The Head Hunter, Severed Heads and Grunting

Okay, decapitating everyone you meet might be termed anti-social behavior. I don't mean to be judgmental, but others are, and the brutes among us might have difficulty getting invited to high teas. Then, if you stink, grunt, and spit...and piss blood...other than at frat parties, you are going to be staying home on Friday nights. However, for a character in a horror film...you are golden... even if you are the only character. In, what is largely, a one-act play...we look at 2018's "The Head Hunter," directed by Jordan Downey.

He's a medieval warrior (Christopher Rygh) that spits and pisses blood...as we all are metaphorically, at times. He dwells in a cursed forest that is controlled by trolls and monsters. Our warrior roams about, finds the creatures, engages in battle with them, and decapitates them. He then takes the head and impales it on his wall in his little hovel. Now he seeks the beast who killed his daughter. His weapons are a battle-axe, hatchet, bow and arrow, spikes, and a sour attitude. Our grunting hunk, who smells bad, has some neat potions for his wounds. When he comes home from killing trolls, his gashes are intense...but after rubbing some black gunk on them, are almost all healed by morning.

There are trolls and then there are monsters.  Now he seeks a monster. Uh oh...sometimes the severed heads don't stay dead. Now he'll have to deal with a head that has grown a whipping vertebrae. We won't dwell on this plot twist as many of us have our own experiences doing just that.  In the world of warrior monster killer, you have no friends, and our protagonist is no different. Soon we will find out that his enemies are just about every living being he meets.

Will our warrior find the creature who murdered his daughter?  Will the head with the whipping spine grow any more appendages?  What ultimately is the end goal for someone who prowls the forests looking for grotesque beings? This is a man's movie...about a man who grunts and kills monsters. So be a wuss and go see a romantic comedy, while the real men around you will watch "The Head Hunter."