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Where to start? OK, the first 45 minutes of this film was really good. I thought the tension was there, the scares were there, and the tone was there. I loved the cinematography in the first 45 minutes. The problem is, the movie is longer than 45 minutes.
First problem is the story falls apart. It becomes very convoluted and the results are an absolute mess. The actors don't know where to take their characters.
Secondly, instead of the film continuing to up the tenseness through-out, it goes to a boring steady been-there-done-this pace and tone. This was probably done the maintain a PG-13 rating, which often proves to be the death of a horror film (although not always).
And lastly, STOP THE BAD CGI! When the creature goes all CGI in this film, it looks dumb and is NOT scary! Simply put, the CGI looks fake. I have not seen a horror film use CGI well, at least not as a character.
I might rent the DVD when it's out, just to check out the first 45 minutes again, and then turn it on to the director's commentary for the rest of the film, so perhaps he'll explain his mistakes.
First problem is the story falls apart. It becomes very convoluted and the results are an absolute mess. The actors don't know where to take their characters.
Secondly, instead of the film continuing to up the tenseness through-out, it goes to a boring steady been-there-done-this pace and tone. This was probably done the maintain a PG-13 rating, which often proves to be the death of a horror film (although not always).
And lastly, STOP THE BAD CGI! When the creature goes all CGI in this film, it looks dumb and is NOT scary! Simply put, the CGI looks fake. I have not seen a horror film use CGI well, at least not as a character.
I might rent the DVD when it's out, just to check out the first 45 minutes again, and then turn it on to the director's commentary for the rest of the film, so perhaps he'll explain his mistakes.
Caught this film at a packed midnight screening last night. What a surprise! Solid acting in all, with a stand-out performance delivered by Benjamin Parrillo... playing Ben Caruso, the film's lead, a character who does so many wrong things, yet you laughingly cheer for him to somehow make it through... thus reminding me of the Ash character from Evil Dead but instead of the woods, Ben finds himself having to survive his ordeal on the graveyard shift at his new office job... While the humor isn't quite as over-the-top as Evil Dead, it still had me laughing out loud (along with the rest of the audience) quite a bit.
The gore FX are fun, with a cross between physical and CGI working quite well. There are definitely some gory spots that will have the fan's of blood & guts movies cheering.
The sound in Headhunter was especially good, with what seemed to be deep layers of sound fx. Normally indie films are far too simplistic, not layered like typical Hollywood films... But this film took it's sound serious, from cool creature voices to eerie sound fx, it delivered.
Between Parrillo's performance and Paul Tarantino's directing, Headhunter delivers the goods.
The gore FX are fun, with a cross between physical and CGI working quite well. There are definitely some gory spots that will have the fan's of blood & guts movies cheering.
The sound in Headhunter was especially good, with what seemed to be deep layers of sound fx. Normally indie films are far too simplistic, not layered like typical Hollywood films... But this film took it's sound serious, from cool creature voices to eerie sound fx, it delivered.
Between Parrillo's performance and Paul Tarantino's directing, Headhunter delivers the goods.