Jack
Short · 2009 · Director
Personal project
A weekend getaway turns into a horrific nightmare when two couples engage in a perverse pumpkin slaughter.
Jack was written, shot and edited in 48 hours for the Bloodshots Film Festival. Shorts International, the primary distributor of short films for iTunes, distributed it for seven years.
Dan O’Bannon, opens in a new tab (creator/writer of Alien and writer of Total Recall) judged the film, praising the effective mix of comedy and horror.
Awards and selections
- Won the Grand Jury Prize, the Audience Choice Award, Best Script and Best Death, Bloodshots Film Festival, judged by Dan O’Bannon, opens in a new tab
- Won the Silver Audience Choice Award for Best Short Film, Fantasia, opens in a new tab Film Festival
- Won the Jury Prize for best horror film, Sharpcuts Indie Film and Music Festival
- Screened at Sitges, opens in a new tab, the CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival, imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Calgary Underground Film Festival, Weekend Of Fear, Mauvais Genre Festival, Fantastic Week, Moving Image Film Festival, MotelX and Strange Tales
Press
“A hilarious pumpkin revenge fantasy. Brilliant. Fantastic ending. See it. That is all.”
Toronto Film Scene, 2010, opens in a new tab “The Evil Dead is an obvious influence on this slickly-made tale…”
Rue Morgue, 2010, opens in a new tab “The short film Jack about pumpkin revenge is just wrong!”
The More the Merrier, 2010, opens in a new tab
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