, but it sounds like a drag for everyone else.

What Michael has neglected to tell his friends is that he is going to perform a ceremony using Monty, a life size Native American totem.  The ritual will involve a fear circle with everyone masquerading as their worst fear and if everything goes okay, their fears will be gone.

Monty wears a raven's claw around his neck and as long as it isn't removed, his evil in contained.  Oh, you know that's not a good idea because next thing that happens is  one of Michael's friends steals the necklace.  Now you'd think that would be apparent to Crow, the Native American taking care of Monty, but he doesn't notice until his fate is sealed.

The actors are decent, but Morty looks like a guy in a rubber suit instead of a totem made of wood.  There's not anything special about the story.  It's not the worst thing ever, but it's nothing you'll be recommending to anyone.  The best thing about the film is that Betsy Palmer plays Michael's grandmother.