Head Count

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Head Count

2019

1h 30m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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A shape-shifting creature terrorizes a group of teens in the desert after one of them reads a mysterious chant from an internet site.

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Head Count doesn't rack 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.

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Justin Lowe

The Hollywood 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.

Jun 15, 2019

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Noel Murray

Los 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.

Jun 14, 2019

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

It's an admirably disciplined film with committed performances by actors playing characters more complicated than the usual horror casualty list.

Jun 12, 2019

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Dolores Quintana

Dolores 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

Dec 28, 2022

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Emma Wolfe

SpookyAstronauts

A unique and dynamic psychological horror movie... I am excited to see what's next from [writer and director Elle Callahan].

Rated: 7/10

Oct 27, 2020

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Ryan Larson

Ghastly 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.

Jun 24, 2020

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The movie had an interesting spin on the horror/thriller chanting 3 times by changing it to 5. Near the end of the film you see that all the furniture and items in the house counts up to 5, even the pillars outside of the house. The film is more a thriller than a horror, but only to certain audiences. The acting of each character was done excellently and the entire set was perfect. If you watch this movie you either have to be super focused to enjoy it or play it in the background, because either way it's still the same feel. The pacing is incredibly slow. After 30 minutes I thought it was going on for hours. The main focus was on the fact that these teens drink and use drugs. Without that the movie meant nothing. The most wholesome moment was at the end when the demon thing cleaned up the house before it went away.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/22/25

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Farah R

It is one of the worst horror movies I've ever seen. Boring, slow, and utterly uninteresting.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/13/25

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Samuel B

Honestly disgusted by the negative ratings. It’s a solid film. Solid acting and could be reinvented as a mesh with John Carpenters The Thing…which…hello…is amazing. Jump scares are great. Atmospheric tension. Has you looking at every inch of the scene constantly.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/09/24

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Walter W

If it wasn't for the Manos: The Hands of Fate Easter egg, I would have rated this lower.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/23/24

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Cronis

Direction, and writing, to forget

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/24

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Brad P

Head Count brings a good-time horror heatwave that keeps viewers guessing, but the name of this game is always doom and damnation.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/04/23

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Synopsis

A shape-shifting creature terrorizes a group of teens in the desert after one of them reads a mysterious chant from an internet site.

Director: Elle Callahan
Producer: Samuel Sandweiss, Brandon Somerhalder
Screenwriter: Elle Callahan
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co: Samuel Goldwyn Films, Godmother Industries
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 14, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 14, 2019
Runtime: 1h 30m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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