Basement Jack (2008)

Director:

Michael Shelton

Writer:

Brian Patrick O'Toole (writer)

Release Date:

2008 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Evil has a new address... Yours!

Plot:

A young serial killer preys on families during lightning storms. |

Plot Keywords:

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Status:

Completed

Comments:

Status Updated:

12 May 2008

Note:

Because this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change; some data could be removed completely.

Cast

Eric Peter-Kaiser	...	Jack Riley
Michele Morrow	...	Karen Cook
Sam Skoryna	...	Chris Watts
Lynn Lowry	...	Mrs. Riley
other cast:
Noel Gugliemi	...	Detective Anderson
Tiffany Shepis	...	Officer Armando
Nic Nac	...	Ted The Delivery Man
Nathan Bexton	...	The Manager
Joel Brooks	...	Officer Wytynek
Ben Tolpin	...	Newscaster Don Drury
Kyle Sanders	...	Young Jack
Billy Morrison	...	Detective Beck
Miriam Korn	...	(voice)
Kelly Ryan	...	Margie Caffola
Anna-Marie Wayne	...	Laverne
Kim Knight	...	Tracy Caffola
Mark Elias	...	Ryan
M. Steven Felty	...	Sgt. Pignataro
Jack Sanderson	...	Robert Caffola
Michael Patrick Breen	...	Mr. O'Donnell
Matt Santoro	...	Detective Mathieson
Monica Alvarez	...	Neighbor
Teri Pluma	...	Mrs. O'Donnell
Les Mahoney	...	Detective
Kyle Loethen	...	Rick Green
John Skoryna	...	Karl
Amanda Normington	...	Pam Wytynek
Joshua Lou Friedman	...	Detective Barmack
Julianne Bianchi	...	Mrs. Cook
Silvio Fama	...	Mr. Cook
Dakota Carter	...	Mark Caffola
James Williams	...	Nick Cook
Aaron Borghel	...	Police Officer 2

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Linda Vista Hospital - 610 S. St. Louis Street, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Black Gate Entertainment

Better than average

"Basement Jack" does a commendable job in creating a stylistic and edgy look. This film was made on a very low-budget (less than the $500,000 stated) and it was shot on a very short shooting schedule. And it looks like it cost seven figures by exemplary work by the DP, director, editor and composer. They understand the genre and delivered strong elements to create suspense and gore. The script has its weaknesses and characters make classic cliché mistakes and deliver some weak dialogue but flaws aside, there's more to like than hate, I feel. There's competent and proficient work done in this picture, technically and cinematically. It will be a straight to DVD horror flick and that's what it intended to be. It's one of those movie where you get a sense it's made by a group of young, committed filmmakers who want to share their passion, have fun and make a decent piece of entertainment. I'd recommend you pick up the DVD if you like the horror genre. And this picture actually attempts to give their killer an empathetic backstory (which I think is a little heavy-handed and one-dimensional at times and it starts to slow the pace of the film) but it was a valiant effort to add dimension and theme to typically straight-forward storytelling on this level and in this genre.