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This bargain-bin slasher has the audacity to make weather the villain's alarm clock.
TMDB
44
Rotten Tomatoes
14
Audience Score
14
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Basement Jack (2010)

straight-to-DVD energythunderstorm cosplayaggressively 2010

Overview

Horror

A young serial killer preys on families during lightning storms.

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Content warning
serial killerlightning
generational traumasuburban vulnerabilitycyclical violence

Standout Aspects

Practical Effects

The lightning effects look like MS Paint had a baby with a strobe light.

Best for:Streaming: When you've already scrolled through everything else.·Friends: Drinking game: lightning flash = take a shot.
Heads up:Violence: Family slaughter scenes, though mostly off-screen and unconvincing.
M

Director

Michael Shelton

ReleasedJul 25, 2010
Runtime1h 33m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feellight
Budget$1M
Black Gate Entertainment
Island Gateway Films

Top Cast

Michele Morrow

Michele Morrow

Karen Cook

Lynn Lowry

Lynn Lowry

Mrs. Riley

Joel Brooks

Joel Brooks

Officer Geoff Wytynek

Noel Gugliemi

Noel Gugliemi

Detective Anderson

Billy Morrison

Billy Morrison

Detective Michael Beck

Tiffany Shepis

Tiffany Shepis

Officer Lucille Armando

M. Steven Felty

M. Steven Felty

Sgt. Pignataro

Nathan Bexton

Nathan Bexton

The Manager

Nick Nicotera

Nick Nicotera

Ted the Delivery Man (as Nic Nac)

Mark Elias

Mark Elias

Ryan

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Lynn Lowry, who plays Jack's unhinged mother, starred in the 1973 cult classic 'The Crazies'—forty years of horror evolution, everyone.

Memorable

The killer's 'lightning only' MO was allegedly inspired by the director's actual fear of thunderstorms, which he somehow made LESS scary.

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