Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

framptonhollis I saw the stupid movie. At first, I was just bored, but then this boredom just became anger. I'm tired now. It was one of the longest 80 minutes of my entire life, and, as much as I hate to use this word, it is the most pretentious movie that I've ever seen.The symbolism is absolutely cringe worthy and it is the worst kind of an experimental film. And I love experimental filmmaking! "Eraserhead" is one of my top 20 favorite films of all time, and this movie feels like an attempt at making an experimental horror film just like that one, but, while "Eraserhead" has very interesting symbolism and ways to interpret it, as well as being interesting throughout, this just comes across as being UGH!!!!!!!!Overall, this isn't the worst film I've ever seen, but that's just giving it too much credit.boring/10

u2bme102 Hello, this is Paul who was in the Jar, and many thanks to those of you who actually saw this movie.I have to agree, it was one of the worst movies ever made, but because I was in it, I had to give it a 4.Okay, my acting was horrible, but in my defense, most of the movie was shot in one take. We shot the movie in two stretches of two weeks. If you look closely, you will notice my hair is longer in some scenes than in others. One stretch was shot in the fall, when my hair was longer, and the other stretch was shot in the spring, when my hair was shorter. Then we did some pickup shots later in the summer.We hardly rehearsed any scenes at all.All I can say is, we did our best with what we had.If I remember correctly, the movie was shot on a budget of about $200,000.Oh - yup, we dubbed all of the dialog. We would shoot from 5 or 6 am until it got dark, then go to the sound studio and dub until 1 or 2 am, then get up and shoot the next day.The director decided he didn't want the 60 hz signal so he could sync the recorded voices to the film, so he and his assistant ended up cutting little pieces of tape and splicing them together to at least try to make the sound match the movie.In Bruce's defense (the director) he was a decent photographer. I think he and the script writer had a vision of what they wanted the movie to be. If I remember correctly, they were trying to portray various incidents of inhumanity and how inhumanity could pass from one person to the next.So if any of you know of sci fi cons where they would like commentary on what some consider to be the worst film ever made, send me an e-mail.

The ineffable Neutron-x Easily the worst movie I've ever seen, do not even watch it as a joke, or to see how bad it can be, trust me, it's horrible. The acting, the "special effects", everything... I hope all copies are eventually destroyed.The tag line is "The Jar - it blows the lid off of terror" I'd shorten it to just... "it blows."I can't put this anymore clearly, this movie is atrocious, and not even in a "how can any movie be this bad? I've got to see it for myself and see what I'm missing." kind of way.No, don't do that. piece of crap... walk away. awful.

john4588 It took me several viewings to get into it but it eventually grew on me. Tracking down and talking to the director, Bruce Toscano, helped too. It takes inspiration from Fellini and Argento and shows a mans descent into madness. The music works very well for the bizarre nature of the film. It is sad to know that the film was severely truncated by the distributor as well. Also the distributor cut away much of the picture to make it fit the TV and the correct version is lost. There is a lot of surreal imagery here. The acting leaves a bit to be desired but in a way, adds to the strangeness of the film. Hopefully somehow one day the film will pick up the cult audience it deserves and a DVD release with director's commentary will occur.