Headhunter

2005 "Severance For Your Soul."
Headhunter
4.4| 1h30m| R| en| More Info
Released: 06 May 2005 Released
Producted By: Toasted Films
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Ambitious young go-getter Ben Caruso signs on with sexy corporate headhunter Sarah Tierney. Sarah gets Ben a new job with great pay working the graveyard shift. However, Ben soon discovers that Sarah is a witch and his coworkers are the tormented souls of Sarah's previous conquests. If Ben doesn't find a missing head in a few days, he's in danger of losing his own.

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artpf Ambitious young go-getter Ben Caruso signs on with sexy corporate headhunter Sarah Tierney. Who wouldn't? She's hot.Sarah gets Ben a new job with great pay working the graveyard shift.However, Ben soon discovers that Sarah is a witch and his coworkers are the tormented souls of Sarah's previous conquests. If Ben doesn't find a missing head in a few days, he's in danger of losing his own. Beware of the glowing reviews here from people who have something to do with the film! Don't know why IMDb doesn't monitor better. They should not post reviews until someone has 5 reviews under their belt. That would weed out the fakes more. They also always seem to favor showing the rave reviews even when most reviews are bad. That's not a good representation for the film in question.Any way, this movie is cheaply made and the acting is mediocre at best. The writing is dumb and the staging is worse. When the hot babe is introduced she's basically wearing a negligee with a jacket over it! Yikes. And she has a PC on her desk that looks like it was made in 1980! The movie drones on talk talk talk zzzz zzzz zzzzz.None of it is believable. Fast forward to 31 for the sex scene and tell me if you also agree that the witch -- who has tiny breasts -- also has implants. I'm pretty sure. Anyway, the sex is scene is about as boring as the rest of the movie.There is little in this film to capture your attention. I won't reveal the ending, but OMG! I laffed so hard. It's so cheesy and unintentionally funny.This movie is not good.
Woodyanders Ambitious young go-getter Ben Caruso (a solid and likable performance by Ben Parrillo) signs on with sexy corporate headhunter Sarah Tierney (a fine portrayal by the lovely Kristi Clainos). Sarah gets Ben a new job with great pay working the graveyard shift. However, Ben soon discovers that Sarah is a witch and his coworkers are the tormented souls of Sarah's previous conquests. If Ben doesn't find a missing head in a few days, he's in danger of losing his own. Writer/director Paul Tarantino relates the engrossing and entertaining story at a brisk pace, makes good use of the claustrophobic office building setting, expertly creates and sustains an eerie and intriguing oddball atmosphere, and grounds the offbeat premise in a credible white collar reality. Moreover, Tarantino further spices things up with amusing touches of inspired black humor and several grisly moments of nasty gore. The sound acting from the capable cast rates as another real plus: Parrillo and Clainos do top work in the leads, with sturdy support from Mark Aiken as the smarmy Doug Bennett, Matt Bushell as Ben's loyal friend Scott, and Lindsay Stoddart as Ben's concerned girlfriend Donna. Both Seth Kotak's sharp cinematography and Vincent Gillioz's shivery score are up to par. A cool little flick.
CarlB1961 This movie is so offensively bad I actually take it as a personal affront...and believe me, I've seen plenty of terrible horror movies.The acting is soap-opera-level - at BEST - and it is painfully apparent that none of these people have had much (if any) experience performing before a camera before and probably not much since.None of the characters are likable and the lead male is not sympathetic at all (he cheats on his wife in the first half-hour without any apparent remorse and after she is killed by the titular Headhunter he shows no grief AT ALL).Nothing that happens in the story makes any sense and none of the characters behave in anywhere near what could be considered a logical manner.The writing is inane.The special effects are laughable.The cemetery at the climax looks about as "realistic" as the one featured in Plan 9 From Outer Space.The only positive thing I can say about the whole production (and the reason I'm giving it a vote of 2 out of 10 instead of just 1) is that it's pretty professionally lit and filmed - THAT'S IT.Director Paul Tarantino (no; no relation to THAT Tarantino) should go back to film school, and if that doesn't work out, he should go apply at Pizza Hut.P.S., it should be obvious to anyone who has actually SEEN this waste of time that the people who posted good comments on the IMDb review section are either affiliated with the flick or are friends of the director. Nice try, guys.
dilbertsuperman Something about the script and the director make up for the wretched generally worthless actors in this movie. I actually liked this film enough to watch it all. Don't get me wrong, there are moments in this movie where the actors are actually pretty decent, followed by a scene where they are just cue-card reading horrible. There's some attention to detail in this movie that just shows a lot of effort and a lot of heart went into this production even if it is obviously low budget. There is actually a plot of sorts which is a big step up for this genre. It's really the lack of special effects budget that kills this film. The sex scene was great but we needed about 3 more really hot ones, especially with his girlfriend.What results is a watchable low budget horror film- more for a single corporate guy than anyone else since it is office space horror with a corporate backdrop (of sorts).THE PLOT:A very hot corporate headhunter gets a guy the job of his dreams but he has to work very strange hours and it seems like his coworkers are not completely from this world. She has the hots for him but she's nothing but trouble it seems- With a huge budget and some more creative plot elements, this could have been a blockbuster, but the small budget keeps it in the watchable yet crippled category and I am sure the plot elements had to be warped down to the low budget.