Head of the Family

Plot synopsis:
Howard (Gordon Jennison Noice) is the meanest nastiest thug in town, a Harley riding criminal with a hot wife Loretta (Jacqueline Lovell). Loretta's problem is she's having an affair with Lance (Blake Adams), owner of the town diner and Howard’s getting suspicious. Driving back from one of their nightly flings, Lance witnesses the local family of weirdos, the Stackpools, dragging a man from his truck and into their house. Seeing this as an opportunity, Lance discovers the Stackpools terrible secret. They are quintuplets but instead of being born as a normal human, they each have one of the traits of one human being: One is extremely strong; one has extremely well-developed senses; one is extremely attractive (Alexandria Quinn); and, one is extremely intelligent. The whole family is run by the one who has super intelligence, the 'head of the family' from the title, Myron (J.W. Perra). Little more than a giant head with hands in a wheelchair, Myron psychically controls his other siblings, but seeks more. When idiotic locals fall for his trap, he experiments on their brains, trying to find a normal body to house his superior intellect. Lance blackmails the Stackpools with their secret, getting them to kill Howard and demanding $2,000 a week in cash. (The Stackpools are rich in oil and coal among other things) Eventually Myron tires of Lance's bottom-feeding, and captures him and Loretta, to get them to destroy the evidence of their secret. To force Lance's hand, he puts Loretta in a mock play of Joan of Arc in the basement, complete with a burning at the stake. The dumb strong one, seeing the 'pretty girl' in trouble, carries her off before she can be hurt, and burns the house down. With the Stackpools and Lance dead, the ever scheming Loretta realizes that the big dumb one is the heir to the family riches. She marries him inheriting all the Stackpool fortunes. The ending, however, suggests that Myron is still alive and is controlling the dumb one again....

Tags: cult

Review:
So bad its good cheesy horror film more sexy than scary!.
Head of the Family is cheesy B-movie trash at its best, the plot if there is one revolves around mutant quadruplets that are control by their brother who just happens to be a giant disembodied head.
The plot good as it sounds really takes second stage to a number of cheap special effects and several sexy scenes.
The star of the film is ex-porn star Jacqueline Lovell better known as Sara St James who plays a cheating wife looking to have her husband killed.
The film works because it doesn't take itself seriusly, the plot is crazy, the characters are shallow, the effects will make you laugh and the girls are sexy while losing their clothes at every chance they get.
The film while never rising above its B-movie roots does entertain for 82 minutes and if you want a Friday night popcorn movie you could do much worse than this..
A tongue-in-cheek parody of all those cheesy horror flicks I used to enjoy as a kid -- that's what I think this is supposed to be.
In this day of bloated, anything-goes, lowest common denominator comedy, this is a pleasant departure because it's serving up all those types of films (hence the over-the-top family of misfits, the gratuitous sex, etc.) and it's right on target.
And personally, I think the acting is way above average here --they're making fun of all the bad acting that goes on in these films.
It's too bad some of my fellow reviewers here tried to take this film as serious scary stuff.
Lance, a small town guy, is trying to get a hold of stackpool's money but as you might imagine Miron is not very happy about this.
This is a good movie with loads of laughs but please if you're going to watch this movie do not go in expecting a horror movie.
If you go in ready to watch a horror movie you're going to be very disappointed..
To be honest, the plot holds together a lot better than a lot of wide-release horror movies with "name" talent.
If anything, the flaw with this movie (despite the premise of the title villain), is that it's not quite bad enough to be truly campy..
I was suprised at all the negative reviews, this is actually a darn good film from Mr. Band.
Highly recommended, one of full moons better films..
In an effort to steal one man's wife, the protagonist Lance has a family of freaks kidnap the man and he then blackmails them to keep the whole affair silent.Many and perhaps most people would write this film off as being incredibly stupid and a horrible movie.
But I think there are some things in this movie that should not be overlooked.First, the sheer excess of nudity and sexual activity.
Such phrases as "foul play of the permanent variety" suggest this man would have had a good contract working for "Buffy the Vapire Slayer".If you like cheesy horror films, this is one you shouldn't pass up on.
Otis has the strength of ten men, Ernestina (?) has, well, some special physical talents, and Myron is a giant head with a tiny body.
Myron has cleverly dubbed himself "head of the family" because his special talent is an infinite intellect and he has the power to telepathically control the other 3.
Good Full Moon Fun. I'm a big fan of Charlie Band and Full Moon Pictures, and thoroughly enjoyed this odd horror-comedy.As with many Band films, he enjoys little characters that he likes to animate, and The Head(J.W. Perra) gives Charlie just that kind of character.The Head controls his dimwitted siblings, and orders them around like henchmen.This film has witty dialogue, that one doesn't expect from such a film, and actors perfectly suited for the corny plot.
Its a shame Jakki Lovell is basically doing softcore garbage now, that doesn't allow her to showcase her acting talent, only her exceptional form.A person can rent a better movie, don't get me wrong, but this is very fun and witty, with a clever country taste to it..
