A violent spirit that manifests itself in the form of a Jack O'Lantern avenges people who have been wronged.A violent spirit that manifests itself in the form of a Jack O'Lantern avenges people who have been wronged.A violent spirit that manifests itself in the form of a Jack O'Lantern avenges people who have been wronged.
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- TriviaWhile filming the climatic scene in the barn when the creature chases Bret (Kevin L. Powers), director Ron McLellen, suited up as the Jack O'Lantern monster, jumped off a haystack, landed on the camera, and knocked himself unconscious briefly.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Cinema Snob: Trick or Treat (2016)
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Not even a movie, one of the worst, I mean it!
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.
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.
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- Sep 23, 2005
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