PRE-BUILD INVENTORY · OCTOBER 26, 2026

The dates.
The evidence.

Trick ’r Treat / Sam: research table, product / access matches and inspection gaps.

VERIFICATION STATUS

Broad coverage.
Open questions.

37 catalogue records; 35 indexed works. Shared branch points, embedded scenes and anthology containers are distinguished.

A research edition, not a completed full-interior audit. A missing date remains an inspection gap until the actual work has been checked.

Inventory / contradiction checks

Chosen for current October 13 Witching Hours release and Halloween 2026 exhibitor dates; checked existing catalogue to avoid duplication.
Original licensed text, not database summaries, supplies 1640 / 1853 / 1955 comic dates. Full unavailable page images are not claimed inspected.
Reviewed all four artist-hosted Monster Mash pages and four publisher-posted Halloween Country proofs; no exact date fabricated from the art.
One history contains historical prequels, modern overlapping windows and the canonical future. Canon uncertainty is not automatically a separate universe.
Film and its graphic adaptation share a story position; collections are access editions rather than repeated stories. The 15th-anniversary bonus is not confused with the ten-year collection.
Modern promotional material uses actual holidays / seasons on date rails. No real release year substituted for an unknown fictional year.
Current Witching Hours titles, changed credits and delayed deluxe delivery supersede early campaign listings. Omnibus cannot be offered as if it contained Witching Hours.
Pre-build research table must be reviewed before approval; new shorts / original-interior gaps remain explicit.

Verification still required

Full films and most shorts not watched; legal sampled comic OCR is not a full visual interior audit. Exact modern prop dates and complete anthology endings remain open.
15th-anniversary exclusive story title / period needs original interior. Do not invent its modern setting or silently omit it.
Remaining current Sam uploads, retired Bunnies / FEARnet cuts, promotional cinematics and companion-book comic strips require narrative and duplicate comparison. This guide does not claim every publicly indexed upload has been fully inspected.
Witching Hours final interior unavailable without purchase / backer access. Four public Halloween Country proof images inspected, not every final page. Exact year remains estimated.
Amazon film / new anthology standalone product matches not fully verified; official access destinations supplied. Ten-year omnibus title verified; current availability and regional access not guaranteed.

