Basement Jack (2009)

A young serial killer preys on families during lightning storms.

Director:

Michael Shelton

Writer:

Brian Patrick O'Toole

Stars:

Eric Peter-Kaiser, Sam Skoryna, Michele Morrow

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eric Peter-Kaiser	...	Jack Riley
Sam Skoryna	...	Chris Watts
Michele Morrow	...	Karen Cook
Lynn Lowry	...	Mrs. Riley
Joel Brooks	...	Officer Geoff Wytynek
Noel Gugliemi	...	Detective Gene Anderson (as Noel G)
Billy Morrison	...	Detective Michael Beck
Tiffany Shepis	...	Officer Lucille Armando
M. Steven Felty	...	Chief Raymond Pignataro
Nathan Bexton	...	The Manager
Kyle Sanders	...	Young Jack Riley
Nick Nicotera	...	Ted The Delivery Man (as Nic Nac)
Kyle Loethen	...	Rick
Mark Elias	...	Ryan
Joel Weiss	...	Dr. Dina

Storyline

A young serial killer preys on families during lightning storms.

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Plot Keywords:

slasher | serial killer | lightning | character name in title | 

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Taglines:

Evil has a new address... Yours!

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody violence, some sexual content and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jack Riley's black straight jacket was purchased from a gay bondage website.

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Goofs

When Jack strikes Officer Watts, the sword bends as it bounces off him showing that it is made of rubber.

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Quotes

Chris Watts: [drops coin in newspaper slot] It's easier with those.
Karen Cook: We-we, uh, we met this morning.
[smiles and chuckles]
Karen Cook: How are you? Ah, it-it's...
Chris Watts: You know, they post the lottery numbers at the corner store.
Karen Cook: I'm not interested in the lottery numbers.
[puts more coins in and takes the paper]
Karen Cook: I want the headline.
[begins looking at paper]
Chris Watts: Uh, your car is in the red.
[...]

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Soundtracks

Love Ones
Performed by Ricky Warwick

User Reviews

Tired and derivative slasher

BASEMENT JACK is another cheap slasher movie, an independent straight-to-DVD effort that looks and feels exactly the same as at least a dozen others. It has the old greyed-out colour palette look going on, alongside a non-threatening villain, lots of cheap gore effects, and a strictly pedestrian narrative.

The titular character is a psychotic who choses bad weather as a time to go around menacing innocent families. There are a lot of scenes shot in rooms filled with blood sprayed over the walls and the like, but the emphasis is on graphic kill sequences as Jack goes around slaughtering all in his path.

He's an irredeemable villain, but the kills have zero impact because there's no characterisation here whatsoever. There is some talk in an attempt to build a proper story, but none of it is very interesting. The best cast member they could come up with is Tiffany Shepis, who started out as a Troma starlet. I found BASEMENT JACK tired and distasteful, and I couldn't help wondering why I was bothering to watch it.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 November 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Подвальный Джек

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Black Gate Entertainment, Island Gateway Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Color:

Color