Machine Head (film)
Encyclopedia
Machine Head is an independent
horror film
about a teenager who creates a zombie as a science project
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, using a corpse and a lawnmower engine, for his school science fair.
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
horror film
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
about a teenager who creates a zombie as a science project
Science project
A science project is an educational activity for students involving experiments or construction of models in one of the science disciplines. Students may present their science project at a science fair, so they may also call it a science fair project. Science projects may be classified into four...
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Plot
Max Kelp, reviled high-school nerd, is obsessed with a theory involving internal combustion power and a computer. Max creates a zombieZombie
Zombie is a term used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli...
, using a corpse and a lawnmower engine, for his school science fair.
Cast
- Josh Walitt as Max Kelp, raises the dead for the science fair
- Rich Cowden as Machine Head, the zombie
- Jeff Stroud as Herman Kelp, Max's mortician father
- Sondraya Rowe as Sally Kates
- Christopher W. George as Mr. Beck, the science teacher