Anything for Jackson(2020)
2020 · Justin G. Dyck · 96 min
A bereaved Satanist couple kidnap a pregnant woman so they can use an ancient spellbook to put their dead grandson's spirit into her unborn child, but they end up summoning more than they bargained for.
Horror
6.7296 votes
TMDB score
4/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
4/5
Stays with you
How Anything for Jackson scares
Anything for Jackson starts as a quiet, sad character study about grief before it slowly turns into something much darker and stranger. The scares build patiently, with a creeping sense that something is deeply wrong in this house, then pay off with some genuinely unsettling and gross images rather than cheap jump scares. It leans more disturbing than fun, mixing real emotional weight with occult horror and moments of body horror that are hard to forget. This is one for people who like their horror slow, sad, and a little sick to the stomach rather than a jumpy popcorn ride.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Anything for Jackson rates psychological 4/5, visceral 3/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 4/5, and overall intensity 4/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 4 of 5
- Intensity: 4 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 30 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 10 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 65 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
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Starts as a slow, unsettling character piece before steadily tightening into a nightmarish, all-out final act.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5.
How scary is Anything for Jackson?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Anything for Jackson rates 4/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be moderately gory and genuinely disturbing. Expect it to stay with you for days.
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