Each Year The Town Unleashes a Deadly Monster And Forces All Teen Boys to Hunt it

Every year on Halloween, the teenagers from a cursed small town must participate in a ritual during which they must hunt down and kill a monster known as Sawtooth Jack, but there's a dark secret behind the creature's origin.

[drearydoll]

It makes me wonder what would happen if a sawtoothjack decided to be like "fuck this, i m leaving the town" .
But at this point I wouldn't be surprised if their whole existence is basically pain and just seek to end things while taking revenge on the people of the town.

[aliasfakename]

So if Jack wins, disaster befalls the town, but if a boy wins, he dies and become the new Jack? Also, starving the boys for 3 days is really stupid cuz now they're malnourished and can't fight Jack properly

[KarlMalowned]

Surprised Kelly didn’t kill the farmer to save Richie.

Better ending: Kelly kills the farmer, saves Richie. They escape together. Richie’s Dad stays and makes sure the ritual does not continue.

[buhklao]

Idk how to feel about the way they changed the ending from the book
Like I think it was already brutal enough that it was his older brother that was killed and turned into a monster,
but I don't think they needed to kill Richie at the end

like he killed the sheriff, Kelly coulda saved him from the Farmer and the dad coulda killed himself in the church like in the book
Still harrowing became Richie's whole family is dead, his brother burns the town as STJ, farmer dies, and Richie and Kelly escape

The way they set up the ending has it like Kelly is supposed to be the main character that the camera hasn't focused on enough

[subbywan]

"He isn't real" ... what, did everyone who didn't kill him the previous year/s forget ripping him open and eating the candy?

[lisakeys]

Fits well in the Shirley Jackson “the Lottery” short story genre. (Published in June 26, 1948). She was the first in the last century that cause a lot of spinoffs. Read it if you have not. It’s short but powerful. When done, compare with this one. Why was the lottery held each year, why was this game held each year. Why in both cases did it seem as if was an OK thing to do. What do both have to say about humans and how easily we go from friends and then seconds later killers. “The purge” has been said to also fit in this genre.

[Zivin]

The moment I heard the beginning where "Only boys can be sent" "It happens once a year" and "the winner is 'allowed to leave town'" I called it that the "winner" becomes the monster next year and when questioned where the winner from last year went the town would say "he left town"

[pursuepower]

so according to this movie three days is all it takes for people to turn into ravenous cannibals from hunger. I find that less likely than the possibility of Sawtooth Jack

[rashido_grey]

Interesting film. Sorta figured out what the twist/ending would be of who Jack is. Seems this is based on a book, and in the book he makes it to the church and destroys the whole town, setting everyone free.

[thatnguyyt]

Alternative title:
Instead of trick or treating on Halloween this town has to kill a monster

[cornpowa]

So the year sawtooth made it to the church, what happened to him afterwards? Did an adult just shoot him? How did they pick a new person to be Sawtooth the next year? A raffle?

[opo]

Saw the twist of the monster's true identity coming from a mile away, but it still seems like a fun movie.

[mburrell]

I’ve waited so long for this movie but I don’t think I can separate the differences from the novel enough to enjoy it. The twist hit plenty without making it familial and taking the happy ending from the characters.

[shehaniwathsala]

The book and the Movie are called “Dark Harvest” for those who are asking

[aliceinmansonland]

I read the book first, it's just changed too much stuff for me to be able to enjoy it.
Not a bad movie, unless you're a huge fan of the book.

[denverdoyle]

Sawtooth Jack is basically a story of Vietnam War and The Draft. Only teens are getting drafted and it’s an endless cycle of death and hardship for the families

[patrikkralik]

So the farmer couldn't have just stopped making Sawtooth Jack. And they just couldn't team up so a single person, the sheriff, wouldn't be able to stop them... Huh... Okay...

[davidjsaul]

So it's a supernatural twist on the Hunger Games...

[HowToChangeName]

So the reason they can only send 1 son per household is to avoid them being too rich or suffer too much? I cant tell

[seanrollins]

Holy crap what an awesome idea for a horror movie