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Headless Horseman2007

Name: Headless Horseman
Genre: Slasher, Supernatural, Splatter & Gore, Folk Horror
Released: 2007-10-27
Rating: 4.7

“Don't lose your head”

Directed by Anthony C. Ferrante

4.7

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 3.9TMDB 4.7

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Year

2007

Runtime

87 min

The premise

Seven college kids take a shortcut on their way to a party and unfortunately end up in Wormwood – a "lost" town in the middle of nowhere. They find something strange and sinister happening there – bones and weird decorations line Main Street. The cause: local Wormwood legend says on All Hallows Eve one hundred years ago, a crazed man tortured the youngsters in town and then cut off their heads. In retaliation, the townspeople killed him by cutting off his head. Seeking revenge every seven years, he returns and takes seven heads from children in the town. Now the seven visitors find themselves hunted one by one as the Headless Horseman claims his due.

Horror Vault's take

When seven college students take a wrong turn and stumble into the forgotten backwater of Wormwood, they quickly realize the town's eerie decorations and bone-lined streets are no Halloween prank. A centuries-old legend tied to a decapitated madman casts a very real shadow over All Hallows Eve, and the visitors soon discover they may have arrived right on schedule. Hunted one by one through the dead-of-night streets, the group must face a relentless supernatural predator with a very specific quota to fill. This is small-town folklore at its most bloodthirsty.

Content: Graphic Decapitation, Gore, Graphic Violence, Jump Scares