RESEARCH TABLE BEFORE PAGE BUILD

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Entry	Media / release	Story date	Canon / continuity	Placement / inspection	Sources	Edition / viewing match
Days of the Dead — SeedA threatened romance unfolds during a witch hunt.	ComicReleased 2015	October 24–31, 1640Relative / stated chronology	Confirmed canonSam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Original legal text starts Ireland, October 24, 1640, then prints October 31st. The year is stated, not inferred from a general witch-trial era. Images unavailable in that reader; no full interior inspection claimed.Read original date-caption OCR in the legally exposed Google Books search; complete lettered pages unavailable.	Legendary — four official prequels Days of the Dead — legal Google Books text sample Days of the Dead — story inventory	Trick ’r Treat Omnibus — film adaptation + Days of the DeadVerified containing edition; includes these stories together. It does not contain Witching Hours or the exclusive fifteenth-anniversary bonus. Check availability and condition.
Days of the Dead — Corn MaidenA frontier family encounters an unfamiliar harvest tradition.	ComicReleased 2015	October 29, 1853 onward; autumn journeyRelative / stated chronology	Confirmed canonSam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Original caption identifies Illinois and October 29, 1853. The date is the opening, not proof every later panel occurs on that day.Original caption and Halloween dialogue read in legal text snippets; complete interior unavailable.	Legendary — four official prequels Days of the Dead — legal Google Books text sample Days of the Dead — story inventory	Trick ’r Treat Omnibus — film adaptation + Days of the DeadVerified containing edition; includes these stories together. It does not contain Witching Hours or the exclusive fifteenth-anniversary bonus. Check availability and condition.
Witching Hours — Halloween CountryRanch hands interrupt a ritual in Wyoming.	ComicReleased 2026	Harvest season; calendar era unverifiedPlacement unresolved	Confirmed canonSam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Four rural / cowboy page proofs have no printed year. Cowboy clothing alone cannot distinguish the Old West from a modern ranch; final interior needed before narrowing this period.All four publicly posted draft proof images visually inspected; remaining final interior not inspected.	Simon & Schuster — Witching Hours Legendary — public Halloween Country page proofs	View Witching Hours editionExact official 168-page paperback, ISBN 9781681161389. Amazon US product match not verified; the older omnibus does not contain these new stories.
Days of the Dead — EchoesA Los Angeles mystery turns toward the supernatural.	ComicReleased 2015	October 30, 1955 onward; Halloween investigationRelative / stated chronology	Confirmed canonSam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Original date caption supplies the year. It dates the opening, not every later panel.Read original printed-date OCR from legal search; full lettered pages not exposed.	Days of the Dead — legal Google Books text sample Simon & Schuster — Days of the Dead Days of the Dead — story inventory	Trick ’r Treat Omnibus — film adaptation + Days of the DeadVerified containing edition; includes these stories together. It does not contain Witching Hours or the exclusive fifteenth-anniversary bonus. Check availability and condition.
Trick ’r Treat — school-bus massacre recollectionThe town’s earlier tragedy becomes a Halloween legend. · Embedded segment	Film segmentReleased 2007	October 31, 1977Relative / stated chronology	Confirmed canonSam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Optional flashback inside the feature, counted with its containing film. Exact 1977 date reported in the scene account; full scene not directly viewed in this audit.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	School-bus story — creator discussion / scene account	Trick ’r Treat — Arrow limited-edition 4K UHDCorresponding Arrow disc via the edition review’s verified Amazon redirect. Includes the film and selected narrative extras; verify format, condition and exact contents. Not the unrelated 1986 Trick or Treat.
Days of the Dead — Monster MashSmall-town pranksters meet monsters beyond their costumes.	ComicReleased 2015	Modern era; Halloween night, before the feature per publisherRelative / stated chronology	Confirmed canonSam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Modern clothes, houses and vehicles appear in the artist’s four preview pages. Publisher calls the collection prequels; no specific year forced between 1977 and the feature. Broad era can overlap other modern entries.Viewed four original unlettered interior pages; no exact story year visible.	Legendary — four official prequels Zid — actual public comic-page previews Days of the Dead — story inventory	Trick ’r Treat Omnibus — film adaptation + Days of the DeadVerified containing edition; includes these stories together. It does not contain Witching Hours or the exclusive fifteenth-anniversary bonus. Check availability and condition.