As a bit of bad-movie fun, "Head Of The Family" is rather lacking, although it is better acted than you might expect.
Jacqueline Lovell is a definite talent who deserves better than these kinds of movies.
this is the best movie i've ever seen.
You can even see what's going on when a scene is in darkness, something many directors of modern day horror films might study.
A muscle man, a trollop, a big head brain, and a sensitive guy, make up the ultra-weird Stackpole family.
"Head of the Family" is outrageous and has enough dark humor to satisfy the "black comedy" crowd.
Head of the Family is an extremely weak effort from Full Moon Pictures, failing at being a comedy or a horror film.
W. Perra, it otherwise offers little of interest.The film follows an adulterous couple that blackmails the local family of freaks into disposing of the female's lowlife husband.
Unsurprisingly, things start to go downhill when they try to wheedle money out of the family.Aside from a weak, predictable plot, the film suffers from numerous other problems.
The actors are not helped by a terrible script which reduces each character to the most basic one note.Other than Perra's performance and some good makeup, the only thing this film has to offer is its brevity and copious nudity from Lovell..
Ahh, nuthin' like cheesy, explopitative, semi-porn, masquerading as horror...This one stars Jaqueline Lovell(sometimes Sara St. James), the nubile starlet also seen in "Femalien", "The Erotic House of Wax", and that family favorite "Nude Bowling Party".
"Head of the Family" actually tries to be a real moovie.
The MooCow says avoid the devoid, unless yer looking for a rent on cheesy T&A/horror night.
Someone bought it for me as a Christmas present because they knew I liked a good horror flick.
Best horror movie ever!.
This has to be one of the all time greatest horror movies.
Charles Band made the best movie of 96' in this little seen gem.
Highly realistic and , incredibly stylised- with a visual flair David Fincher would envy, its not hard to see why Band went on to make such classics as 'Killjoy 2: Deliverance From Evil', 'The Regina Pierce Affair', 'Virgins of Sherwood Forest', and 'Timegate: Tales of the Saddle Tramps'.With a highly sophisticated story- a tiny body with a large head controls a family of weirdos who perform experiments on naked women, this movie may be a bit too much for younger viewers and is only for the most educated type of viewer, but for those who see it, Band is able to convey subtle messages about the human condition through his masterpiece.
The head is symbolic of the lost love and longing for one's inner self that we all must face at one point or another, and for this reason i was able to engage with this film on a deeply personal level.
Although many earlier critics have compared Band's film to Re-animator and other lesser works, this stands head and heels above the rest.
Also, the special effects in this film are absolutely top notch, easily the best work done in a horror film since...
The work in this film makes Savini's effects look like the work of a blind, limbless hobo.The only problem i have with this film is the copious amounts of full frontal nudity, which were ultimately unnecessary in achieving the composer's goal- to create a timeless epic that would forever go down in history as possibly the greatest film of all time.
A strange family made up of misfits provide bad influences to a small town in Florida..
This movie would better be classified as mild porn rather than horror.
Anyone looking for good horror will not find it here.
Movie bad.
This movie was not only disappointing to the horror/suspense film lover, it was disappointing to anyone who sees it.
I thought that this film might be funny because the guy with the huge head.
On to of all this, each scene looks like it was light from a single light bulb, and I think they used the same set for two different lawyers, a restaurant, and an airport.
This movie is not for the movie lover who loves bad movies because in the end, it feels likes wasted time.
And with the dismissal of any decent story or acting or even the trait of being mildy frightening then there is usually only one plus left for a horror film.
So in short if you like good movies you have no interest in this film, if you like cheese you still don't have any reason to rent this film, if you like erotica and soft core porn you really have no motive to rent this film, and most importantly if you value your time in the slightest, you cannot do better than to avoid this movie..
I watched this film on the advice of a friend who assured me it was one of the funniest things he'd ever seen.
Sadly this person is completely lacking a sense of humour and I was forced to endure two hours of the worst film making I have ever seen.
It basically was just a long trailer but gave you a really good idea of what the movie was about.
After viewing the trailer, I thought I would rent this movie because it looked stupid and generic, but could still be entertaining in a perverse sense.
The film has two (or should I say four) things going for it and it's not the number of deaths, it's the women.
They are hot and naked a lot and Ms. Lovell could be a legit actress, but not in a movie where the emphasis is on T&A and corny dialogs.
This isn't even a horror movie or scary, unless you are talking about watching the actors try to act.
What was the point in making this movie?
To be able to make a sequel to a movie no one has seen or will ever watch?
i cant find a good thing to say about it, other than the lead guy had a nice body...I guess.
A couple of friends and myself visited the video shop a few years back and we were in one of those moods to rent some cheesy non seen flicks.
That head made me laugh and when i look at other peoples comments aboout this movie it makes me laugh even more.
Head of the family is so good and the head is funny and im still laughing ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Head of the family goes right past being "so bad it's good" and just ends up being total garbage all over again.rotten..
Now I got to admit, there is allot wrong with this film, there are serious character issues.
