Shrunken Heads (film)

Shrunken Heads
Shrunken Heads
	VHS Artwork
Directed by	Richard Elfman
Written by	Matthew Bright
Produced by	Charles Band
Starring	Julius Harris; Meg Foster;
Cinematography	Stephen McNutt
Edited by	Charles Simmons
Music by	Richard Band; Danny Elfman;
Distributed by	Multicom Entertainment Group; Full Moon Entertainment;
Release date	October 18, 1994;
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$800,000

Shrunken Heads is a 1994 American horror film directed by Richard Elfman and written by Matthew Bright. It is Full Moon Entertainment's first theatrical feature, and the last film in which Julius Harris appeared.

Director Elfman's brother, Danny Elfman, provided the main theme music for the film, while the rest of the score was created by Richard Band. Richard's son, Bodhi Elfman, appeared in the film as Booger Martin.

Plot

When a New York City street gang murders three teenagers, a Haitian voodoo priest re-animates them based on their shrunken heads and the youths exact revenge on their killers.

Cast

Julius Harris as Aristide Sumatra, a voodoo priest
Meg Foster as Big Moe, a tough lesbian mob boss
Aeryk Egan as Tommy Larson
Rebecca Herbst as Sally
Bo Sharon as Bill Turner
Bodhi Elfman as Booger Martin
A.J. Damato as Vinnie Benedetti
Darris Love as Freddie Thompson
Troy Fromin as Podowski
Leigh-Allyn Baker as Mitzi
Paul Linke as Mr. Larson
Billye Ree Wallace as Mrs. Wilson
R.J. Frost as The Vipers
Randy Vahan as the plumber

Reception

Emanuel Levy of Variety called it "only mildly entertaining".^[1] J. R. Taylor of Entertainment Weekly rated it B and wrote, "Elfman's fun-loving touches manage to get this new series up and running with twisted enthusiasm".^[2] Writing in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, academic Peter Dendle said that the characters "lovingly exaggerate every preposterous line with relish, yielding some outrageous dialogue in an otherwise treadmill production."^[3]

References

^ Levy, Emanuel (November 27, 1994). "Review: 'Shrunken Heads'". Variety. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
^ Taylor, J. R. (October 21, 1994). "Shrunken Heads". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
^ Dendle, Peter (2001). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia. McFarland & Company. pp. 160–161. ISBN 978-0-7864-9288-6.

External links

Shrunken Heads at IMDb

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[1] Levy, Emanuel (November 27, 1994). "Review: 'Shrunken Heads'". Variety. Retrieved February 13, 2015.

[2] Taylor, J. R. (October 21, 1994). "Shrunken Heads". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 13, 2015.

[3] Dendle, Peter (2001). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia. McFarland & Company. pp. 160–161. ISBN 978-0-7864-9288-6.

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