Days of the Dead — grandfather / granddaughter framing storyA grandfather introduces the tales to a younger listener. · Embedded segment	Comic segmentReleased 2015	Modern era; Halloween storytellingRelative / stated chronology	Confirmed canonSam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Frame bridges the historical stories; its telling is not placed in 1640 merely because Seed opens the collection. Calendar year unverified.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Days of the Dead — frame and periods Days of the Dead — legal Google Books text sample	Trick ’r Treat Omnibus — film adaptation + Days of the DeadVerified containing edition; includes these stories together. It does not contain Witching Hours or the exclusive fifteenth-anniversary bonus. Check availability and condition.
Trick ’r Treat — complete interwoven filmOne town’s Halloween celebrations collide under Sam’s watch.	FilmReleased 2007 festival / 2009 home video	Halloween night, est. 2007Evidence-based estimate	Confirmed canonSam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	The main stories overlap on the same night and stay together. Reported thirty-year gap from 1977 supports est. 2007; the 2009 DVD date does not move the story two years forward. Detailed scene-by-scene prop audit remains open.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Legendary — original film School-bus story — creator discussion / scene account Contemporary film scene review — thirty-year interval Arrow edition — corresponding Amazon route	Trick ’r Treat — Arrow limited-edition 4K UHDCorresponding Arrow disc via the edition review’s verified Amazon redirect. Includes the film and selected narrative extras; verify format, condition and exact contents. Not the unrelated 1986 Trick or Treat.
Trick ’r Treat — graphic novel adaptationThe film’s connected stories retold as comics.	ComicReleased 2009	Same Halloween as the feature; est. 2007Evidence-based estimate	Assumed canonSam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Same-story adaptation belongs beside the feature. Four planned issues became one graphic novel; do not invent four separately published releases.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	DC — original graphic adaptation Legendary — ten-year omnibus contents	Trick ’r Treat Omnibus — film adaptation + Days of the DeadVerified containing edition; includes these stories together. It does not contain Witching Hours or the exclusive fifteenth-anniversary bonus. Check availability and condition.
Trick ’r Treat — Universal scare zone / maze adaptationsGuests walk into the film’s Halloween dangers.	Live attractionReleased 2017 / 2018	Film-inspired Halloween night; est. 2007 story settingEvidence-based estimate	Promotional onlySam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Orlando scare zone and Hollywood / Orlando mazes are grouped licensed adaptations beside their source film; performance seasons do not date Sam’s fictional return.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Universal / Comcast — 2018 film mazes Universal / Comcast — 2017 scare zone	Read official attraction archiveHistorical licensed experience; original run ended. No current ticket or unrelated disc advertised as the attraction.
Season’s Greetings — original / restored editionA sinister stranger follows a trick-or-treater.	Animated shortReleased 1996; restored edition 2025–2026	Modern-era Halloween night; calendar year unstatedRelative / stated chronology	Assumed canonSam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Sam’s original animated appearance is not automatically an earlier in-universe event because it was made first. Restored short is the same story.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Sam — creator’s official origins Arrow — film and narrative extras	Watch on YouTubeExact restored short embedded by the creator’s official website; not its separate teaser trailer.
15th Anniversary Omnibus — exclusive new Sam storyA separately commissioned Sam tale expands the omnibus.	ComicReleased 2023–2025 exclusive editions / digital distribution	Era unverified; original interior neededPlacement unresolved	Confirmed canonSam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Publisher confirms new narrative content. Public title / calendar not established; do not substitute the ten-year omnibus as its product or silently call the bonus a reprint.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Legendary — exclusive extra story Rocketship — 270-page exclusive omnibus Legendary — public Halloween Country page proofs	View exclusive containing editionCorrect 270-page fifteenth-anniversary collection. Retail availability not promised; exact story title and complete interior remain verification targets.
FEARnet — Easter CandySam intrudes on a different holiday.	Web shortReleased 2011	Easter; modern eraRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlySam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Narrative broadcaster promotion in an overlapping modern seasonal window. Order relative to the film is unverified; upload dates are not fictional years.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	FEARnet — broadcaster’s narrative-short inventory Dougherty — actual hosted short inventory	Watch on YouTubeExact creator-hosted short recovered from the official channel; no standalone Amazon product substituted.
FEARnet — Father’s DayA father’s celebration takes an unsettling turn.	Web shortReleased 2011	Father’s Day; modern eraRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlySam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Narrative broadcaster promotion in an overlapping modern seasonal window. Order relative to the film is unverified; upload dates are not fictional years.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	FEARnet — broadcaster’s narrative-short inventory Dougherty — actual hosted short inventory	Watch on YouTubeExact creator-hosted short recovered from the official channel; no standalone Amazon product substituted.
