Shrunken Heads

I had the opportunity to sit down here in 2021 to watch the 1994 movie "Shrunken Heads" from writers Charles Band and Matthew Bright. And I must admit that I had a bit of expectations for the movie, given Charles Band's involvement in it.

Turns out that this movie was just bad. Sure, the concept idea might have been good enough, but the movie was just a lousy swing and a miss. From the lackluster storyline, dubious acting performances, mundane characters and horrible special effects, then there was just little room left for entertainment and enjoyment for "Shrunken Heads".

There was just next to nothing of any worth to the storyline, and to be honest, it felt like the plot and script was written by a student in elementary school for a school project. It was just bad writing and lousy storytelling.

The acting in the movie was wooden and rigid, and it felt like most of the performers weren't buying into the movie's plot either. In fact, there weren't any noteworthy or mentionable performances to be seen throughout the course of the movie.

And as for the special effects. Well, they were just downright terrible; no sense dancing around the bush here. For a movie from 1994, then "Shrunken Heads" was just displaying a showcase of horribly inadequate special effects for that era of horror movies. The floating heads made me laugh so hard.

"Shrunken Heads" is not a movie that entertained me, much less enthralled me in any way. And this is hardly a movie that I would recommend you spending your time, money or efforts on. This is definitely not your typical Charles Band quality.

My rating of the 1994 movie "Shrunken Heads" lands on a mere three out of ten shrunken heads, pardon the pun.

I picked up a copy of this at a boot sale last sunday for a pound. It's a quality low budget comedy/horror about 3 kids who are gunned down by Vinnie and the Viper Gang. Luckily Mr Sumatra the local newsagent and witch doctor revives them as 3 nasty little shrunken heads. If you are a fan of films like 'idle hands', 'Ghoulies' or 'Critters' you will love this film. It has an excellent Danny Elfman score great special effects and a tongue firmly lodged in it's cheek! It also comes from producer Charles Band who produced 'Dolls' & 'Puppet Master'. This is definitely one of the better full-moon horror movies. If you see this film - grab it! This movie has only been released in the UK once- on rental video. Time for a DVD!!!!

Well, I wasn't expecting much from "Shrunken heads", but I still had a little hope, as it's a Full Moon production from 1994. Everyone knows by now their movies pretty much went downhill during the second half of the 90's. And looking at their credits as a production company, I feel that "Shrunken Heads" just might be the last Full Moon film that really captured their specific mix of craziness & entertainment and their special brand of B-movie magic. "Shrunken Heads" mixes horror, comedy and crime, but in such a cartoonish way, it does become a fun little film. The crime elements are a spoof on the criminal environment of the 50's, but the film itself is set in a modern-day (90's) urban setting. Sure, it's nonsensical silliness with a touch of madness on a small scale. But the production values are still pretty decent (as with most of the older Full Moon flicks, compared to the newer ones) and the story moves along at a decent pace. Plus, the film's seasoned with fun special effects (and great miniatures of a city by night), another thing you could always count on in their older films.

A friend of mine on here mentioned something appropriate on the plot: "I had read that the movie was amazingly bizarre because the ones with the shrunken head problem were like dead kids or something, brought back to life by a voodoo man to get revenge". That's exactly what it's about. It also stars Meg Foster in - without a doubt - the most oddball role I've ever seen her play: Gangster Big Moe. And then there's Rebecca Herbst. Such a lovely, sexy peach. I had never heard of her before, but she's still acting now (TV's "General Hospital", though I've seen some horrible soapy clips of it) and still quite the beauty. Yummie! At one point she even opens up the top of her blouse, to let a shrunken head (her boyfriend, before he died) in. A shrunken head getting that lucky, can only happen in a Full Moon flick.

I'm trying too hard to praise this silly little horror comedy, really. But honestly, if you like the old school Full Moon flicks much more than Charles Band's more recent efforts, than you should have a fun watch with "Shrunken Heads".

I loved this dark, funny, strange little film. The plot was brilliant, and held me and my friends through all the twists and turns. We laughed our heads off at all the hilarious, dead panned lines of Lt. Col. Aristide Pierre Lafite Sumatra, of the Ton Ton Macoute - the friendly neighborhood news vender and witch doctor. This was a real treat!

This movie is the lamest movie of all time! I saw this movie on the sci-fi channel with some friends. We were all like, "Ok", what is the point of this movie? It was not confusing, but idiotic. If you like this movie, I have nothing to say, but if you haven't seen it, and come across it on TV, SWITCH the channel QUICKLY!!!!!!!!!!