Jack-O

Year: 1995

Director: Steven Latshaw

Written by: Patrick Moran

Threat: Demon

Weapon of Choice: Scythe

IMDb page: IMDb link

       Jack-O

Rish Outfield's reviews
Oh boy. Look folks, can I be blunt? What King Kong is to monkeys, this film is to pieces of shit. I don't think I've ever seen a more juvenile, poorly written, horribly acted, awful waste of film and 70 minutes. I often hear people rant about the evils of movie-making, the degenerate state of the industry, and the valueless parasite movies are to society. Let's just hope these guys never get ahold of a copy of Jack-O. It had NO redeeming value--the characters were less developed than a Polaroid of a UFO, the special effects worse than those in early silent film, and the would-be saving grace--the nudity, was so vile and lecherous as to make ME feel dirty. I hate this movie, and I hate myself a little bit for watching it.
Best Scare: None. The pumpkin-headed character was kind of cool in a shot or two--but not in the rest.
I'd Recommend It To: Actually, I wouldn't.

The tyranist's thoughts
This is quite simply the worst horror film I have ever seen. To call it a B grade film makes it look better than it is. I still maintain that there was no threat. I have seriously seen student film that was much creepier. The only thing left to say is that the star is the director's little kid. Now you hate it, don't you.

Sequel
Owes everything to/rips off earlier film skull Pumpkinhead and Nightmare before Christmas
Sequel setup
Bad title skull
Bad premise skullskull
Bad acting skullskull
Bad dialogue skull
MTV Editing
OTS skull
Girl unnecessarily gets naked skull
Wanton sex
Death associated with sex
Characters forget about threat
Secluded location
Power is cut
Phone lines are cut
Someone investigates a strange noise skull
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door
Camera is the killer skull
Victims cower in front of a window/door
Toilet stall scene
Victim locks self in with killer
Killer is in car with victim
Cat jumps out
Fake scare skull
Laughable scare skullskull
Blood hits camera
Beheading skull
Killer doesn't stay dead
Stupid discovery of corpse skull
Dream sequence skull
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls skull
No one believes only witness skull
Blood fountain skull
Poor death effect skullskull
Excessive gore
Music detracts from scene
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie skull The Coven
Future celebrity appears
No one dies at all
Death in first five minutes
Virgin survives
Geek/Nerd survives
Little kid lamely survives skullskull
Dog/Pet miraculously survives
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes skull
Unresolved subplots
"It was all a dream" ending
Unbelievably happy ending skull
What the hell? skullskull

Total Skulls: 29

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