"Head of the Family" is one of the best of the Full Moon horror films.**SPOILERS** On a street in an unassuming neighborhood, a family of freaks, Otis, (Bob Schott) Wheeler, (James Jones) and Ernestina, (Dianne Colazzo) lives that causes the others in the town to be paranoid of them.
While traveling one night, Loretta and Lance witness the family capturing a traveler and dragging him into their house.
Doing a little digging, Lance learns that the family is a family of freaks that is run by Myron, (J.W. Perra) a giant head that wishes to have a normal body.
Loretta is forced into a play with the other victims of Myron's doing, until Otis comes to her rescue and is able to save her from the set being accidentally burned down.The Good News: The real asset, or assets, to this film is the casting of Jacqueline Lovell.
Not only is she a good looking actress, she also went topless three times in the film, including two for long periods of time.
Also included in that was three more instances of full nudity in the film.
There really was a lot of nudity in the film.
What I also thought was original was that there was a completely original story that had hardly been seen in horror films.
Even though there wasn't a whole lot of special effects in the film, the ones that are seem pretty realistic.
The giant head of Myron is plausibly done, and looks like something that could exist.
The designs of the freaks that they keep in the basement are very creepy and look threatening upon first glance.The Bad News: For a horror film, you need jumps.
Without the nudity, the film would be just a drag with nothing else to go for it.
Still, this is a lot better than a lot of Full Moon films.
All non-Full Moon fans will be bored stupid by the film.Rated R: Nudity, several strong Sex Scenes, Violence, and Graphic Language.
~Spoiler~I decided to have a Blake Bailey double feature and watched...well, just about the only two movies he ever starred in: Lurking Fear and this, Head of the Family.
Head of the Family is a decent attempt at a horror/comedy from director Robert Talbot (Charles Band, we know it's you).
I enjoyed it because, it being a Full Moon flick, it was thirty times better than their usually horror dealings.
When you're used to seeing Seed People and Curse of the Puppet Master, Head of the Family is a delightful masterpiece.
If you go into the movie that way, I don't see how you can't have fun with it.
One of Full Moon's strangest, most outrageous, and hence hugely entertaining films.
Super smart giant head Myron (smoothly essayed by J.W. Perra) psychically controls his three dumber, yet equally weird siblings.
Not a bad 3 but good for a watch!.
Its got some good writing but really bad writing at times to.
This film was brought to us by Charles Band who did a lot of horror movies back in the day.
I do believe he was the person behind Full Moon studios which brought us many horror films, some good and a lot of them bad.
One thing that can be said about his films though whether good or bad is that they were generally very short!
This one was actually one of the longer films I have watched that he did and it was not horribly bad, but it was not good either.
Basically, this film had a lot of talking and a lot of sex and nudity, but not a lot in the way of horror.
The positive about this formula is that the lead girl was super cute and another girl featured was also rather attractive, but I think the Loretta character was way more attractive than the Ernestina character though Ernestina was the one who was supposed to be super sexy and irresistible.The story has three rather zoned out people to start and then flashes to a restaurant/store where an obnoxious biker who is apparently hated by most people in the town is making deals and being completely oblivious that his wife is having sex with the guy who owns the place.
He soon hatches a plan to use this strange family to take care of the woman's husband; unfortunately, he gets a bit too greedy and even after the family takes care of the husband he continues to blackmail the family until the head of the family devises a plan to get the man into his custody where he intends to torture the man for a while, but the guy who seems so stupid seems to somehow be able to counter the super smart head every step of the way.One of the reasons that this film kind of doesn't work is the fact that the lead guy does seem to be able to easily outmaneuver the super intelligent man who lives within the house that is a lot bigger on the inside than the out as it looks like a large house, but not large enough to have a fairly large basement and sport an auditorium.
Another problem is the fact that most of the movie is just talk, they discuss things a lot and then there is the sex, which is good because the lead girl is so cute and she is more than willing to take it all off more so than the one that is supposed to be super powered sexy.
If this were a porn, it may be okay for it to follow this formula, but it is a horror film...granted it is one of those Full Moon horror comedies.
I usually watched the good movie with my girlfriend or family and then, at midnight or later ir possible I watch alone the bad one.When I rented this crap I also rented The Insider (one of the best movies I've seen).
I had a good taste in my mouth after watching it, but then HEAD OF THE FAMILY one of the worst horror movies ever made ruined my day.
Castle Freak is a great horror film by Full Moon Pictures, why would they ever release a movie like this?!
They've shown that they can make a good horror movie, why not follow the winning formula of Castle Freak?HEAD OF THE FAMILY has some elements (out dated by the way) like lots of nudity, gore, and a villain.
I can't say if it's a horror comedy, a sci-fi mess, or an ultra low budget horror movie.I just know that it fails on everything!
The storyline is a mess, it tried to spoof (I like to think so) TCM and Re-Animator but it just didn't work.But there's something good about the movie: Jacqueline Lovell.
Anyways, when you think that the best feature of a Horror movie is a hot woman, then it means that the movie is a total mess.I'm not whining, I'm preventing anyone from renting this one.