Heading Home (2006)

   
Adapted, Directed, Shot, Edited & Produced by: Jane Rose

Starring:

Ean Sheehy .... Edward
Jenny Mundy-Castle .... Marie
Chuck Bunting .... The Butcher

Release Date: H.P Lovecraft Film Festival: October 6, 7, 8: 2006 (Portland, Oregon); Pretty-Scary Film Festival: September 15, 2

Rating:

 

Marie knows that something terrible things are happening in her husband Edward's (Ean Sheehy) lab: Strange sounds come from behind the door; the butcher (Chuck Bunting) brings grotesque deliveries to their house; children are disappearing from town. But will her decision to interfere in Edward's macabre research unleash an even greater horror?

 

It's wonders what you can do with a cheap video cam and a quick story. It's very mysterious as you wonder what's going on in this insane laboratory and it makes you really cringe at time even if it looks a bit hokey.
However, I didn't get too much out of it but there's a few interesting moments here and there.

The acting was not too bad but a little over the top. The cast shows alot of energy however.
Ean Sheehy's performance almost reminds me of how Edwin Neal performs which is goofy but Sheehy is a little too much.

There is a bloody shoe
A mad scientists head is cut off and he sews himself back up

Not all directors are males and Jane Rose proves to be just that.
She shows a nice opening with someone opening their eyes and seeing green.
Also, there's a great first time scene between Ean Sheehy and Jenny Mundy-Castle. Especially when Sheehy opens the door and acts crazy.
There's also great camera shots making out that it's Sheehy crawling up the stairs to a door and other crazy moments too with the camera shots.

The music was composed by Michael Jurin which is nothing at all spectacular than lame piano playing.