Curse of the Headless Horseman (1972)

Excellent but underrated film

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Nonetheless, I find this to be absolutely hilarious. It's got all kinds of great things. The narrator is one of the most incomprehensible that I have ever seen. Half of what he says is more or less incomprehensible, and the other half is usually irrelevant to what's going on. I'm really not sure how we're supposed to be menaced by the bad guy. All he does is go up to people and shake his head at them spattering a little blood on them. Why would anyone bother doing that? To be honest, I think that even Scooby and Shaggy might have the courage to look at this guy for a while. Most of the dialogue is idiotic too, and clearly not written by any of the "right on hepcats" who really "know where it is at". There are definitely a lot of sequences that you will be wishing for an end to. The strange improv comedy routine (I think) from Unfunny and Unfunnier would definitely be an example. The acid trip is a little bizarre too. Also, it's hard to know where to go with a scene that has a rape scene going on with cool folk music in the background. I think we're supposed to be okay with it, but I'm really not. Anyway, this is a pretty hilarious movie. I recommend, if you can deal with the seventy six minutes of pain that it will cause you. Washington Irving need have no fear, though.

"A young man inherits his uncle's western ranch and invites his friends to come along and help out with the operation. After arriving, the caretaker explains to the group the legend of the headless horseman who roams the area to seek revenge. Laughing off the legend as the ramblings of an old man, the group are then shocked when the phantom rider appears, causing the deaths of some of the group," according to the DVD sleeve's synopsis… This is one of those films for which even the lowest ranking seems too elevated - but, perhaps it's earned by walk-on Ultra Violet's "Superman" lunchbox.* Curse of the Headless Horseman (1974) Leon Gucci ~ Marland Proctor, Don Carrara, Ultra Violet

I have seen a lot of bad movies, but this is definitely one of the worst. It is so bad, that it's not even funny. The movie is about a bunch of hippies who move out onto their friend's ranch that he inherited from his deceased uncle. They attempt to bring tourists to the ranch, but no to avail. Soon, a random guy riding around on a horse with a fake head under his arm shows up and sprays blood on people. The dialogue is horrible, the acting even worse, and the thing doesn't even make any sense. If you watch this movie in hopes of graphic violence, you will be disappointed, this violence is next to nothing, and when there is violence, it just looks like someone squirted ketchup on the actor. All in all, this movie totally bombed and I advise you to avoid at all costs.Rated: PG for Violence and Drug Use.Grade: F

I love bad movies. This is not a bad movie; it is a non-movie. From the amazingly florid narration to the actual inability of the performers to act their say out of open bags--or a completely-open set, this movie never fails to disappoint, except when it annoys. The guy inherits a tourist ranch, apparently some people die, and the end is a big question mark of unresolved issues and a narrator who evidently gets jacked on nitrous since he repeats the same line over and over--I counted 7 times before I stopped. And the music was awful for the "hippe era" or any other time in history.Don't bother to watch this movie unless you have a masochistic bent or you have serious psychotropic drugs.SPOILERS:What was the point of inviting all his friends to the ranch if he knew they would stand between him and the gold? Why was the one woman endlessly running and falling, running and falling, until she could place herself in front of the ambulance? Was there a curse or not?