Basement Jack is a 2009 American slasher film

Slasher film

A slasher film is a type of horror film typically involving a psychopathic killer stalking and killing a sequence of victims in a graphically violent manner, often with a cutting tool such as a knife or axe...

, which was written by Brian Patrick O'Toole

Brian Patrick O'Toole

Brian Patrick O'Toole is an American film producer and screenwriter. O'Toole's work includes co-producing the 2002 horror film Dog Soldiers and his screenwriting debut Cemetery Gates...

 and directed by Michael Shelton, it stars Billy Morrison

Billy Morrison

Billy Morrison is an English guitarist, singer and actor who performs with the Los Angeles-based cover band Camp Freddy. Morrison is also a member of Billy Idol's current touring band, and has previously fronted the hard rock act Circus Diablo...

, Tiffany Shepis

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 and Lynn Lowry

Lynn Lowry

-Early life:Lowry was born in East St. Louis, Illinois and raised in Atlanta, Georgia.-Movie career:Her first film appearance was I Drink Your Blood in 1970. She appeared in two key 1970s horror films, George A...

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Plot

Karen Cook was a high school student during the night that evil invaded her life. She would soon be known as the lone survivor of a seven-day killing spree perpetrated by a seventeen year old boy the world would come to call Basement Jack. For the next eleven years, Karen Cook lived in fear that one day Basement Jack would be released. Then, a court hearing in 2006 found that Jack Riley had not received a fair trial and he was released from a state institution. A year later, murders baring a resemblance to Basement Jack's old mode of operation were occurring around the town of Downers Grove. Karen Cook soon realized that the maniac was hunting her and that the only option left to her was to find Jack and kill him. So the hunt began. And on a stormy night, in the town of Downers Grove (most likely Downers Grove, Illinois

Downers Grove, Illinois

Downers Grove is a village in Downers Grove and Lisle Townships, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 48,724 at the 2000 census, with an official estimated population of 49,250 in 2008.-History:...

), the killer and his prey would find one another and as they hunt one another the citizens would have to fight to survive the blade of Basement Jack.

Cast

• Eric Peter Kaiser as Basement Jack
• Michele Morrow
  Michele Morrow
  Michele Morrow is an American actress, final girl & scream queen.- Career :Morrow earned a B.A Degree in Drama at the University of Washington in Seattle before moving to Los Angeles, California....
  
   as Karen Cook
• Sam Skoryna as Officer Chris Watts
• Lynn Lowry
  Lynn Lowry
  -Early life:Lowry was born in East St. Louis, Illinois and raised in Atlanta, Georgia.-Movie career:Her first film appearance was I Drink Your Blood in 1970. She appeared in two key 1970s horror films, George A...
  
   as Mrs. Riley
• Tiffany Shepis
  Tiffany Shepis
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   as Officer Armando
• Billy Morrison
  Billy Morrison
  Billy Morrison is an English guitarist, singer and actor who performs with the Los Angeles-based cover band Camp Freddy. Morrison is also a member of Billy Idol's current touring band, and has previously fronted the hard rock act Circus Diablo...
  
   as Detective Beck
• Joel Brooks
  Joel Brooks
  Joel Brooks is an American actor, known for his roles in My Sister Sam, Six Feet Under, The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green and Phil of the Future...
  
   as Officer Wytynek
• Nathan Bexton as the Manager
• Monica Alvarez as Neighbor
• Julianne Bianchi as Mrs. Cook
• Aaron Borghello as Police Officer 2 (as Aaron Borghel)
• Michael Patrick Breen as Mr. O'Donnell
• Joel Brooks as Officer Wytynek
• Dakota Carter as Mark Caffola
• Mark Elias as Ryan
• Silvio Fama as Mr. Cook
• M. Steven Felty as Sgt. Pignataro
• Joshua Lou Friedman as Detective Barmack
• Noel Gugliemi as Detective Anderson
• Kim Knight as Tracy Caffola
• Miriam Korn
• Kyle Loethen as Rick Green
• Les Mahoney as Detective
• Billy Morrison as Detective Beck
• Nic Nac as Ted The Delivery Man
• Amanda Normington as Pam Wytynek
• Teri Pluma as Mrs. O'Donnell
• Kelly Ryan as Margie Caffola
• Kyle Sanders as Young Jack
• Jack Sanderson as Robert Caffola
• Matt Santoro as Detective Mathieson
• John Skoryna as Karl
• Ben Tolpin as Newscaster Don Drury
• Anna-Marie Wayne as Laverne
• James Williams as Nick Cook

Production

The film's lead protagonist is played by American actress Michele Morrow

Michele Morrow

Michele Morrow is an American actress, final girl & scream queen.- Career :Morrow earned a B.A Degree in Drama at the University of Washington in Seattle before moving to Los Angeles, California....

 and the titular villain is played by Eric-Peter Kaiser. Well known Scream Queens Lynn Lowry

Lynn Lowry

-Early life:Lowry was born in East St. Louis, Illinois and raised in Atlanta, Georgia.-Movie career:Her first film appearance was I Drink Your Blood in 1970. She appeared in two key 1970s horror films, George A...

 and Tiffany Shepis

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make major appearances in the movie as well.

Release

The film was released on November 17, 2009, but the original direct to DVD release was set on October 20, 2009.