Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer(2007)
2007 · Jon Knautz · 85 min
As a child Jack Brooks witnessed the brutal murder of his family. Now a young man he struggles with a pestering girlfriend, therapy sessions that resolve nothing, and night classes that barely hold his interest. After unleashing an ancient curse, Jack's Professor undergoes a transformation into something not-quite- human, and Jack is forced to confront some old demons... along with a few new ones.
Horror · Action · Comedy
5.6172 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How scary is Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer?
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer leans hard into goofy creature-feature fun rather than real scares, mixing cheap practical monster gore with comedy beats. The pace ramps up into a messy, over-the-top monster brawl by the end, more like an action movie with teeth than a horror film meant to unsettle you. There's plenty of splattery gross-out violence, but it's played for laughs and gross fun, not dread. This is for people who want beer-and-friends monster movie night, not anyone looking to be creeped out.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer rates psychological 1/5, visceral 4/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 1 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 4 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 65 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 25 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 10 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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A comedic, low-key setup slowly gives way to escalating creature action that turns into a nonstop monster brawl by the end.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5.
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