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RATED R:
GENRE: HORROR
FoRMAT: DVD & VHS
CONTAINS: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE, GRAPHIC VIOLENCE, NUDITY STARRING: Linnea Quigley, Rebecca Wicks and Patrick Moran as "Mr. Jack". DIRECTED BY: Steve Latshaw ALSO KNOWN AS:
Jack O'Lantern PLOT:
The story of a condemned Warlock named Walter Machen who creates a monster prior to his arrest to avenge himself on the town. Though defeated by the Kelly Patrarch. It rested with a cross embedded in it's chest for close to a century. But the truth turned to myth as Mister Jack became just another Boogie Man to scare children. But when Grave Robbers find the hidden graveyard and remove the cross from Jack, he rises and quickly makes short work of the would be thieves. A cleaver and unique plotline even if some of the dialog was a tad on the corny side I GIVE IT 7 STARS 
THE BREAK DOWN
CATEGORY:
STORY: 7.5 STARS
MONSTERS: 8.5 STARS
CAST: 7.5 STARS
WRITING: 5.5 STARS
ACTING: 4.5 STARS
LIGHTING: 5.5 STARS
SOUND: 7.5 STARS
GOOD VS. EVIL: 9.5 STARS
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 FACTOR 2.5
(1-10 IN THIS CASE 10 BEING WORST)
ON THE POSITIVE SIDE (+ SIDE):
+COOL MONSTER (One of the coolest looking monster I've seen in a B-Movie)
+JOHN CARRADINE (It's kinda cool to see John Carridine in a movie despite the handicap of being quite dead)
+PLOT (A scary Plot that works)
+ATMOSPHERE (It keep the story going without loosing the spooky atmosphere)
ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE:
-DIALOG (Some of the dialog was a tad corny)
-ACTING (Some of the performences were a little on the weak side and could have use more time to reherse)
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