FEARnet — Back to SchoolSam waits as the school year begins.	Web shortReleased 2011	Late summer / autumn school return; modern eraRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlySam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Narrative broadcaster promotion in an overlapping modern seasonal window. Order relative to the film is unverified; upload dates are not fictional years.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	FEARnet — broadcaster’s narrative-short inventory Dougherty — actual hosted short inventory	Watch on YouTubeExact creator-hosted short recovered from the official channel; no standalone Amazon product substituted.
FEARnet — Making FriendsA lonely child makes a companion, with Sam nearby.	Web shortReleased 2011	Halloween season; modern eraRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlySam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Narrative broadcaster promotion in an overlapping modern seasonal window. Order relative to the film is unverified; upload dates are not fictional years.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Making Friends — contemporary release Dougherty — actual hosted short inventory	Watch on YouTubeExact creator-hosted short recovered from the official channel; no standalone Amazon product substituted.
FEARnet — The Four Rules — complete vignette runCostumes, treats, pumpkins and candy each carry a rule.	Web shortReleased 2011	Halloween night; modern eraRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlySam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Narrative broadcaster promotion in an overlapping modern seasonal window. Order relative to the film is unverified; upload dates are not fictional years.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	FEARnet — contemporary four-rule release FEARnet — broadcaster’s narrative-short inventory Dougherty — actual hosted short inventory	Watch on YouTubeExact creator-hosted short recovered from the official channel; no standalone Amazon product substituted.Watch Rule 2Exact remaining creator-hosted vignette in this four-short run.Watch Rule 3Exact remaining creator-hosted vignette in this four-short run.Watch Rule 4Exact remaining creator-hosted vignette in this four-short run.
FEARnet — The Day AfterThe morning after Halloween has its own mood.	Web shortReleased 2011–2012 uploads	November 1; modern eraRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlySam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Narrative broadcaster promotion in an overlapping modern seasonal window. Order relative to the film is unverified; upload dates are not fictional years.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	FEARnet — recovered narrative inventory Dougherty — actual hosted short inventory	Watch on YouTubeExact creator-hosted short recovered from the official channel; no standalone Amazon product substituted.
FEARnet — SnowmenSam objects to a winter holiday display.	Web shortReleased 2012	Winter / Christmas season; modern eraRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlySam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Narrative broadcaster promotion in an overlapping modern seasonal window. Order relative to the film is unverified; upload dates are not fictional years.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Arrow — film and narrative extras FEARnet — recovered narrative inventory Dougherty — actual hosted short inventory	Watch on YouTubeExact creator-hosted short recovered from the official channel; no standalone Amazon product substituted.
AtmosFX — Boughs of HorrorA homeowner removes Halloween decorations too early.	Digital projection shortReleased 2016	Modern era; Halloween nightRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlySam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	One narrative scene family, not a new story for every orientation / display mode. This Season’s Greetings is a different work from the 1996 animated short. No film-year or 2016 story date implied.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	AtmosFX — five named official projection narratives AtmosFX — October 2016 original launch Dougherty / AtmosFX — narrative collaboration	View official scene / previewExact licensed digital collection with title-specific previews. No projection hardware or unrelated Amazon product substituted.
AtmosFX — No Costume, No CandyAn uncostumed teenager steals candy.	Digital projection shortReleased 2016	Modern era; Halloween nightRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlySam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	One narrative scene family, not a new story for every orientation / display mode. This Season’s Greetings is a different work from the 1996 animated short. No film-year or 2016 story date implied.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	AtmosFX — five named official projection narratives AtmosFX — October 2016 original launch Dougherty / AtmosFX — narrative collaboration	View official scene / previewExact licensed digital collection with title-specific previews. No projection hardware or unrelated Amazon product substituted.
