The Halloween Tree (1993 TV Movie)
Leonard Nimoy: Mr. Moundshroud
Quotes
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Tom : Please sir, trick or treat.
Mr. Moundshroud : So you've tricked me, is that it? What would a treat be then, hmm?
Tom : Well, we saw our friend come in here. If you let him go, that would be a treat.
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Mr. Moundshroud : Ever wonder why we like dressing up as monsters, beasts and ornery critters?
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Mr. Moundshroud : Sweet skulls, sweet skulls, crystal sugar candy skulls. Sweet skulls, sweet skulls. Tell me your name, I'll give you a skull.
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Jenny : Notre Dame! I think we've built Notre Dame!
Wally : But this can't be Notre Dame! Can't you see what's missing? Monster faces!
Tom : You know, stone devils.
Ralph : Marble demons!
Mr. Moundshroud : Gargoyles. Ever wonder why we like dressing up as monsters, beasts and ornery critters?
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Tom : A pumpkin tree?
Mr. Moundshroud : No, a HALLOWEEN tree!
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Mr. Moundshroud : [at the end of the night] One last grand trick-or-treat!
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Mr. Moundshroud : Who are you?
Tom : The name's Tom Skelton, sir.
Mr. Moundshroud : Know why you're wearing bones, boy? Bah! Didn't think so. And you?
Ralph : My friends call me...
Mr. Moundshroud : Why so dressed up in an ancient mummy's rags, huh? Time's up! And you, the big one!
Wally : Me, sir?
Mr. Moundshroud : Why a monster's face? And what about you, girl?
Jenny : Jenny!
Mr. Moundshroud : Why are you wearing the costume of a witch? No thoughts, aye?
[moans]
Mr. Moundshroud : I'm wasting my breath. All dressed up for All Hallow's Eve, but you don't know why, or what, or even from where!
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Tom : And you, sir? Who might you be?
Mr. Moundshroud : Oh yes, of course.
[hands Tom his card]
Mr. Moundshroud : Moundshroud is the name. Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud. Is that but a fine name, children? Does it
[chuckles]
Mr. Moundshroud : ring? But I have work to do tonight, no treats, only tricks.