The Jester

"Now you see me. Now you die."

Director: Colin Krawchuk Year: 2023 Runtime: 90 min IMDb: ⭐ 6.2

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Synopsis

A malevolent being known as The Jester terrorizes the inhabitants of a small town on Halloween night, including two estranged sisters who must come together to find a way to defeat this evil entity.

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🎄 Holiday Cheer Breakdown

☠️ Takes place on or around a holiday —
☠️ Features holiday symbols and decorations —
☠️ Features a traditional holiday activity —
☠️ Features an iconic holiday character —
☠️ Someone is killed in a festive or holiday-specific way —

Content Warnings

⭐ IMDb Parents Guide 🛡️ Common Sense Media

someone is sexually assaulted

spoiler No, but the Jester feels sometimes like a creepy man following one of the characters. She in fact proceeds to try to escape him in a supermarket, where the cashier notices that and then proceeds to hit on her and make her feel unsafe AGAIN.

a child is abandoned by a parent or guardian

Yes

someone leaves without saying goodbye

Yes

there's abusive parents

spoiler Father abandons his family and then tries to make it like the daughter has to forgive him

the abused forgives their abuser

spoiler I wouldn't say she forgives him. More like she feels a lot of guilt for resenting him even if he killed himself in the end. But SPOILER she still recognizes he made his choices, and she has nothing to feel guilty about.

someone is stalked

Yes

there's addiction

spoiler Not specified but a character drinks quite a bit

alcohol abuse

Yes

someone uses drugs

spoiler Only weed

there's amputation

Yes

someone breaks a bone

Yes

someone dislocates something

Yes

someone is restrained

spoiler Handcuffs

a baby cries

spoiler There's a young child upset though and her calling out for her dad

someone dies

Yes

a parent dies

spoiler Dad is forced by the jester to hang himself

a family member dies

Yes

someone is kidnapped

spoiler Not really but could seem so when a character appears somewhere else when the jester gets to her, it isn't shown a proper kidnapping though

there are jump scares

Yes

there's a claustrophobic scene

spoiler Maybe the time in the maze at the festival, but it's very brief

there are clowns

spoiler Jester's mask is clown-like

there's ghosts

spoiler He's supernatural, but he's not a ghost nor a demon

there's natural bodies of water

Yes

someone vomits

spoiler The jester pats the man on the phone on the back He’s making choking noises and spits out blood and then an apple Not super triggering but there is audio and visual of the blood he spits out as he gags

There's audio gore

Yes

there's spitting

spoiler Does blood count?

there's eye mutilation

Yes

teeth are damaged

Yes

there's decapitation

Yes

reality is unstable or unhinged

Yes

someone has an anxiety attack

Yes

someone has a mental illness

spoiler SPOILER all movie is a metaphor about mental illness

someone has a meltdown

Yes

there are hangings

Yes

someone's throat is mutilated

Yes

someone struggles to breathe

Yes

someone asphyxiates

Yes

somebody is choked

Yes

shaky cam is used

Yes

there's flashing lights or images

Yes

there are sudden loud noises

Yes

there's screaming

Yes

there is obscene language/gestures

Yes

someone is watched without knowing

Yes

an LGBT person dies

spoiler No explicit lgbt characters

there's demons or Hell

spoiler Some behavior of the Jester seems what demons are shown to torture psychologically people, but he's not a demon, and SPOILER it's a metaphor for mental illness.

someone dies by suicide

spoiler The jester has control of the rope and he hangs him

Someone attempts suicide

Yes

someone self harms

Yes

someone says "I'll kill myself"

spoiler Suicide is talked about and attempted quite a few times

someone is sexually objectified

spoiler Yes, there is. Emma is made to feel unsafe by the cashier, who sexually objectifies her after he saw she's finding shelter in his supermarket.

there's blood/gore

Yes

there's gun violence

Yes

there's excessive gore

Yes

there's torture

Yes

there's body horror

Yes

there's shaving/cutting

Yes

someone is stabbed

Yes

Someone becomes unconscious

Yes

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