 "Season's Greetings" is an animated short created by "Trick 'r Treat" writer and director Michael Dougherty in 1996 and was the precursor of the film.The film featured Sam as a little boy dressed in orange footy pajamas with his burlap sack head covering, as he is being stalked by a stranger on Halloween night.The short was released as a DVD extra on the original release for "Trick 'r Treat" and was aired on FEARnet in October 2013 as part of a 24-hour "Trick 'r Treat" marathon on Halloween.