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Shrunken Heads (1994) -- Based on the classic 'Dead End,' where three generations all live within three lower east-side blocks.  Film is Disneyesque... until the bad kids kill the good kids. A  local Haitian news vendor is so incensed that he shrinks the good kid's heads and rean

Overview

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Director:
Richard Elfman
Writer:
Matthew Bright (writer)
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Genre:
Comedy | Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
They're superheroes from the heads...to their necks.
Plot:
When three N.Y. kids are murdered, the local Hatiian voodoo priest re-animates their shrunken heads to exact revenge. Complications arise between one of the heads and his former girlfriend. | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Fright auteurs speak on the art of horror
 (From Fangoria. 23 April 2009, 8:54 AM, PDT)

Before the Oscars, They Belonged to Us, Part 2
 (From Dread Central. 25 February 2009, 2:52 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Immensely enjoyable dark comedy! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Julius Harris ... Mr. Sumatra
Meg Foster ... Big Moe
Aeryk Egan ... Tommy Larson
Rebecca Herbst ... Sally (as Becky Herbst)
A.J. Damato ... Vinnie
Bo Sharon ... Bill Turner
Darris Love ... Freddie Thompson

Bodhi Elfman ... Booger Martin
Troy Fromin ... Podowski

Leigh Allyn Baker ... Mitzi
Paul Linke ... Mr. Larson
Billye Ree Wallace ... Mrs. Wilson
R.J. Frost ... The Vipers
Randy Vahan ... Plumber
Don Dolan ... Arresting Cop
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Additional Details

Runtime:
86 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Ultra Stereo
Certification:
USA:R

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
"Shrunken Heads" is not exactly a "horror" film - it is an absurdest-fantasy based on a twisted update of the 1937 classic, Dead End (1937). People simply looking for a standard horror film may be disappointed and miss the understated dark humor more
Quotes:
Tommy Larson: As we continue to nurture our hate, the loss of our humanity will quicken evermore. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Svengoolie: Shrunken Heads" (2004) more
Soundtrack:
No One Lives Forever more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Immensely enjoyable dark comedy!, 20 October 1999
10/10
Author: gary-146 from Boston

Shrunken Heads is an immensely witty and enjoyable comedy for those with a dark sense of humor. It's like 50's Walt Disney movie for the first quarter of the film... until the bad kids kill all the good kids. The neighborhood news vendor, a former colonel in Haiti's notorious Ton Ton Macoute, is so incensed, that he shrinks and re-animates the heads of the fallen good guys. Now they fly about the city seeking revenge against evil doers. If only their leader Tommy wasn't still in love with Sally! And that, you must see to believe!

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