The Film
Federal agent Stewart Cummings (Jake Suffian) is dealing
with increasing medical costs for his sick girlfriend by going on the take. He
even says, “I’m a fed on the take.” He is supposed to be busting
moonshiners (really?), but instead becomes interested in a series of murders
happening in the area. The murders are committed by Travis Clyde Tuckton
(Elliot V. Kotek), who just got out of jail and laments that nothing is going
right for him. His grandfather teaches him the art of the header, which is
drilling a hole in someone’s skull and then having one’s way with the hole.
Travis quickly becomes an aficionado, and his grandfather enjoys watching and
cheering him on (“Hump that head, boy, hump it!”). Supposedly, these murders
are done in revenge, but the filmmakers neglected to really develop that angle.
The dialogue is awful. The acting is dubious, at best.
All of the characters are despicable, and so you just don’t care what happens
to any of them. Even Stewart’s sick girlfriend turns out to be a terrible
person. This could have been a much creepier and scarier film. Oh well.
The Special Features
·
The Director (This is a six-minute interview
with Archibald Flancranstin, conducted during production. He says his expectation
for the film is “Notoriety,” but the goal is to “Wake up America.”
Oh boy.)
·
The Author (This is a ten-minute interview with
Edward Lee, who says the characters are just as he pictured them when writing
the story. Toward the end of this feature, he rehearses the lines for his small
role.)
·
The Guest (This is a twelve-minute interview
with novelist Jack Ketchum, who performed a small role in the film. The guy who
conducts the interviews must be in junior high, because he asks stupid
questions like, “If you were a woman, would you suck your own nipples?”
He asked that one to both Edward Lee and Jack Ketchum, so clearly he’s proud of
that particular question.)
·
The Star (This is an eight-minute interview with
Jake Suffian, which was conducted toward the end of production. He says it’s
his first feature film.)
·
The Producer (This is a nine-minute interview
with Michael Anthony.)
·
The Effects (This feature includes interviews
with Alex Marthaller, David Plunkett, Brian Ray and Ryan Carroll, as well as
some behind-the-scenes footage. It is approximately eleven minutes.)
·
Promotional Trailers (There are two trailers,
each approximately a minute long.)
The Specs
·
Widescreen Presentation (1.78:1 aspect ratio)
·
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
·
Time: 89 minutes
·
Language: English
Header was released on DVD in 2009 through Synapse
Films.
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