AtmosFX — Sam’s SymphonySam levitates pumpkins and conjures fire.	Digital projection shortReleased 2016	Modern era; Halloween nightRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlySam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	One narrative scene family, not a new story for every orientation / display mode. This Season’s Greetings is a different work from the 1996 animated short. No film-year or 2016 story date implied.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	AtmosFX — five named official projection narratives AtmosFX — October 2016 original launch Dougherty / AtmosFX — narrative collaboration	View official scene / previewExact licensed digital collection with title-specific previews. No projection hardware or unrelated Amazon product substituted.
AtmosFX — Season’s GreetingsHealthy treats draw Sam’s displeasure.	Digital projection shortReleased 2016	Modern era; Halloween nightRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlySam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	One narrative scene family, not a new story for every orientation / display mode. This Season’s Greetings is a different work from the 1996 animated short. No film-year or 2016 story date implied.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	AtmosFX — five named official projection narratives AtmosFX — October 2016 original launch Dougherty / AtmosFX — narrative collaboration	View official scene / previewExact licensed digital collection with title-specific previews. No projection hardware or unrelated Amazon product substituted.
AtmosFX — Something Good to EatMrs. McGlinchy steals from trick-or-treaters.	Digital projection shortReleased 2016	Modern era; Halloween nightRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlySam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	One narrative scene family, not a new story for every orientation / display mode. This Season’s Greetings is a different work from the 1996 animated short. No film-year or 2016 story date implied.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	AtmosFX — five named official projection narratives AtmosFX — October 2016 original launch Dougherty / AtmosFX — narrative collaboration	View official scene / previewExact licensed digital collection with title-specific previews. No projection hardware or unrelated Amazon product substituted.
Witching Hours — One Last HalloweenCare-home residents ask for one more celebration.	ComicReleased 2026	est. Modern era; Halloween nightEvidence-based estimate	Confirmed canonSam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Formerly announced as Never Too Old; one story under two titles. Modern care setting supports a broad contemporary window; not a calendar-2026 sequel.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Simon & Schuster — Witching Hours Legendary — canonical future and title change Dougherty — original new stories	View Witching Hours editionExact official 168-page paperback, ISBN 9781681161389. Amazon US product match not verified; the older omnibus does not contain these new stories.
Witching Hours — Did You Miss MeA ghost tries to reunite with his wife in New York.	ComicReleased 2026	est. Modern era; one Halloween nightEvidence-based estimate	Confirmed canonSam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Earlier campaign title One Last Dance is not another story. One-night clock comes from publisher; exact calendar remains open pending full interior.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Simon & Schuster — Witching Hours Dougherty — original new stories	View Witching Hours editionExact official 168-page paperback, ISBN 9781681161389. Amazon US product match not verified; the older omnibus does not contain these new stories.
Witching Hours — Harvest MoonsChildren on a distant colony rediscover Halloween.	ComicReleased 2026	Future space-colony era; Halloween rediscoveredRelative / stated chronology	Confirmed canonSam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Explicitly called canonical by the publisher. Future setting belongs at the end of the shared history; no invented numeric future year from the display sort anchor.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Simon & Schuster — Witching Hours Legendary — canonical future and title change	View Witching Hours editionExact official 168-page paperback, ISBN 9781681161389. Amazon US product match not verified; the older omnibus does not contain these new stories.
Sam: The Soul of Halloween — Pumpkin GirlA pumpkin-costumed girl arrives at a doorway.	Animated shortReleased 2026	Modern-era October / Halloween seasonRelative / stated chronology	Assumed canonSam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Official creator-channel collaboration; new narrative rather than a reused movie clip. October release does not establish an in-universe 2026.Official 41-second video metadata, description and opening frames inspected; not a complete frame-by-frame playback audit.	Sam — current official watch catalogue Sam / Trent Shy — Pumpkin Girl	Watch on YouTubeExact official Sam / Trent Shy animated short.
Sam: The Soul of Halloween — Hello October: From SamOctober greeting.	Animated micro-shortReleased 2026	Autumn / Halloween season; calendar year unstatedRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlySam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Official site’s current short-form upload, conservatively labelled promotional. Complete playback and any additional plot remain uninspected; countdown titles are marketing intervals, not evidence of a fictional October 2026 date.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Sam — current official watch catalogue	Watch on YouTubeExact embed recovered from the creator’s current watch page. Short / loop eligibility remains qualified.
