Jackals

Sep 1, 2017

1h 26m

★ 5.4

Family first.

Overview

Set in the 1980s, an estranged family hires a cult deprogrammer to take back their teenage son from a murderous cult, but find themselves under siege when the cultists surround their cabin, demanding the boy back.

Genres

Horror

Thriller

Production Companies

Tommy Alastra Productions

Jackals Trailers

Cast

Jimmy Levine

Stephen Dorff

Andrew Powell

Johnathon Schaech

Kathy Powell

Deborah Kara Unger

Campbell Powell

Nick Roux

Fox Girl

Alyssa Julia Smith

Samantha

Chelsea Ricketts

Justin Powell

Ben Sullivan

Lead Cultist

Jason Scott Jenkins

Luisa

Cassie Hernandez

Mateo

Alex Kingi

Eloy

Alex Castillo

Mariana

Carol Abney

A roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films, ranging from Roger Corman's sci-fi and horror monster movies, 1960s beach movies, H.G. Lewis' gore-fests, William Castle's schlocky theatrical gimmicks, to 1970s blaxploitation, pre-"Deep Throat" sex tease films, Russ Meyer's bosom-heavy masterpieces, etc, etc. Over 25 interviews of the greatest purveyors of weird films of all kind from 1940 to 1975. Illustrated with dozens of films clips, trailers, extra footage, etc. This documentary as a shorter companion piece focusing on exploitation king David F. Friedman.

5.7

Things Heard & Seen

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Masters of Mayhem

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5.8

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Círculo interno

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No overview available.

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No overview available.

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