Die Stunde des Headhunter (1988)

Die Stunde des Headhunter: Directed by Francis Schaeffer. With Kay Lenz, Wayne Crawford, Steve Kanaly, June Chadwick. A Miami cop finds out his wife has a female lover, and he begins to have an affair with his female partner. Meanwhile, a voodoo demon from Africa arrives among Miami’s Nigerian community and begins decapitating some people and possessing others–including the cop’s wife.

“u0026quot;Pete Giullaniu0026quot; (Wayne Crawford) and u0026quot;Katherine Hallu0026quot; (Kay Lenz) are two Miami detectives who are partners and are given an assignment to investigate a series of brutal murders among the small Nigerian community in their city. At the same time Pete has just learned that his wife is having an affair and because of that he has decided to move out of the house. Not knowing where else to turn he goes to the only person he can trust-who happens to be Katherine–and asks to move in temporarily with her. She reluctantly agrees even though she has a boyfriend and a private life of her own. Unfortunately, if that wasnu0026#39;t enough, the murders begin to increase and soon both Pete and Katherine begin to suspect that the person responsible for these grisly murders may not be human after all-and it has now targeted them. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that, although the plot certainly seemed interesting enough, I found this film to be somewhat disappointing overall. For starters, the demon wasnu0026#39;t depicted until the end of the film and when it was finally shown it looked quite ridiculous. Likewise, too much time was spent on the subplot involving Peteu0026#39;s marriage which wasnu0026#39;t even remotely interesting. Additionally, other than Kay Lenz, none of the actors really stood out and for that reason it was hard to get overly enthused about this movie at all. That said, I have rated this movie accordingly. Slightly below average.”