Sam: The Soul of Halloween — ☾ ▲ ⊗ ☽Seasonal symbol vignette.	Animated micro-shortReleased 2026	Autumn / Halloween season; calendar year unstatedRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlySam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Official site’s current short-form upload, conservatively labelled promotional. Complete playback and any additional plot remain uninspected; countdown titles are marketing intervals, not evidence of a fictional October 2026 date.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Sam — current official watch catalogue	Watch on YouTubeExact embed recovered from the creator’s current watch page. Short / loop eligibility remains qualified.
Sam: The Soul of Halloween — Killing Time with SamSam-themed seasonal animation.	Animated micro-shortReleased 2026	Autumn / Halloween season; calendar year unstatedRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlySam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Official site’s current short-form upload, conservatively labelled promotional. Complete playback and any additional plot remain uninspected; countdown titles are marketing intervals, not evidence of a fictional October 2026 date.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Sam — current official watch catalogue	Watch on YouTubeExact embed recovered from the creator’s current watch page. Short / loop eligibility remains qualified.
Sam: The Soul of Halloween — Ave Samhaini ☾ ▲ ⊗ ☽Seasonal ritual vignette.	Animated micro-shortReleased 2026	Autumn / Halloween season; calendar year unstatedRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlySam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Official site’s current short-form upload, conservatively labelled promotional. Complete playback and any additional plot remain uninspected; countdown titles are marketing intervals, not evidence of a fictional October 2026 date.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Sam — current official watch catalogue	Watch on YouTubeExact embed recovered from the creator’s current watch page. Short / loop eligibility remains qualified.
Sam: The Soul of Halloween — Pumpkin Carving with SamPumpkin-carving vignette.	Animated micro-shortReleased 2026	Autumn / Halloween season; calendar year unstatedRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlySam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Official site’s current short-form upload, conservatively labelled promotional. Complete playback and any additional plot remain uninspected; countdown titles are marketing intervals, not evidence of a fictional October 2026 date.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Sam — current official watch catalogue	Watch on YouTubeExact embed recovered from the creator’s current watch page. Short / loop eligibility remains qualified.
Sam: The Soul of Halloween — 13 Days ☾ ▲ ⊗ ☽Halloween countdown vignette.	Animated micro-shortReleased 2026	Autumn / Halloween season; calendar year unstatedRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlySam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Official site’s current short-form upload, conservatively labelled promotional. Complete playback and any additional plot remain uninspected; countdown titles are marketing intervals, not evidence of a fictional October 2026 date.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Sam — current official watch catalogue	Watch on YouTubeExact embed recovered from the creator’s current watch page. Short / loop eligibility remains qualified.
Sam: The Soul of Halloween — 10 Days till HalloweenHalloween countdown vignette.	Animated micro-shortReleased 2026	Autumn / Halloween season; calendar year unstatedRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlySam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Official site’s current short-form upload, conservatively labelled promotional. Complete playback and any additional plot remain uninspected; countdown titles are marketing intervals, not evidence of a fictional October 2026 date.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Sam — current official watch catalogue	Watch on YouTubeExact embed recovered from the creator’s current watch page. Short / loop eligibility remains qualified.
Trick ’r Treat: Hallowed Grounds — ScareHouseA licensed haunted trail invokes Sam’s world.	Live attractionReleased 2015	Modern-era Halloween / harvest-night settingRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlySam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Legendary collaboration verified; full walkthrough script unavailable. No independent 2015 fictional year imposed.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	ScareHouse — licensed Hallowed Grounds	Read historical attraction reportOriginal licensed experience archive, not a currently purchasable replay.
Trick ’r Treat — Fright Fest candy-trail experienceA jack-o’-lantern trail leads toward Sam.	Live attractionReleased 2024 onward productions	Modern-era Halloween nightRelative / stated chronology	Promotional onlySam’s world — screen, comics & qualified connections	Park editions grouped at a broad film-inspired seasonal window. Real opening dates do not establish a new canon year; park-specific scripts remain uninspected.Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected	Six Flags — licensed Fright Fest expansion	Read official attraction announcementOfficial operator archive. Historical release is evidence of the licence; no current ticket availability assumed.

