The Jack in the Box Rises

As an avid viewer of indie horror, I'm often disheartened (even angry) at the poor entries I find on Tubi, Amazon etc. Not this time. The whole 'Jack in the Box' franchise has a level of production and storytelling that is a cut above the other movies coming out of the UK recently. This one goes even harder than the last.

It does take a little too long in my opinion for the box to be found and then cranked, but when the demon does kick into gear I was gripped and along for the ride. There are some great twists and turns in the plot too that kept me guessing.

I think anyone looking for their latest clown movie fix can do far worse than Jack.

The jack in The box series starts off slow but has very gripping intense scenes throughout the films the first jack in the box film came out in 2019 the second came out in 2022 and finally the third came out 2024. This film is a bit cheesy sure but it's also so good in plot that you don't even worry about how bad it is in the cheesiness standard. So don't hate on this movie if you never seen the other ones after all I'm getting a bit tired to keep going on myself but Stephen king quoted "master of spine tingling suspense" and the film started out in a festival atmosphere where people gathered to see the original.

This is definitely the weakest of the franchise. Yes, none are going to win any awards, but are worth the watch with some decent kill scenes and this is where this installment fails as it doesn't really show much of it, which is disappointing. The story itself is not the best and I just didn't connect with the main characters, and we're supposed to believe some grammar school is in this decrepit building and some how these girls are able to battle off the demon. I don't think so, but still worth the watch to compete the trilogy. Apparently there is a fourth installment on the horizon and I'll end up watching that too.

I do not how the big theaters allow to release of this kind of movie, totally a waste of time. Effects are a cr4p. The music, the effects, the procuction, dialogues everithng is really bad. The narrative of the movie makes not sense, even the translation to spanish language is terrible, out of synchronization the audio. Jesus, I never had felt frustrated wasting my time and money by watching a Terror movie like this one. The banner promises tooo much about what you are going to watch. Sincerely it was added to my black list, I don't even understand how this is a new chapter from previous movies, I do not really want to see the other ones.

Sure, I have indeed watched the 2019 movie "The Jack in the Box" and the 2022 sequel "The Jack in the Box: Awakening", but weren't overly impressed with neither. So I wasn't exactly harboring the biggest of expectations to the 2024 movie "The Jack in the Box Rises". But since it was a horror movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I opted to do so as I had the chance.

The storyline in the movie was pretty straight forward, albeit a bit bland and generic actually. Writers Geoff Fowler and Lawrence Fowler didn't really improve on the previous movies, nor added much of anything new to the formula. It felt like they were playing it safe and using all previously used tropes for the sake of familiarity, and that made for a mundane viewing experience.

I was not familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie. But I will say that, despite the fact that the script was rubbish, then the acting performances were fair enough. Nothing outstanding, mind you, but fair enough.

The creature in the movie is nicely made, just as it was in the previous two movies. But it hardly mattered as the script was rubbish. Visually then the movie was okay, but I am not a fan of scenes where people get murdered, but you don't get to see it happening, and the director leaves it up to the imagination of the audience. That is just improper storytelling, especially for a horror movie.

Well, the "Jack in the Box" movies haven't exactly been stellar horror movies, but I have to say that this 2024 addition to the franchise is definitely the weakest in the franchise so far.

My rating of director Lawrence Fowler's 2024 horror movie "The Jack in the Box Rises" lands on a three out of ten stars.