So let's start, if you are looking for an average low budget 1980s teenage slasher, you are going to enjoy this movie. Like most teenage horror, this one has an average story, script and acting. A serial killer, nicknamed Basement Jack because of his habit for hiding in victim's basements before crimes is released and returns to Downer's Grove town to continue his massacre. Karen is a girl who escaped when he was killing her family so he hunts her. It is clearly visible that Jack had a problem in his childhood(intercuts from time he was a young boy, and when he murdered his mother at age of 17). Although there are a few beautiful segments, as for example lighting (when thunder), creepy piano score, bad CGI kinda "kills" it. Also there is nice editing when it shows 2 parallel actions. It is also having a lot of gore and blood, pointless camera movement(especially in the beginning) and a little bit longer ending.Whatever, if you are a fan of average 1980s slashers, watch this!

A serial killer, nicknamed Basement Jack because of his penchant for hiding out in his victim's basements before killing them, is released and returns to the small town of Downer's Grove to continue his massacre and finish off the one victim who was able to escape is slaughter years before.This film desperately tries to be a throwback to 80's slasher films, but it is too slow-paced and padded with the killer's backstory that it commits the worst crime a slasher film can: it becomes boring. The pace does pick up in the end and there are some ambitious attempts at heavy gore; however, it is extremely fake looking and some is obviously CGI. However, the director is able to create some nice atmosphere is spots and, despite the fake looking gore, the film looks great. In the end, though, this is nothing you haven't seen before and it has been done much, much better.FrightMeter Grade: D+

When i saw some preview's of this movie i thought it could be fun nothing big but a OK movie to watch on a late rainy night,but its a major disappointment.I know that if you don't have the budget you cant do the things that you see in big blockbuster movie's and thats OK,but then you need a good story and thats the problem with this flick it has none.It never gets clever or scary and there are some strange things in this movie that just don't add up,there seems to be a very different day cycle in the town that the movie is shot,for instance in a scene where the lead female role is locked up in the room of the cop thats like in the middle of the day,she looks five minutes on a computer and breaks out of the room and in the next scene its the middle of the night and this happens a few times in the movie where the time line doesn't add up.And the fight between the killer and the lead female role is just as bad,she get stabbed with a giant dagger or something and when the dagger comes out of here there is hardly blood and she starts fighting like jackie Chan and then all of a sudden during this fight she bleeds like hell and cant hardly walk anymore,for me personal these kinda things ruin a movie.But thats my opinion as i am a critical movie watcher,but if you wanna spend some time with a movie rent something else.

Saw this film at Fangoria and I must say it is very well done. It doesn't try to be anything it's not. That said, for a low budget film it delivers and it's definitely worth watching. I've seen too many large budget horror's that don't compare to this film. Basement Jack provides all the elements of gore and the high scare factor that you would expect from a slasher movie.I particularly liked the performances of Michele Morrow (Karen Cook), Lynn Lowry (Mrs. Riley) and Nathan Bexton (the manager). Morrow was definitely the star of this film delivering a strong performance and giving her character a natural hot factor.I would definitely recommend watching this film!