"Once you open the box... you can't escape it."

2022

1h 29m

6.3(386 votes)

Horror

Overview

When a vintage Jack-in-the-box is opened by a dying woman, she enters into a deal with the demon within that would see her illness cured in return for helping it claim six innocent victims.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Matt McClure

Edgar Marsdale

Mollie Hindle-Pérez

Amy Proctor

James Swanton

Jack

Nicola Wright

Olga Marsdale

Nicholas Anscombe

Doctor Clarke

Michaela Longden

Janet

Erina Mashate

Stacey

Jason Farries

Frank

Victor Mellors

Issac Huxley

Ben Walters

The Chauffeur

Creative team

Directed by: Lawrence Fowler
Written by: Lawrence Fowler
Produced by: Lawrence Fowler
Geoff Fowler

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