Head Count
critic Reviews
, 70% Fresh Tomatometer Score- Head Count doesn't wrack up enough punchy scares to be an unqualified success as a horror outing, but an engaging cast and textured characters make it a refreshing genre exercise with something on its mind.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJustin LoweHollywood Reporter
Favoring psychological chills over blood-soaked mayhem, Callahan's impressively crafted debut nods to recent horror classics while displaying an eminently distinctive vision of its own.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreNoel MurrayLos Angeles Times
Once the Hisje begins working its way through these kids - needing to take five souls before it can be satisfied - "Head Count" becomes a solidly made, often quite scary horror picture.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDennis HarveyVariety
It's an admirably disciplined film with committed performances by actors playing characters more complicated than the usual horror casualty list.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAlexandra Heller-NicholasAWFJ.org
Head Count is a fun horror movie that reveals the potential duplicity and capacity for evil in all of us, a light-hearted genre romp destined to please those amongst us with a soft spot for low-budget indie horror filmmaking.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDolores QuintanaDolores Quintana
HEAD COUNT is a really good and genuinely scary horror film that is light on gore, but not light on thrills. An existential slasher killer stalking a crew of friends with the new guy unleashing horror on them all
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreEmma WolfeSpookyAstronauts
A unique and dynamic psychological horror movie... I am excited to see what's next from [writer and director Elle Callahan].
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRyan LarsonGhastly Grinning
All that said, Head Count is an impressive debut. Elle Callahan has crafted a minimalist, modern age ghost story that should be told in hushed whispers around the campfire.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreEmilie BlackCinema Crazed
Here the atmosphere works, the majority of the characters work well with each other and with the story, the story is fairly simple thus easy to follow, and the tension builds up until the reveal.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreBrian CostelloCommon Sense Media
Suspenseful horror movie has a lot of profanity, drinking.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreRoger MooreMovie Nation
More concerned with tone and upending expecations than in doing anything scary.
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