Jack's Bad Day and the Laughs: A Short Film Review

Director/writer: Shawn Ewert.

Jack's Bad Day is a Right Left Turn Production that was released in March to film festivals. Completed in 2010, the film follows the daily routine of a serial killer where things do not go exactly as planned. Horror news site Horror Society describes the editing and acting of Jack's Bad Day as "Ewert provides some concise editing and gets a surprisingly likeable performance from Steven Good" (Horror). Also on the positive side, Jack's Bad Day shows some creativity in execution and the film's soundtrack is superior for an independent film. Yet, the film gets off to a slow start and the same gag is repeated three times.

The movie begins with Jack showering and relieving himself and viewers might think to themselves how is this exciting? Thankfully the slow start is replaced with some action early on and director Ewert's sense of humour comes through often. The repetition of victims dying before murderer Jack gets his hands on them is funny once, but not two more times. Plus, why is the twist unexplained?

That aside, the musical tones of the picture are suitable and the final track during the credits is superior, but could have been incorporated into the more exciting moments of the picture. Also, exciting are the accidental deaths of several of the characters who die through misfortune, or their own carelessness.

Overall, Jack's Bad Day is an above average horror short that requires a second watch to see all the work put into the film. Keep your eyes peeled for this flick at future film festivals.

Overall 6.5 out of 10.

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Jack's Bad Day Review at Horror Society

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