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Troubled father Leon takes son camping in Appalachia. Local cult summons evil Hangman demon. Son goes missing. Leon must confront cult, monster to find him amid rising body count.


“Family first.”
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.

Stephen Dorff
Jimmy Levine

Johnathon Schaech
Andrew Powell

Deborah Kara Unger
Kathy Powell

Nick Roux
Campbell Powell

Alyssa Julia Smith
Fox Girl

Chelsea Ricketts
Samantha

Ben Sullivan
Justin Powell

Jason Scott Jenkins
Lead Cultist

Cassie Hernandez
Luisa
Alex Kingi
Mateo
Jackals is a horror, thriller film released in 2017 exploring themes of cult, 1980s. Directed by Kevin Greutert, it stars Stephen Dorff, Johnathon Schaech, Deborah Kara Unger. 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.
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