COVERAGE BOUNDARIES

Checked beyond the main stories

Ambient films / promotional inventory

Graveyard Shift; Sam O’ Lantern; current teasers

Inventoried; no separate plotted sequel established

Graveyard Shift is advertised as 3.1 hours of ambience. Sam O’ Lantern is a listed disc extra. October teaser and restored-short trailer promote existing / separately indexed videos. Minimal loops and reused trailer scenes are not counted as new narrative adventures. Current micro-shorts remain conservatively promotional pending complete playback.

Sam — current official watch catalogue Arrow — film and narrative extras

Game crossover

Call of Duty MWIII / Warzone / Warzone Mobile — The Haunting

Official playable / promotional connection; separate narrative unverified

Sam operator and mask content are verified. No independently scripted Sam campaign recovered. Gameplay / cosmetic availability is not proof of a canonical Warren Valley invasion; cinematic trailer inspection remains a target. Fortnite rumours do not become official stories.

Activision — The Haunting crossover

Related franchise

Krampus and Shadow of Saint Nicholas

Possible shared mythology; outside this Sam-focused guide

Director’s qualified commentary and deleted candy prop imply a connection, not a complete merged chronology. No automatic import of all Christmas stories or bundled backer rewards. A future Krampus guide can distinguish its own official stories.

Dougherty commentary — qualified Krampus connection Legendary — retail versus deluxe delivery

Companion / film extras

Tales of Mayhem, Mystery and Mischief; nonfiction / deleted material

Interior audit required for possible additional comics

John Griffin’s Insight production book is not automatically a narrative novelization. Art / comic strips mentioned in its catalogue need comparison. Film deleted scenes, storyboard galleries, music albums, decorative loops and merchandise do not automatically add new canonical stories.

