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A jack-o'-lantern (sometimes also spelled Jack O'Lantern) is typically a carved pumpkin. It is associated chiefly with the holiday Halloween, and was named after the phenomenon of strange light flickering over peat bogs, called ignis fatuus or jack-o'-lantern. In a jack-o'-lantern, typically the top is cut off, and the inside flesh then scooped out; an image, usually a monstrous face, is carved onto the outside surface, and the lid replaced. At night, a light is placed inside to illuminate the effect.
In the 2013 film short Jack Attack, a babysitter named Elizabeth shows a boy named Jack how to carve a pumpkin into a jack-o'-lantern. She roasts the pumpkin seeds a as a treat, but when they eat them, they find that a gourd grows inside their bodies at an accelerated rate until it explodes within them.