Movie

Jackals

2017 · 86 min

A suffocating, siege-like horror that traps you in a cabin with a fractured family as silent, relentless cultists close in.

Tagline: Family first.
Overview: Set in the 1980s, an estranged family hires a cult deprogrammer to take back their teenage son from a murderous cult, but find themselves under siege when the cultists surround their cabin, demanding the boy back.
How it feels: Dark, tense, bleak and eerie. Relentless and needs your attention.
About: Family, isolation, survival, betrayal
Content: Strong violence, gore and language. Mild sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
isolation
survival
betrayal
trauma
Places: single country house
wilderness
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild