Headless (2015)

What can be said about Headless? - This 2015 movie presents itself as a lost slasher movie from 1978 complete with retro style film scratches, gaudy colouring and even kicking off with a fake trailer for the film "Wolf Baby".

As for a plot..... There is a slither of one in so much as our unnamed killer, due to a very odd upbringing, sleeps in a cage, wears a rubber skull mask and his main hobby is killing women, decapitating them, eating their eyes and then having sex with their heads, in the neck hole.

Of course his home is decorated with the decaying remains of each victim. Of course.

There's not much more to it really - his companion is a younger version of himself wearing a rubber mask that only speaks in jaw-clicks and we presume is an imaginary friend, our killer never speaks and apart from the odd flashback to his strange childhood, gives no reason for his actions.

All in all it's perfect. The "lost movie" is a welcome change and captures the video nasty vibe of movies like Driller Killer and slasher classics like Friday the 13th.

The gore is over the top and if anything the whole tone of the movie is extremely dark comedy for the sick minded and a massive nod to the grindhouse genre.

Doing some internet research, I see that the original "version" of Headless was a "film within a film" featured in the 2012 movie "found" (which I shall be watching right away) and both movies were Kickstarter funded. That, like this movie is awesome.

8/10 Masks.

Directed by - Arthur Cullipher
Produced by - Scott Schirmer
Kara Erdel
Written by - Nathan Erdel
Starring - Shane Beasley, Kelsey Carlisle, Ellie Church
Release dates - February 14, 2015 (Festival premiere)
Running time - 85 minutes
Country - United States
Language - English