THREE CHEERS FOR SWEET REVENGE By: SASHA SLAUGHTER

Josh Lucas's butt...WHAT WHAT?? Don't ask. You don't wanna know. And a big howdy ho to our fellow horror lovers out there. Sasha Slaughter here with you for our last full week of posting. Don't fret, we'll return soon. Zane will get more into detail about that. But let me go into some detail about the film I'll be telling you about today. I'll be telling you about the movie The Final. It was written by Jason Kabolati and directed by Joey Stewart. And here's something you may or may not know, The Final was actually part of the After Dark Horror Fest in 2010. Awesome! Let me tell you a little more about it.

Dane, an unpopular high school student and his group of outcast friends (Ravi, Emily, and Jack) decide to take revenge into their own hands after being tormented and harassed in school. Their plan includes gruesome forms of torture learned in history class, and some things they've learned from horror movies. The friends plan a Halloween party at an old house that Dane has recently inherited and decide that this is where their revenge will take place. They invite only the kids who have tormented them over the years, and leave out Kurtis, a popular kid that actually talks to them and treats them well. 

During the days leading up to the party, the friends go over the details very carefully and make sure everything is in place. Most of the outcast's are shown to have disturbing family lives, driving them further into depression and thoughts of suicide. Dane's parents fight constantly, Ravi's family is cold and distant, Jack's father ignores him completely, and Emily's family tries to change her and doesn't understand her.

Their family lives combined with constantly being tortured by bullies, pushes the outcasts over the edge with their cruel plan for revenge. Dane sends out the invitations, telling the invited guests to wear a costume. Right before the party, they set up camera's and various equipment at the place where the party will be held. The guests start arriving and are greeted at the door with several different alcoholic drinks, all laced a drug, causing the kids to fall unconscious. When the kids wake up, they find themselves chained together, with the outcasts wearing masks and costumes inspired by horror movies. 

They are seeking revenge for the years of torment and want to torture their worst enemies. A teen named Miles starts mouthing off and says that it must be some Halloween prank, so Jack applies a cattle gun to his face and his knees to shut him up. This is only the beginning out the gruesome torture that takes place. The outcasts have got plenty more tricks up their sleeves for their fellow classmates and tormentors. And by the end of the night, will the outcasts get what they've been longing for? Will they get their revenge and finally be at peace?

Crazy kids! If you want to know if Jack, Emily, Ravi, and Dane did in fact get their revenge, check out The Final on Netflix or DVD to find out! So, I actually liked this movie. And it's about an actual controversial subject, and that's bullying. Can you imagine all of the people in the world that have thought about doing the things depicted in the movie to their bullies? For real. The first 20 mins or so is kind of slow, almost to the point where you'd want to stop watching. But after the poor set up and plot development, you get to main event, which is the sadistic torture of the bullies. 

And the quiet, kid named Jack playing the banjo during some of the more sadistic scenes added an element of creepiness. I do think though the film was more about justice than just sheer torture. The outcasts wanted justice and revenge on those who tortured them, so they tormented their bullies in return. The acting wasn't that great, but I do think that the characters of Dane and Emily were played very well.

I definitely think that this movie is aimed more toward teenagers than anything, but you can be bullied at any age. Overall I'd give The Final a 2.5 out of 5. It was a decent movie with some good torture scenes, but the acting was really awful. And during some of the torture scenes, the actors didn't even look scared. There really wasn't much blood or gore, but it was the sadistic ways that the outcasts tortured  their bullies that made it good. 

I mean, these kids were effing crazy! Not really sure if I'd recommend this film, it's not really a "must see". I mean, it would be cool to watch on a night when you have nothing to do, and you maybe feel like watching a revenge movie. So now you know how I feel about that, how about you go see what Zane's got going on in his part of the world?? Thanks for stopping by Dead End Horror.