Jack O'Lantern

Well I have seen two reviews on IMDb for this film one good and one bad. I am wondering if the guy who wrote the bad comment even watched the film, or maybe he is confused because the movie he recommends "SLEEPY HOLLOW" is pure garbage to be thrown out the window at 60 miles an hour. I was curious so I went out this morning and rented a copy from Blockbuster. I have just screened the film and find it to be several notches up the food chain from SLEEPY HOLLOW. The death scenes were shocking, especially one in particular, and the plot is very original. As far as indie horror films go, I think this one is pretty darn good. There are a couple of quirks that I found odd but nothing distracting or terrible. The films monster is much better than the monster in Jack O, and especially better than the one in Sleepy Hollow, which is just a joke. I really like the way the film was shot, it gave it a real creepy element. Well that's my take on it. I guess I could give it 2 1/2 to 3 stars. It is much better than previously depicted in the bad review. But opinions are like...well you know. HAPPY HALLOWEEN James

OK, I've seen some pretty cheesy acting, lame stunts and pathetic plots but this movie was a joke. I could make a better movie with video camera than this. You can see TONS of camera mistakes through out this movie, hear numerous upon numerous sound/audio errors like people breathing heavily into the microphones and chairs slidding accoss the floor. Almost like one of those movies you see in school or have to watch for training when starting a new job. Just horrible. It's not even one of those, so bad it's good movies. Where you could be "under the influence" of something and half enjoy this movie... You can't even laugh about this movie that's how bad it is. I got a headache just trying to get myself to watch the entire movie, that's how bad this one was. Please, save yourself some time and get a different movie.

Tiresome, done a million times before boring direct-to-video horror yarn, from Lions Gate endless vaults of crappy fright flicks. This one takes place on Halloween and tells some sort of revenge story with a supernatural twist. Blah! Before you can say "I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), because that's when you guys blatantly ripped off Pumkinhead's (1989) plot line!" you'll also notice they stole from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) and Halloween (1978) as well. Not in a good way I might add: A snooze-inducing patchwork wanna-be terror tale that is neither scary, entertaining and far from being original. The badness of this movie simply sucks, leaving no room for making fun of it. Jack O'Lantern is just another sad example of cheese gone sour, with no redeeming whatsoever. Do yourself a favor and look for cheese with flavor. This one won't deliver.

I sat through the entire movie and it was very very painful. This movie was awful.

I enjoy horror movies and like many "low budget" films. But this has to be one of the worst movies I have ever seen in my life. It is awful. The acting was terrible, the fade between scenes was so lame it was as if using a home video camera.

For a lower budget horror movie I would recommend Mother's Day. Even the Sleepaway camp trilogy movies.

But for anyone who likes this garbage, I would recommend another LOW Budget piece of crap- Hunting Humans (at least it has a good story with an excellent plot twist but the acting sucked) or one of those lame slumber party massacre movies where they use the same EXACT killing scene in several movies.

I am learning real fast if it comes from Lion's Gate, it is going to be CRAP! (just like those paragon pictures from the 80's!)

The IMDb is full, overfull, with people who claim they have seen the worst film ever made. So you might treat this bad review with a certain grain of salt and go rent this film. Well be my guest, but you really shouldn't. What's more LIONS GATE which released this has shown that they will release anything in the past so the fact that this is barely a movie also might not scare you away. Though it should, unless you just want to be amazed. Ultimately it's the fault of distributors with clout like Lion's Gate for forcing things like this onto shelves when it belongs in the basement of the novice filmmakers and save them and the audience from watching their mistakes on a large scale. A failed attempt at a movie should be a learning experience for those who made it, not something you might rent of buy and expect to be a film.

The director of this film has no idea how to tell a story edit a movie direct actors, you name it. The monster in the film is like a reject Halloween mask you find on the floor being stepping on two days after Halloween is over at a Halloween store and it costs a dollar and you still don't buy it. They try various Hellraiser and Jacob's Ladder motion effects on it to try to make it scary. These are perhaps the most fun awful moments in this mess.

Really the editing is maybe the worst thing or there was nothing but bad takes to use. Frequent use of shots that pan roughly or jerk in the middle of a take seem to be his preference. It it also like an out take reel. What's most bad shots linger and linger at the end of scenes sometimes ever getting cut back to repeatedly. There is just no clue how to get from one scene to another or end a scene.

There are some nice "B" roll shots of sunsets and some exteriors of buildings. These moments are the only ones that show any degree of competence. Truly. Perhaps someone else shot these for them, though of course shooting pretty sunsets should be the easiest thing to achieve. Shame on Lion's Gate for letting this one loose.