Plasterhead (2006)

Every town has a local legend. Not all of them are deadly. Headed to Miami to celebrate winter break, a group of four college students from New Jersey take a detour into the bowels of rural... See full summary »

Director:

Kevin Higgins

Writer:

Kevin Higgins

Stars:

Kathryn Merry, Josh Macuga, Ernest Dancy

Cast

Credited cast:
Kathryn Merry	...	Maggie
Josh Macuga	...	Steve
Ernest Dancy	...	David
Raine Brown	...	Audra
Gerard Adimando	...	Sheriff Earl Taggart
Brandon Slagle	...	Henry
Steph Van Vlack	...	Peggy (as Stephanie Van Vlack)
Kevin Cannon	...	Jerry
Tom DiNardo	...	Artie the Mechanic
Artie Brennan	...	Donnie
Drae Williamson	...	Janine Alexander
Brian Dixon	...	Ray Williams / Plasterhead
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marci Fine	...	Marlene Love
Ronald Thomas	...	Bartender

Storyline

Every town has a local legend. Not all of them are deadly. Headed to Miami to celebrate winter break, a group of four college students from New Jersey take a detour into the bowels of rural West Virginia. There, the unwitting friends uncover a grotesque legend that stains the fabric of Rolling Glen, a sleepy backwoods town: the legend of Ray Williams, a black truck driver from Maine, on his way to Texas to make a delivery, brutally beaten by a band of locals after stopping off in town for a drink, his body left for dead in an empty cornfield and never found. They learn of crooked sheriff Earl Taggart, who helped acquit the locals involved in the attack, and who still lords over the small village with an iron fist. Fifteen years later, whispers of the Williams incident still float through the tired walls and eaves of Rolling Glen. As the four friends quickly find out, some believe Williams still roams the woods on the outskirts of town, surviving on the slaughter of wildlife. Others ...

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Plot Keywords:

small town | topless female nudity | diner | gas station | cult | 

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Taglines:

True Evil Has No Face

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and brief nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 October 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

No Face

Filming Locations:

Blairstown, New Jersey, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Plasterhead Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character of Henry was originally written to be an old man. However, Brandon Slagle impressed the producers so much in his audition that he was cast in the role, despite being just 28 at the time.

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Goofs

During a nighttime scene in Plasterhead's house, Maggie (Kathryn Merry) is standing in front of a candle, the only light source in the room, yet her shadow is cast on the wall behind the candle.

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Connections

References Friday the 13th (1980)

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Soundtracks

"Too Tired To Do It"
Performed by Acrefoot
Written by Keith Parish

User Reviews

Better than reported

All you have to do is go to Netflix to see just how many god-awful horror films there are that were made in the last 10 years. It seems that every loser with a video camera seem to think he's John Carpenter.

While this is no masterpiece, PLASTERHEAD still manages to create a good deal of low-key suspense in the first half, during which we rarely get a glimpse of the murderous Plasterhead. (In that, the film is very much like a lot of 1950's "monster" movies, where budgetary limitations almost dictated that the "creature" not be shown until halfway through {or later}). Since this is obviously a low-budget film, the filmmakers were wise to use this approach.

Some other reviewers of this film have commented on how bad the acting is. The "teenagers" in the film are pretty raw and unpolished in their overly-dramatic performances, but you'll see plenty worse in this genre. And there's at least one really good performance by Gerard Adimondo as the local lawman. He's easily the best element of the film and one wishes the screenwriters had developed his "back story" better because he is easily the most interesting character in the film. From his first few minutes on film, one can sense that he is a conscientious lawman but there is something dark about the character. All of that is conveyed in the actor's performance: Adimondo is terrific.

The film runs out of gas (and ideas) near the end, but that's not unusual for this genre. As for those "critics" who complained about the characters' accents -- Give me a break. This isn't Shakespeare!!

All in all, PLASTERHEAD is an enjoyable, low-budget film, though it's far from a genre classic.