Head Trauma
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directed by: Lance Weiler
produced by: John Stefanic and Lance Weiler
starring: Vince Mola, Jamil A.C. Mangan, Steve Garvey, Mary Monahan, Jim Sullivan, Meryl Lynn Brown
feature length
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“Works its way under the skin, raising neck hairs while teasing us to pry open its psychological puzzle box.”
- LA WEEKLY
“Horror outing that revives the under appreciated monster of the id to great effect.”
- MOVIE CITY NEWS
“Elicits effective creeps… A well executed haunted house exercise that treads the psychological vs. supernatural line.”
- AIN'T IT COOL NEWS
"Fright classic... surprisingly effective chiller."
- The Oregonian
"You know the ones: Jacob's Ladder, 12 Monkeys, even Lost Highway. Head Trauma is a solid induction into these halls of creepy mindfucks."
- The Portland Mercury
"Unrelenting creepiness."
- Willamette Week
Synopsis:
After a 20 year absence, drifter, George Walker returns home. As if awakening from a long dream, he finds the house where he had spent his childhood summers, condemned and slated for demolition. George's ambitious decision to save the house he has inherited, brings misfortune when a bizarre accident causes him to fall and strike his head. The blow triggers something within George, and he becomes plagued by vivid nightmares, which depict the murder of a young woman in the woods by a strange hooded figure.
While George recovers from his head trauma, a neighbor named Julian, who is obsessed with the house’s haunted past, befriends him. With the hope of making life easier for himself, George enlists Julian's help. Together they begin to clear the debris and attempt to remove the dark water from the house's flooded basement. However, life does not get easier for George. With his head throbbing and the nightmares worsening, George becomes more and more helpless. As he tries to make sense of the images that haunt him, he begins to think they hold some meaning or hidden message. When George digs deeper, his nightmares begin to cross over into his reality, and he becomes convinced that someone or something is trying to kill him.
Los Angeles Film Festival
