Directed by Christopher Coppola
Starring Andre Ware, Steven Hedden, Frank Gorshin, Andre Marcus, Bernie Kopell, Lynda Carter, Shirley Jones
Screenings 3/12/04 9:30pm at SJSU Morris Dailey Auditorium and 31303 at 11:30pm at Camera 3

Doug and Donny are about as different as two men can be and still be related. One’s black, one’s white. One’s a self-starter and business owner, the other shares a dingy apartment with a bunch of potheads. But they’re also both big, strong, and intent on claiming the property – and money – their recently deceased birth mother left them. There’s a couple of catches though, starting with the fact that neither knew about the other until they both showed up to claim their inheritance and ending with the rather large and bloodthirsty monster that inhabits the hills near the property.
“Bloodhead,” aka “The Curse of Bloodhead” is an above-average B monster movie. It does have plenty of cliches: the feuding brothers, the family secret, the “appearances can be deceiving” subplot, and so on, but it also has surprisingly good production values and some solid acting. Director Christopher Coppola (part of the extended family which includes Nicholas Cage and Francis Ford Coppola) has put together a quality piece of entertainment here, one that will make you laugh and make you cringe. It’s also a real pleasure to see Frank Gorshin (remembered for his comedy work and his stint as the Riddler on the old Batman show) back in action.