The Legend of Halloween Jack

Despite a very formulaic plot the film succeeds in being a watchable and at times enjoyable romp through the usual slasher tropes. Halloween Jack looks great and the kills are very effectively executed. There is the occasional unexpected twist that helps break the predictability (mostly involving the psychotic mayor) and the ending is quite satisfying. Main appeal will be to fans of old school slasher movies.

Overly long & drawn out dialogue scenes, cap gun sounding gun shots, horribly edited deaths, this movie is pretty bad. I gave it an extra star for the very cool costume the ghoul wears in the movie (would be EPIC come Halloween time). Unfortunately, we don't see much until the very end of the film. Too little too late. Even the film being set around Halloween couldn't save it. Don't waste your time!

This film essentially begins in the small town of Dunwich with a man by the name of "Jack Cain" (Lee Bane) being tried in a court of law for the murder of an innocent couple some time earlier. As it turns out, the local constable "Frank Hollister" (Colin Holt) failed to conduct a lawful search and as a result the judge had no choice but to dismiss the entire case against Jack and let him go free. Not at all happy with this result, four of the townsmen decide to take matters into their own hands and kill him. What they don't realize is that, not only was Jack innocent of the charges against him, but that the time and place they chose for his murder was extremely conducive to a mystical phenomenon and, exactly one year later, Jack rises from his shallow grave and is filled with a deadly resolve to get back on all living beings within the area. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this film had definite potential, but it was clearly limited by the lack of financial resources. To further elaborate, I thought that the plot was reasonably good and the acting, for the most part, was generally adequate as well. But what really hurt this movie, however, was the initial opening court scene which looked more like a small group of people gathering in a courthouse rather than a dignified and legitimate trial. Very amateurish. Likewise, all of the scenes involving firearms were equally pathetic due to the fact that, upon being discharged, the sound resembled a cap pistol rather than an actual gun. Again, very amateurish. That being said, while I liked certain parts of this film, the flaws just mentioned were too obvious to be ignored and I have rated this movie accordingly. Below average.

Reminded me a lot of that film with other elements from Halloween, My Bloody Valentine and Nightmare on Elm Street thrown in. So hardly a thumbs up for originality but it did have a pretty good atmosphere and style. The best aspect of the movie is Jack himself. These slasher movies live or die on the killer and the scarecrow design of this one is very cool. At times you root for him because some of the characters are pretty annoying. 5/10

Good Concept bad low budget almost didn't want to watch it cause of it, but hey low budget could use some love to especially when its a good concept like this. Maybe it will improve if its liked enough.