SummaryNewcomer Evan joins a group of teens on a getaway in Joshua Tree. While exchanging ghost stories around the campfire, Evan reads aloud a mysterious chant from an internet site. From that moment, someone--or something--is among them. As unsettling, inexplicable events become more frequent, Evan realizes this summoned shape-shifting creature is tar... Read More
Directed By:Elle Callahan
Written By:Elle Callahan, Michael Nader
Head Count
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Jun 15, 2019
60
Favoring psychological chills over blood-soaked mayhem, Callahan’s impressively crafted debut nods to recent horror classics while displaying an eminently distinctive vision of its own.
Jun 12, 2019
60
This is all a lot more interesting than some guy in a mask running around with a kitchen knife. Though not at all comedic like the “Happy Death Day” films, Head Count similarly plays with narrative perception in clever ways. It’s an admirably disciplined film with committed performances by actors playing characters more complicated than the usual horror casualty list.
Jun 15, 2019
50
There’s a great story buried somewhere deep within the desert that is Head Count – about a brotherly bond, about jealousies that assume anthropomorphic shapes, about a demon that literally reflects our insecurities. Ellen Callahan hints at those stories but ends up telling the most basic version.
Jun 19, 2019
40
Most of the first half of director Ellie Callahan’s supernatural thriller Head Count feel like a waste of time, made all the more frustrating once the movie starts to improve.
Sep 26, 2019
38
Yeah, Head Count loses its head in the third act. Whatever promise it had is long gone by then (there’s little urgency among the stoners, the threat seems more existential than real). And in a crowd of characters we have zero time to develop empathy for (like their director, they’re all beautiful), when the Big Moment comes, the only sane response is “Who cares?”
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Jun 9, 2020
6
This movie starts with a lot of promise, but that unfortunately that just turns into a lot of problems as there isn’t a lot moving this film forward. The mostly good acting and dialogue isn’t enough to keep this somewhat empty horror story from falling short of its mark. It is filmed well enough and there is actually a plot which is more then I can say about a lot of things I have seen from this decade. There just isn’t enough happening in this psychological horror thriller so it’s hard for me to recommend it. However, I ended up liking it more then I thought I would by the time the end credits started.
Jul 27, 2019
6
Its nothing spectacular but you can clearly see that it was made by a group of people who are fans of horror and were trying their best. Also very nice cinematography and pretty decent acting from all the young members of the cast.
Production Company:
- Godmother Industries
Release Date:Jun 14, 2019
Duration:1 h 30 m
Tagline:There's something strange going on here
Awards
Los Angeles Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
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