DVD : Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0013131593990
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: ANCHOR BAY
Manufacturer: ANCHOR BAY
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: ANCHOR BAY
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 07, 2008
Running Time: 85 minutes
Sales Rank: 9871
Studio: ANCHOR BAY
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Product Description:
After witnessing the brutal murder of his family when he was just a young boy, Jack Brooks is
left with an unquenchable fury. Now working as a plumber, Jack attempts to fix his Professor s
plumbing, only to unknowingly awake an ancient evil. Prof. Crowley becomes possessed and
starts a slow, gruesome transformation into the depths of evil. Only then does Jack realize that
he can t run from his past, and quickly discovers the true purpose of his inner rage.
Amazon.com:
A delirious performance by horror vet Robert (Nightmare on Elm Street) Englund and the filmmakers' predilection for old-school monster suits over CGI help to make the Canadian indie horror-comedy Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer an enjoyable and entertaining alternative to the current rash of relentlessly grim fright fare. As played by co-producer Trevor Mathews, Jack Brooks is no barrel-chested pulp hero, but rather an aimless small-town slacker with a hair-trigger temper (the result of childhood trauma involving his family's death at the hands of a monster). Plagued on all sides by a nagging girlfriend, a hapless shrink and a dead-end job as a plumber, Jack seems destined for mediocrity--until his night school professor (an terrific, unfettered comic turn by Englund) unearths an ancient evil and begins to change into a ravenous, slobbering creature, thus giving Jack both a purpose and an outlet for his anger issues. Director Jon Knautz's feature debut pays loving homage to all manner of boyish pop-culture touchstones, from Marvel Comics and Ray Harryhausen epics to the early works of fellow do-it-yourselfers like Sam Raimi, and if his set up feels belabored in its telling, he delivers the goods once Jack straps on his plumbing toolkit to square off against the monster-fied Englund. Inventive and frequently laugh-out-loud funny, Jack Brooks is one potential franchise series that actually deserves a follow up film. The DVD includes commentary by Knautz, Mathews and members of the production team, as well as lengthy featurettes on the film, its soundtrack and the monster FX. Deleted scenes, conceptual art galleries and the original trailer are also included on the disc. --Paul Gaita
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If you like profanity this is your movie. I couldn't take it. Turned it off after a few minutes that felt like hours and hours. Some people who love violent movies and don't mind the language may love this but I sure didn't.
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After getting good comments on this movie from friends and reading positive reviews in the web I decided to order this movie and give it a try. Well, while not the kind of movie I like, I can see why this movie has become a "cult" film for fans of horror films.
Starring Trevor Matthews and Robert Englund (who played Freddy Krueger in Elm Street franchise), the movie tells the story of Jack (Matthews), a guy with anger management issues that witnessed the murder of his parents and sister ... Read More
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This movie is a waste of your time. I hope that some of the actors in this movie get a start in movie making from this movie, but that is about it. The story line is terrible, it's a jumbled mess.
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I didn't know much about this movie at all before watching it. For what it is, it's pretty entertaining. At 85 minutes, this movie doesn't screw around. It gets in, does what it needs to do, and gets out. The performances are good - a pleasant surprise in a B movie. And the plot makes just enough sense to keep you from thinking about it too much during the short running time. JBMS manages to be funny without being jokey, and doesn't let the comedy run roughshod over the horror. And it may be the ... Read More
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In the special features on this DVD, writer/producer/star/bizwiz Trevor Matthews says he and his buddies (co-writer John Ainslee and director Jon Knautz) were keen to replicate the low-budget charms of 80's horror films like James Cameron's PIRANHA 2, Sam Raimi's EVIL DEAD and the early works of PETER JACKSON--films that entertained them growing up in the comforts of suburbia. Yet watching their JACK BROOKS: MONSTER SLAYER, it fast becomes apparent that Matthews and company were working with a much larger ... Read More
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