The Horrors of Halloween: JACK-O (1995) Ads, Press Kit, VHS, DVD and BLU-RAY Covers

Thursday, September 10, 2015

JACK-O (1995) Ads, Press Kit, VHS, DVD and BLU-RAY Covers

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French VHS cover of 1988's Halloween Night (aka Hack-O-Lantern) that uses Jack-O's front cover:

USA DVD cover:

Jack-O and Friends DVD cover, 2-disc set of 3 Fred Olen Ray films Jack-O, Biohazard 2 and Dark Universe:

Custom DVD cover:

Portuguese DVD cover:

Czech DVD cover of Jack-O that uses the front cover of the 2006 film The Pumpkin Karver:

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VHS Trailer:

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VHS SYNOPSIS: Mr. Jack will snap your spine, cut you in half with a scaly vine The legend of Jack-O is all but forgotten to the townspeople of Oakmoor Crossing, except in the nursery rhymes of children. Almost one hundred years before, warlock Walter Machen was hung for murder. But before he died, he raised up the fury of a demon creature to take revenge on the unwitting townspeople. Many died before it was destroyed and buried forever. Until now. When a trio of grave-robbers stumble across Jack-O's unmarked grave, they unleash the vengeful monster to continue its bloodthirsty quest.

Jack-O is a 1995 straight-to-video horror movie directed by Steve Latshaw, produced by Fred Olen Ray, written by Brad Linaweaver, Lee Shapiro and Patrick Moran, who played Jack-O. The film features several recognizable actors of popular low-budget films, Linnea Quigley and Rebecca Wicks play dominant roles, and John Carradine makes a poorly-spliced cameo because he died years before the film's production began. The rest of the cast includes Katy Maznicki, Maddisen K. Krown, Gary Doles, Ryan Latshaw, Catherine Walsh, Rachel Carter, Tom Ferda, Bill Cross, Helen Keeling and Thor Schweigerath. The film received largely negative reviews and carries a 2.4 rating on IMDb.

VHS/DVD/BLU-RAY RELEASE: Released to straight to VHS in 1995 by Triboro Entertainment Group, later released in 2005 as a 10th Anniversary special edition DVD, with audio commentary by Steve Latshaw and Fred Olen Ray, a behind the scenes video, the original "theatrical" trailer, and a trailer and featurette from a failed project by Steve Latshaw known as "Gator Babes." Retromedia released the film on Blu-ray on Jun 13, 2022. New features include 4K transfer from original 16mm camera negatives, 15 minute restoration commentary track with Fred Olen Ray, Jack-O memories video, and "The Coven" original footage, along with the original DVD special features that were ported over. The Blu-ray was also released with a limited to 1000 slipcover signed by Linnea Quigley exclusively from Makeflix.com which quickly sold out.

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