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Horsehead (2014/Artsploitation Blu-ray)


Picture: A Sound: B Extras: C Film: C+



Jessica (Lilly-Fleur Pointeaux), a young beautiful girl returning to her family's estate for her grandmother's funeral, but that is when her nightmares begin, she is a haunted and tormented by the horsehead monster. As she drifts between sleep and the awake, reality blurs to the point where she can no longer tell if she is dreaming or is she awake. And when she begins to discover the meaning behind her dreams, dark secrets begin to emerge. Jessica is also a troubled young lady with the same nightmare that said to drove her grandmother mad in Romaine Basset's Horsehead (2014).


Her family comes from a old traditional family in which her grandfather was considered very 'old testament'. Her beauty is considered more as curse than a blessing. Out-casted and shunned by her family long ago she left years ago, but now returning she is assaulted by nightmares of her grandmother who is trying to warn her and of the lustful eyes of her relatives. As she dives more into her dreams, she learns of an even darker secret her family has been hiding from her.


How creepy would it be if your grandfather and grandmother looked like an older brother and sister and your mother looked more like the grandmother? This was your old school biblical horror movie, when people once believed torture and pain was the way to redeem for their sin. Unfortunately, it was a male dominated tradition, which then allowed the men of the household to psychological traumatize, beat and control the women. It was considered a woman's fault for causing lust in the men if they were too beautiful. The Horsehead monster was the symbol for the church and it's traditions. Wild.


The 1080p 2.35 X 1 digital High Definition image is surprisingly strong in this era of degraded images for horror films, while the DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) 5.1 lossless mix has a consistent, well mixed and recorded soundfield, even if it cannot match the picture. Extras include Inside the Making of Horsehead, 4 short films and trailer.



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