Trophy Heads (2014)

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

This is a film most horror fans will either love or hate. Max (Adam Noble Roberts) has the idea life living in his mom's basement (Maria Olsen ) watching old cult horror films from the 70's and 80's. Max laments that they aren't making films like this anymore and that the scream queens have gotten old. Never mind the fact many of these films were made before he was born. Max and mom devise a scheme to recreate scenes from old cult classic films, sort of, and kill and mount the heads of the scream queens.I loved the fact the film payed homage to nude ladies of the cult classics with outtakes. However the dialogue of the feature was trite and boring. It wore thin. It could have been a classic if Charles Band had better writing help.Guide: Plenty of F-bombs, sex and nudity in films plus producer/writer/actress Irena Murphy topless.

Basement trash-horror fan teams up with his brownie-baking mother to ghoulishly preserve the magic of the passing generations of scream-queens.Comedy horror mostly pisses me off, but this is a great idea. The genre is splashed all over the screen and, although a bit coy on the sex, this should hit the spot for experienced fans of US slasher movies. Myself, I can't ref the films or actresses. Clunky production that gets into its stride, and I liked the performances as it went along. Dialogue and editing a bit slow, so the humour sometimes fails to spark and a lot of jokes are left at the table, but the pace is good. Favourite scene was at the audition, where the actors get to play it up. Plus the ending doesn't disappoint.It also hits a good note on the nostalgia of a film fan - the first reaction to watching a movie recedes, the regret becomes overwhelming. Kill it before it dies. Mom! Overall - low rent, dirty irony, but lack of sharps on the sleaze and humour.

Trophy Heads (2014) ** 1/2 (out of 4)Max (Adam Noble Roberts) is a loser of a man who has no job, lives in his mom's basement and all he wants to do is watch horror movies from the 80's. Frustrated that nothing stays the same and that his beloved Scream Queens are getting old, he decides to kidnap them with the help of his mother (Maria Olsen) and cut their heads off, which is what gives the film its title.TROPHY HEADS actually has a very good idea in its head. The idea of a mentally messed up man, who lives for movies and finally cracks and begins to go after the people he sees in movies, is something that would have made for a terrific drama and I can only imagine what some top-tier directors could do with it. This film isn't that though as it's a Full Moon production and on that level the thing actually remains somewhat charming and at least is a great throwback to those, such as myself, who grew up watching these type of direct-to-video horror movies back in the 80s.The real reason to watch this movie is because it features some of the biggest Scream Queens from this era. Brinke Stevens working as a massage therapist. Michelle Bauer is selling juice and signed posters to whoever knows her.Then there's Jessica Morris and Darcy DeMoss who are still out there trying to score auditions. Best of all is Linnea Quigley who finds herself selling the word of Jesus before she's kidnapped. It was great getting to see all of the actresses and another selling point of the movie is that it shows clips from their previous movies. Stuff like CREEPOZOIDS, SORORITY BABE IN THE SLIMEBALL BOWL-A-RAMA and HEAD OF THE FAMILY are seen and spoofed. We also have Stuart Gordon making a hilarious cameo.The film was obviously shot on a very low-budget so most of the deaths are off screen, which is actually a good thing because the one that is on the screen looks horrible with its cheap CGI. The film's tone is quite charming in its own right as Charles Band is obviously winking at his fans and also showing off various Full Moon films. The pace of the movie is also quite good as it certainly manages to hold your attention throughout but you're enjoyable factor will depend on how old you are or what type of films you like. If you have no idea who these Scream Queens are or what Full Moon is then you're just going to find this boring as the same thing happens over and over.However, if you're a fan of these Scream Queens then you're going to enjoy seeing them all together on the screen again. TROPHY HEADS isn't a masterpiece but I think it really does succeed at what it tried to do and that's be an 80's horror movie with these Scream Queens.

I'm not usually one to go on a feminist rant, but this level of violence toward women is pretty bad, I would go so far as to say who ever wrote this has a hatred toward women based on the weird portrayal of women, it basically looks like who ever wrote this has no idea how women would really behave toward one another in a tense situation, and that we would all devolve into selfish jealous bitches, who are really stupid and shallow wile some guy trying to kill us is funny and we ought to sympathize with him and think he his funny. I realize this is for a certain viewing audience, but really you all should be sent to DVD hell where regular people don't have to watch you cheap crap on Hulu. I'm sorry it's not funny it's not scary it's just women hating at it's worst.