Just so...so bad

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Young man is tortured with a 9 volt battery by mother as a kid and turns into a killer only during thunderstorms.If you buy into that premise, you might also like the bad acting, horrible script, the dead victims whose eyes are literally blinking and moving on screen, and storms without rain.I didn't.Characters actions simply don't make sense. Not sure if you've ever licked a 9 volt battery. I have. It doesn't hurt in the slightest. You feel a dull tingle. That's how we'd test to see if they were good as kids. None of us turned into serial killers.And why do so many of the corpses move when they're supposed to be dead? Didn't anyone see this during the editing? IMDD says this movie had a million dollar budget. Where did the money go?

I realise it isn't supposed to be a comedy but I pretty much did laugh all the way through this!I won't bore you with the storyline or lack of... just point out the random things that made me chuckle!The acting, especially the cop characters, all of them! The blatant ripping off of several horror films...Friday 13th-machete, Halloween-doll/clown mask and near end scene where Jack falls down and looks dead? Psycho- OK a bit stretched but the shower scene!I as left with more than a few questions as well... why did the fence become electrified at the end? it isn't part of a transformer.Why did the weird apartment owner not die, and was covered in something that looked like blood?Why were all the cops called into the morgue and then shown photos from previous murders?Why in the name of God do people insist on casting really bad Cockney actors with dodgy mullets in anything?!?

I'm beginning to wonder if I've been watching the same films as some of the other contributers on IMDb.I enjoy good horror films and I have been taking the ratings from this site into account when deciding which films to watch ( I've learnt my lesson now ).Unfotunately most of the recommendations and reviews I have read have not been very helpful( Babysitter wanted,poor and predictable,Staunton Hill again poor,I Sell The Dead comedy horror,fell short on both counts,All The Boys Love Mandy Lane rubbish,Albino Farm was funny although not meant to be ) .This being the latest one,Basement Jack isn't remotely frightening,the acting was poor almost laughable,the film was so bad,I switched off before the end,my 8 year old nephew probably wouldn't be scared by this.Abbott and Costello made scarier films than the above.

I caught the premiere of this film at the Fangoria Convention in Los Angeles and I'm glad I did. It was interesting how they got into the thoughts of the serial killer. This just wasn't a guy with a knife killing teens in the woods. Technically this indie movie was as good as any Hollywood film. The acting was okay. The actress that played the mother was really scary. There are some nice kills in the movie. The story had great twists on the usual slasher stuff and my friend kept quoting one line from the movie "Stabbing a person is just rude!" Basement Jack is definitely as cool as Jason, Michael and Freddy. I stayed for the Q & A afterwards, which I never do, and found the filmmakers were very friendly and informative. I hope this comes to DVD soon. All true horror fans will like Basement Jack.