Jack-OYear: 1995 Director: Steven Latshaw Written by: Patrick Moran Threat: Demon Weapon of Choice: Scythe |
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 | Pumpkinhead and Nightmare before Christmas | |
Sequel setup | ||
Bad title | ||
Bad premise | ||
Bad acting | ||
Bad dialogue | ||
MTV Editing | ||
OTS | ||
Girl unnecessarily gets naked | ||
Wanton sex | ||
Death associated with sex | ||
Characters forget about threat | ||
Secluded location | ||
Power is cut | ||
Phone lines are cut | ||
Someone investigates a strange noise | ||
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door | ||
Camera is the killer | ||
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 | ||
Laughable scare | ||
Blood hits camera | ||
Beheading | ||
Killer doesn't stay dead | ||
Stupid discovery of corpse | ||
Dream sequence | ||
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls | ||
No one believes only witness | ||
Blood fountain | ||
Poor death effect | ||
Excessive gore | ||
Music detracts from scene | ||
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie | The Coven | |
Future celebrity appears | ||
No one dies at all | ||
Death in first five minutes | ||
Virgin survives | ||
Geek/Nerd survives | ||
Little kid lamely survives | ||
Dog/Pet miraculously survives | ||
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes | ||
Unresolved subplots | ||
"It was all a dream" ending | ||
Unbelievably happy ending | ||
What the hell? |
Total Skulls: 29
Other movies in this series:
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