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2020 · horror · supernatural

Anything for Jackson

Directed by Justin G. Dyck1h 36m2020

A bereaved Satanist couple kidnap a pregnant woman so they can use an ancient spellbook to put their dead grandson's spirit into her unborn child, but they end up summoning more than they bargained for.

Our read: Anything for Jackson (2020) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · supernatural entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

Movie DNA

Heavy, steady, extreme horror / supernatural, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.

ElsewhereIMDb6.313kRT97%Metacritic67
  • heavy
  • intense
  • bleak
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DNA · twelve axes

How Anything for Jackson feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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What watching it is actually like.

“You want grief-driven occult horror with wicked grandparents and a fresh exorcism twist.”

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakengrabs you earlygrips by minute 5attention 4/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upchild perilgraphic violencebody horror

Skip it tonight — You can't handle kidnapping, pregnancy horror, or demonic possession premises.

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