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Rotten Tomatoes

Director
  
Jon Knautz

Initial DVD release
  
October 7, 2008 (USA)

Country
  
Canada

6/10
IMDb

46%
Metacritic

Genre
  
Action, Comedy, Horror

Duration
  

Language
  
English

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Release date
  
October 9, 2007 (2007-10-09) (Sitges Film Festival) July 25, 2008 (2008-07-25) (Canada) August 15, 2008 (2008-08-15) (United States)

Writer
  
John Ainslie (screenplay), John Ainslie (story), Jon Knautz (screenplay), Jon Knautz (story), Trevor Matthews (story), Patrick White (story)

Story by
  
Trevor Matthews, Jon Knautz, John Ainslie, Patrick White

Cast
  
Robert Englund
(Professor Gordon Crowley),
Trevor Matthews
(Jack Brooks / Forest Troll),
Daniel Kash
(Counselor Silverstein),
David Fox
(Howard),
Dean Hawes
(Emmet),
Rachel Skarsten
(Eve)

Similar movies
  
The Exorcist
,
Insidious: Chapter 2
,
This Is the End
,
Ghostbusters
,
Independence Day
,
The Grey

Tagline
  
...I used to be a plumber

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Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer is a Canadian comedy horror monster movie produced by Brookstreet Pictures. The film was directed Jon Knautz and stars Trevor Matthews, Robert Englund and Rachel Skarsten. The film is about a plumber named Jack (Trevor Matthews) whose family gets slaughtered by a demonic beast. While fixing the pipes for Dr. Crowley (Robert Englund), the Professor awakens an evil source and eventually transforms his body into a monster. With the evil spreading out of control, Jack harnesses his anger to face the monsters and avenge his family.

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Cast

Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer movie scenes

  • Robert Englund as Professor Gordon Crowley
  • Trevor Matthews as Jack Brooks and Forest Troll
  • Rachel Skarsten as Eve
  • David Fox as Old Howard
  • Daniel Kash as Counselor Silverstein
  • James A. Woods as John
  • Stefanie Drummond as Janice
  • Dean Hawes as Emmet
  • Ashley Bryant as Kristy
  • Chad Harber as Pat
  • Patrick Henry as Trevor
  • Meghanne Kessels as Suzy
  • Meg Charette as Erica
  • Kristyn Butcher as Celia
  • Andrew Butcher as Raymond
  • Simon Rainville as Slim
  • Matthew Stefiuk as Omar
  • Ariel Waller as Cindy Brooks
  • John Ross as Charles Brooks
  • Victoria Fodor as Gene Brooks
  • Derrick Damon Reeve as Cyclops
  • Evan Gilchrist as Young Jack Brooks
  • Austin MacDonald as Young Howard

    • Reception

    Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer movie scenes

    Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer was received with mixed reviews from film critics on its original release. The film ranking website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 64% of critics had given the film positive reviews, based upon a sample of 25. At Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has received an average score of 46, based on 7 reviews.

    Soundtrack

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    The music was composed by Ryan Shore. He recorded the score with a 93 piece symphony orchestra which he conducted. Ain't It Cool News named Ryan Shore's score one of the "Top 10 Scores of the Year".

    Release

    The film premiere was on October 9, 2007 at Sitges Film Festival and is part of the 2010 Festival de Cine de Terror de Molins de Rei Journal in Barcelona.

    References

    Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer Wikipedia
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