The Head Hunter

1988

Action / Horror

13
IMDb Rating 4.1/10 10 647 647

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Plot summary

A Miami cop finds out his wife has a female lover, so he starts crashing on the couch of his female partner. Meanwhile, a voodoo demon from Africa arrives among Miami's Nigerian community and begins decapitating some people and possessing others.

Director

Francis Schaeffer Photo
Francis Schaeffer

Top cast

Gordon Mulholland Photo
Gordon Mulholland as Prof. Robert Sinclair
Helena Kriel Photo
Helena Kriel as Murphy
June Chadwick Photo
June Chadwick as Denise Giullani
Kay Lenz Photo
Kay Lenz as Katherine Hall
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645.28 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 1
1.37 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Skutter-2 4 / 10

Pretty average.

A forgettable little horror ditty involving two cops in Miami (Wayne Crawford and Kay Lenz) investigating some bloody murders which prove to be the work of an African demon which has pursued some refugees there. Headhunter is actually kind of plodding and uneventful and not the cheesefest the gaudy cover promised (How many times have I been let down by a dull movie with a cheesy VHS cover). There is little in the way of suspense, gore or action until the end of the movie when we finally get a look at the titular nasty which is actually a rather impressive, if rubbery, looking nasty. The dialogue is dull, the acting is decent and the plot is a little muddled (Something about the creature killing those are unfaithful to the African religion involved the movie and those who know its secret but it is unclear and underdeveloped and comes across as somewhat nonsensical and random given the events of the movie). There is some attempt at characterisation but it is of the clumsy, awkwardly inserted background personal life stuff that just eats up running time instead of seeming part of the movie – Your wife left you for a woman, boo-hoo, go and sit in the sitcom corner with George Costanza and that big nosed schlub from friends. There are some weak attempts at black humour such as an aborted baptism scene and one amusing scene involving a spontaneous late night visit to a hardware store by the films male protagonist to grab a chainsaw to do battle with the headhunter. A good sense of place and atmosphere is actually created in the seamy back blocks of Miami but it is not enough to make the film work any better. Not really terrible but mot really worth watching unless you're really stuck for something.
Reviewed by mark.waltz 3 / 10

Migraine maker.

The overuse of banging sound effects and banging drums and tedious chanting had me reaching for pain relief how to get past the voodoo that they didn't do do so well. This tedious horror movie is boring with unlikable characters, a ridiculous premise and an over-the-top presentation. Unhappy Wayne Crawford should be happy that his harpy of a wife has kicked him out so she can be with her girlfriend even though the scene that shows that doesn't give any of the people involved any sympathy including the wife's girlfriend.The only support he gets his from his cop partner tail ends and they end up on the weirdest case of their careers, dealing with a series of mysterious decapitations that seem to be connected to Nigerian tribal curses. Steve Kanaly took a break from "Dallas" for this film, and he should have stayed at Southfork. There really is nothing to recommend about this although there are a few unintentionally funny scenes, but if there were any efforts to make a camp, they failed miserably. Save your head a lot of pain and just stay away.
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