Head of the Family

1996 "Mastermind of death!"
5.3| 1h22m| R| en
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In the midst of a torrid affair, Lance discovers that Nob Hollow's weirdest residents, the Stackpoole family, have been doing hideous human experiments in the bowels of their basement.

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CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!
Beanbioca As Good As It Gets
Forumrxes Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.
Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.
Aaron1375 This film was brought to us by Charles Band who did a lot of horror movies back in the day. I do believe he was the person behind Full Moon studios which brought us many horror films, some good and a lot of them bad. One thing that can be said about his films though whether good or bad is that they were generally very short! This one was actually one of the longer films I have watched that he did and it was not horribly bad, but it was not good either. Basically, this film had a lot of talking and a lot of sex and nudity, but not a lot in the way of horror. I was not quite sure what to expect when I chose to watch it as I had it on one of those sets of DVDs that has a bunch of other films on it, but I sure as heck was not expecting this. I do not know if that is a good thing or not as I just watched this thing unfold and all I was getting was sex scene, talk, sex scene talk and maybe someone getting punched in the face to change things up. The positive about this formula is that the lead girl was super cute and another girl featured was also rather attractive, but I think the Loretta character was way more attractive than the Ernestina character though Ernestina was the one who was supposed to be super sexy and irresistible.The story has three rather zoned out people to start and then flashes to a restaurant/store where an obnoxious biker who is apparently hated by most people in the town is making deals and being completely oblivious that his wife is having sex with the guy who owns the place. One night while he and the woman are continuing their affair they witness a strange roadblock and the guy investigates only to discover that there are some strange happenings at the house of the three zoned out people. He soon hatches a plan to use this strange family to take care of the woman's husband; unfortunately, he gets a bit too greedy and even after the family takes care of the husband he continues to blackmail the family until the head of the family devises a plan to get the man into his custody where he intends to torture the man for a while, but the guy who seems so stupid seems to somehow be able to counter the super smart head every step of the way.One of the reasons that this film kind of doesn't work is the fact that the lead guy does seem to be able to easily outmaneuver the super intelligent man who lives within the house that is a lot bigger on the inside than the out as it looks like a large house, but not large enough to have a fairly large basement and sport an auditorium. Another problem is the fact that most of the movie is just talk, they discuss things a lot and then there is the sex, which is good because the lead girl is so cute and she is more than willing to take it all off more so than the one that is supposed to be super powered sexy. If this were a porn, it may be okay for it to follow this formula, but it is a horror film...granted it is one of those Full Moon horror comedies. Not going to say the comedy fell completely flat, but the horror was nonexistent. The payoff at the end sucks too. It was not terrible by any means, but it certain was not at the head of its class either.
BloodTheTelepathicDog I'm a big fan of Charlie Band and Full Moon Pictures, and thoroughly enjoyed this odd horror-comedy.As with many Band films, he enjoys little characters that he likes to animate, and The Head(J.W. Perra) gives Charlie just that kind of character.The Head controls his dimwitted siblings, and orders them around like henchmen.This film has witty dialogue, that one doesn't expect from such a film, and actors perfectly suited for the corny plot. Blake Bailey was great, portraying a clever redneck scamming The Head into giving him a weekly inheritance. Jacqueline Lovell augments Bailey perfectly, as they play off one another brilliantly. Its a shame Jakki Lovell is basically doing softcore garbage now, that doesn't allow her to showcase her acting talent, only her exceptional form.A person can rent a better movie, don't get me wrong, but this is very fun and witty, with a clever country taste to it.
Backlash007 ~Spoiler~I decided to have a Blake Bailey double feature and watched...well, just about the only two movies he ever starred in: Lurking Fear and this, Head of the Family. Head of the Family is a decent attempt at a horror/comedy from director Robert Talbot (Charles Band, we know it's you). It takes place in the small Southern town of Nobs Hollow and revolves around The less-than-normal Stackpool family and a diner owner who is blackmailing them. He is blackmailing them because he saw them do what all weird families who live in isolated places do: kill and torture innocent passerby's. Oh, and because they're stinkin' rich. Surprisingly, it did make me laugh a few times. I enjoyed it because, it being a Full Moon flick, it was thirty times better than their usually horror dealings. When you're used to seeing Seed People and Curse of the Puppet Master, Head of the Family is a delightful masterpiece. I also dug it because I was in the mood for something dumb. Just some old fashioned, check-your-brain-at-the-door kinda fun. If you go into the movie that way, I don't see how you can't have fun with it. It is just a B-movie after all.
dogcow I was suprised at all the negative reviews, this is actually a darn good film from Mr. Band. "Benjamin Carr" coughs up a decent enough screenplay full of quirky characters and clever one liners. The head is genuinely creepy and the other characters are completely sleazy. Highly recommended, one of full moons better films.