Rachel Skarsten, Robert Englund, Trevor Matthews
As a child Jack Brooks witnessed the brutal murder of his family. Now a young man he struggles with a pestering girlfriend, therapy sessions that resolve nothing, and night classes that barely hold hi...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 7, 2008
Stats: 407 reviews
A pretty cheesey B movie comedy horror. It's good in places but I started to get bored, it feels long even at 75mins. Slow to start but with a good end but not much to the story or plot. I was hoping for a lot more than this. On the plus side it has some very good old school make...( read more)
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer plays like a 90 minute episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the series), but with an entirely different cast and characters, minus the vampires. Still, they have so many similarities. The production value alone, along with the special effects, the acti...( read more)
Fun, low budget, knowing B-movie with some great (if unbelievable) effects. Most of the action resides in the beginning and the end of the film, but it's short enough that aficionados won't mind. Englund is wonderful.
If you go into this thinking of it as an "homage/spoof" of every bad horror films from the 80's...then you might enjoy this.
The premise is fun but (intentional or not) the bad acting and cheesy special effects go from "kitchy fun" to annoying, fairly quickly.
Really makes ...( read more)
Simply awesome. A horredy in the spirit of the Evil Dead sequels, Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer is a hysterically fun romp through the horror genre, complete with vibrant characters and the whimsical premise of a plumber-turned-warrior of good. Definitely a recommendation to genr...( read more)
Yeah, I got this movie just to zone out while getting drunk on a lonely friday night. When I realized it was actually GOOD, I think I crapped myself. By the end I just laughed, because I didn't think there was any possible way this movie could be good, but it turned out to be pre...( read more)
Like Hatchet this backlash against the CGI ridden mediocre crap coming out of hollywood nowadays is like a breath of fresh air. I give it extra marks for it's use of latex, puppets and real fake blood. Besides Robert Englund's performance is damn entertaining.
This movie was GREAT!!!! I just hope theres a sequel & it'll be as good
old school greatness with this movie, evil dead style. about time something this good came out in horror again.
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