Insight companion — bibliographic / contents record Arrow — film and narrative extras

Unreleased / access boundary

Unmade sequel / Amazon series; parody and retired editions

No invented release; remaining omissions review explicit

Trick ’r Treat 2 and the discussed Amazon animated series remain unmade at audit. A retired licensed 30-Second Bunnies retelling, ScareHouse Summoning cameo, film promotional one-offs and unlisted current shorts need original access / eligibility comparison before an exhaustive coverage claim.

Dougherty — original new stories ScareHouse — licensed Hallowed Grounds FEARnet — broadcaster’s narrative-short inventory

SOURCE REGISTER

Primary sources first.

PrimaryLegendary — original film
Four interlocking Halloween narratives; original festival release December 9, 2007. Home-video release and fictional year are different facts.
Creator discussion / secondary scene accountSchool-bus story — creator discussion / scene account
Identifies the October 31, 1977 massacre; original full film not inspected in this pass.
Secondary / scene accountContemporary film scene review — thirty-year interval
Reports Macy’s thirty-year interval. With the 1977 backstory, supports est. 2007 rather than deriving the year solely from release.
PrimaryDC — original graphic adaptation
96-page Marc Andreyko adaptation; September 30, 2009 comics-shop date. Not four additional published single issues.
PrimaryLegendary — ten-year omnibus contents
ISBN 9781681160436 collects the film adaptation and Days of the Dead. Collection is an edition, not another adventure.
Retailer / actual product titleAmazon — corresponding omnibus
Actual title / author / ISBN read from product HTML. This collected edition contains the adaptation and four Days stories, not Witching Hours or the later exclusive bonus.
Secondary edition review / product redirectArrow edition — corresponding Amazon route
Reviewed Arrow 4K listing links to Amazon product B0DBJG6L67. Redirect verified; full retailer title was not returned in this request. Arrow’s own page controls bonus contents.
PrimaryLegendary — four official prequels
Publisher calls Days of the Dead four official prequel stories. Contemporary frame / story sequence retained with dates checked separately.
PrimarySimon & Schuster — Days of the Dead
2015, 144-page collection; includes historical romance, frontier, Los Angeles noir and town pranks.
Primary work / legally exposed textDays of the Dead — legal Google Books text sample
Original publisher-supplied OCR searched in the visible reader: Ireland October 24, 1640; Illinois October 29, 1853; Los Angeles October 30, 1955. These are story captions, not indicia. Page-image results are unavailable; no full-page inspection claimed.
Primary artist / original interior artZid — actual public comic-page previews
Visually inspected the four posted unlettered Monster Mash pages numbered 2, 3, 6 and 10. Halloween decor, modern clothing and cars support a modern window; no printed year visible. Other stories’ complete pages not supplied here.
Secondary / bibliographic indexDays of the Dead — story inventory
Cross-checks Seed, Corn Maiden, Echoes and Monster Mash as separate stories. Art/chapter-break pages are not additional stories.
Secondary / original book reviewDays of the Dead — frame and periods
Review identifies the grandfather / granddaughter frame. Broad century summaries defer to the original date text.
PrimaryLegendary — exclusive extra story
Fifteenth-anniversary collection adds an original Sam story; not merely a cover variant or the same as the ten-year collection.
PrimaryRocketship — 270-page exclusive omnibus
Publisher identifies containing edition and added story. Public blurb does not establish the bonus story’s exact title, plot or fictional date.
PrimarySimon & Schuster — Witching Hours
October 13, 2026 retail edition, ISBN 9781681161389, 168 pages. Current titles: One Last Halloween, Did You Miss Me, Harvest Moons, Halloween Country. No invented Amazon identifier.
Primary publisher / legal interior previewLegendary — public Halloween Country page proofs
Viewed all four posted July 2025 proof images: child / pumpkin field, bedroom, ranch hands / cornfield, Sam scarecrow. No explicit year visible; cowboy clothing / rural setting permit only a qualified broad-era placement. Same page verifies omnibus digital distribution.
PrimaryLegendary — canonical future and title change
Publisher explicitly calls the space story canonical. Never Too Old became One Last Halloween. Artist replacements / delays supersede early campaign credits. Full backer PDFs are access-controlled and were not accessed.
PrimaryLegendary — retail versus deluxe delivery
September/October 2026 updates distinguish released October 13 paperback from still-pending deluxe backer shipments. Krampus companion’s retail withdrawal does not withdraw the Sam paperback.
Primary creator interviewDougherty — original new stories
Creator interview locates the ghost story in New York, discusses retirement-home and space stories, and says the sequel and unmade Amazon animation remain undeveloped releases.
PrimarySam — creator’s official origins
Original 1996 short, 2007 film and later restoration are distinguished. Restoration is the same narrative, not a sequel.
PrimarySam — current official watch catalogue
Visible October 26 inventory and embeds checked. New shorts, countdowns, teaser, ambience and restored original are not all automatically separate narrative stories.
Primary creator-hosted videosDougherty — actual hosted short inventory
Visible official channel lists all ten FEARnet shorts with exact watch IDs, including the four rules. Direct links recovered; full playback not asserted.
Primary creator videoSam / Trent Shy — Pumpkin Girl
Official collaboration, 41-second stop-motion narrative. Opening frames and official description inspected: pumpkin-costumed girl at a decorated doorway; full playback / every frame not audited.
Primary broadcaster release / syndicatedFEARnet — broadcaster’s narrative-short inventory
Broadcaster release confirms holiday shorts, back-to-school and four Halloween-rule vignettes. Original retired site is not presumed still playable.
Secondary / contemporary releaseFEARnet — contemporary four-rule release
October 24, 2011 report confirms four rules as a mini-run, separate from other holiday shorts. Exact master / current playback remains uninspected.
Secondary / contemporary releaseMaking Friends — contemporary release
October 12, 2011 release report identifies original short and Sam cameo. Some databases’ 2012 upload dates do not replace this first-release evidence.
Secondary / retrospective inventoryFEARnet — recovered narrative inventory
Cross-checks holiday productions, Making Friends and The Day After. Reviewer’s personal canon opinion is not an official canon declaration; article’s 2007 home-video claim is superseded by release records.
PrimaryArrow — film and narrative extras
Contains original Season’s Greetings, FEARnet selection, deleted/alternate scenes, Monster Mash and Sam O’ Lantern. Nonfiction extras are not additional stories; title-specific short inclusion not guaranteed.
PrimaryAtmosFX — five named official projection narratives
Five scene families; alternate display orientations are versions of the same scene. Direct creator collaboration; modern Halloween settings, no confirmed main-film year.
PrimaryAtmosFX — October 2016 original launch
Original vignettes released October 7, 2016 in collaboration with Dougherty / Legendary. Ten advertised files do not mean ten distinct stories.
Primary creator interviewDougherty / AtmosFX — narrative collaboration
Creator interview verifies the original Sam vignettes as deliberate extensions. No exact fictional year from the product launch.
PrimaryUniversal / Comcast — 2018 film mazes
Official film-based Hollywood / Orlando walkthrough adaptations. They revisit film situations, not a newly dated 2018 sequel.
PrimaryUniversal / Comcast — 2017 scare zone
Earlier licensed scare zone inventoried alongside later houses. Attraction years are real performance seasons.
PrimarySix Flags — licensed Fright Fest expansion
2024 official announcement lists the licensed Trick ’r Treat candy-trail experience. Full scripts and subsequent park-specific revisions not inspected.
Secondary / contemporary licensed productionScareHouse — licensed Hallowed Grounds
Contemporary report verifies 2015 collaboration with Legendary and film-inspired attraction. Full original script / earlier Summoning cameo not inspected.
PrimaryActivision — The Haunting crossover
Official 2024 Sam / mask-pack content. Cosmetic gameplay does not establish a separate story campaign or canonical travel from Warren Valley.
Creator commentary / secondary reportDougherty commentary — qualified Krampus connection
Creator describes hints and deleted direct nods, not a firm merged chronology. Krampus expansion remains outside this Sam-focused inventory.
Secondary / edition and contents inventoryInsight companion — bibliographic / contents record
John Griffin’s 2008 Insight production book, ISBN 9781933784519. Catalogue mentions comic strips among art / film production material; actual strips need comparison before being counted as original stories.
PrimaryVista Theatre — Halloween 2026 screenings
The exhibitor lists October 30 and 31, 2026 late-night screenings; timely selection without an unsupported trending claim.

The dates.The evidence.

Broad coverage.Open questions.