Headless
Theatrical release poster
Directed byArthur Cullipher
Written byNathan Erdel
Produced byScott Schirmer
Kara Erdel
StarringShane Beasley
Kelsey Carlisle
Ellie Church
CinematographyLeya Taylor
Edited byArthur Cullipher
Scott Schirmer
Music byMagician Johnson
James Nash
Arthur Cullipher
Production
companies
Forbidden Films
Gentleman Monster Productions
Distributed bySlaughter MovieHouse
Release date
  • February 14, 2015 (2015-02-14) (Festival premiere)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Headless is a 2015 American horror film directed by Arthur Cullipher. It is based on the film within a film from the 2012 horror film Found.[1] [2] The film was funded by donors from Kickstarter,[3] and the first festival screening was in February 2015 in Indianapolis.[4]

Plot summary

In this "lost slasher film from 1978," a masked killer wages an unrelenting spree of murder, cannibalism, and necrophilia. But when his tortured past comes back to haunt him, he plunges to even greater depths of madness and depravity, consuming the lives of a young woman and those she holds dear.[5]

Cast

  • Shane Beasley as The Killer
Kaden Miller as Skull Boy / The Killer (Child)
Matt Keeley as The Killer (Teenager)
  • Kelsey Carlisle as Jess Hardy
  • Ellie Church as Betsy Coard
  • Dave Parker as Pete Christy
  • Jennifer Lee as The Hitchhiker

Reception

HorrorNews.net awarded the film score of 4.5 out of 5, with the reviewer calling it "the most intensely disturbing film I’ve seen since Found".[6] PopHorror.com wrote, "While Headless might prove a bit too much for some viewers, those in the market for more extreme and depraved fare will do themselves a disservice if they pass [it] up."[7] Richard Taylor from Severed Cinema awarded the film 4/5 stars, calling it "one of the top horror movies of the year" while noting that it "gasses out a bit by the time the final act rolls out".[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Indie Horror Short 'Headless' Expanding to a Full Length Feature!". 7 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Found's 'Headless' Is On Its Way To Becoming A Depraved Feature-Length Delight". 30 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Kickstarter: Headless".
  4. ↑ "'Headless' Gets A Premiere Date". 28 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Headless (2015) - IMDb, retrieved 2023-05-08
  6. ↑ "Film Review: Headless (2015)". HorrorNews.net. The Black Saint. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Review - Headless (2015) - PopHorror". PopHorror.com. PopHorror. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  8. ↑ Taylor, Richard. "Found and Headless - Forbidden Films". Severed Cinema.com. Richard Taylor. Archived from the original on 12 September 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
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