HE'S GONE FROM HERE! THE EVIL IS GONE! By: SASHA SLAUGHTER

Hey there blog stalkers!! Sasha Slaughter here with you for more Halloween themed socks rocking awesomeness...woo! Today I'll be talking about a little movie titled Halloween. No, not the original from 1978, I'm talking Rob Zombie's Halloween from 2007. Halloween is an American slasher film that written, directed, and produced by the one and only Rob Zombie. 

It's a remake of the 1978 classic written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill. Rob Zombie's re- imagining follows pretty much the same premise as John Carpenter's original, with Michael Myers stalking Laurie and her friends on Halloween night. But in Rob Zombie's version he chose to go a little more in depth into the psyche of Michael Myers and figure out what made him start killing people.

Zombie, working from Carpenters advice to make the film his own, chose to develop the film as both a prequel and a remake at the same time. He wanted to have more original content instead of just redoing the scenes. The film mainly got negative reviews, but despite that the film ended up grossing $80,208,039 world wide, which made it the highest grossing film in the Halloween franchise. So let me tell you a little about the film if you don't already know!

One Halloween night in Haddonfield, Illinois, having already begun to show signs of psychopathic tendencies , ten year old Michael Myers (played by Daeg Faerch) murders a school bully named Wesley, and then goes on to kill his own sister Judith, his mother's boyfriend Ronnie, and his sisters boyfriend Steve and he spares his youngest sister, whom he calls Boo. Soon after one of the longest trials in state history Michael is found guilty of first degree murder and is sent to Smith's Grove- Warren County Sanitarium where he is put under the care of child psychologist Dr. Samuel Loomis.

Michael cooperates with Loomis at first, claiming he has no memory of the killings; and his mother Deborah (played by Sheri Moon Zombie) visits Michael regularly. After a year in the sanitarium Michael becomes fixated on making masks out of papier-mache, and begins to close himself off to everyone, including his mother.

One night when Michael kills a nurse as Deborah is leaving from one of her visits, she can no longer deal with the situation at hand, Deborah goes home and commits suicide. For the next fifteen years, Michael continues making the masks and not speaking to anyone, even Dr. Loomis who is trying to help him. Dr. Loomis, having continued to treat Michael over the years, attempts to move on with his own life and closes Michael's case. Shortly after, while being prepared to be moved to maximum security, Michael escapes Smith's Grove and kills a few of the sanitarium employees, and a truck driver for his clothes, and then heads to Haddonfield. On Halloween night, Michael returns to his old home, now abandoned, and recovers the kitchen knife that he had hidden under the floor boards the night he killed his sister.

Throughout the day on Halloween Laurie (Michael's sister) notices Michael watching her from a distance while she is with her friends Lynda and Annie. That night, she heads to the Doyle residence to watch their son Tommy. Meanwhile, Lynda meets up with her boyfriend Bob at Michael's childhood home. Michael appears and finds them upstairs and murders them, and he goes on to kill Laurie's parents, Mason and Cynthia. Dr. Loomis, having been alerted of Michael's escape, goes to Haddonfield looking for him. Loomis tries to warn Sheriff Brackett that Michael has returned to his home in Haddonfield. Dr. Loomis and the sheriff quickly go to the Strode home, while Loomis explains to Brackett that Laurie Strode is actually Michael's baby sister.

Laurie's friend Annie convinces her to babysit the little girl she is watching named Lindsey Wallace so she can have sex with her boyfriend Paul. Annie and Paul return to the Wallace home and during sex, Michael appears and kills Paul and attacks Annie. After bringing Lindsey home, Laurie finds Annie on the floor, bloodied but alive and calls 911. Laurie is attacked by Michael, who then chases her to the Doyle home. The sheriff and Dr. Loomis hear the 911 call and quickly head to the Wallace residence. Michael finally catches up with Laurie and kidnaps her and takes her back to their childhood home and then..

Aww come on! If you've seen the movie then you know what happens next!! If you haven't, I highly suggest that you do. I thought it was a great remake. Although Rob Zombie's Halloween II was really disappointing, but you should definitely check it out for yourself. I like the fact that Zombie put his own spin on the movie while sticking to alot of the original content. He kind of just freshened it up a bit so to speak. And I also like that he sort of explained the whole mask infatuation that Michael had. 

 He really added new life to the character of Michael Myers by delving deeper into his psyche and explaining the mask that he wears. Zombie had explained that he wanted Michael to be true to what a real psychopath is really is, and wanted the mask to be a way for Michael to hide himself. Zombie also wanted the reason Myers returns to Haddonfield to be ambiguous. As he explains "was he trying to kill Laurie, or just find her because he loves her?" Well said right???

Zombie also made it a point in the remake to not have Michael drive, as he did in the original when he stole Loomis' car so he could drive back to Haddonfield. And he also wanted the character of Loomis to be more intertwined with Michael Myers. Rob Zombie definitely added more of a background to the story of Myers, creating more original content for film. He also chose to keep the trademark mask and Carpenter's theme song. And filming also took place in the same neighborhood that Carpenter used in the original Halloween. Yay! 

More information for you to absorb! Isn't learning fun? Overall I'd give Rob Zombie's Halloween a 4 out of 5. I thought it was a great interpretation of the original and he stayed true and paid a great tribute to John Carpenter. He added some of his original content, including the story of the mask, while staying true to Carpenter's version of the movie. 

I own this DVD and I've watched it quite a few times, and I enjoy it more and more every time. It's just a well done movie and I would recommend it to any Halloween dynasty lover or any fan of Rob Zombie's work. That's all I gotta say about that! Now how about you mosey on over and see what Zane's got going on? I'm sure it'll make you randy!! =) And thanks for stopping by Dead End 
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THE ORIGIN OF HALLOWEEN BY: SASHA SLAUGHTER

Well hello there blog peepers and weirdo creepers! Thanks for stopping by and wasting some of your time with Dead End Horror. We certainly do appreciate it. And since Zane and I are continuing our Halloween theme all month long, today I'll actually be talking a little about the origin of Halloween. Sure you love Halloween...the candy, the costumes, the atmosphere. But do you really know how it came about? No? Well let me educate you!

Halloween is an annual holiday observed on October 31. It commonly includes activities such as trick or treating, parties, carving pumpkins, visiting haunted attractions and horror movies, among many other things. But do you actually know the origin of Halloween? How it got started, who started it? No? Well I'm going to tell you all that and more! It has been noted that Halloween may have possibly been linked to the Celtic festival Samhain. The name of the festival was historically kept by the Gaels and Celts in the British Isles and is is derived from Old Irish and means "Summer's End". Although, according to the Oxford Dictionary of English folklore it is said that "Samhain was a time for festive gatherings and Irish, Welsh and Scottish folklore use it as a setting for supernatural encounters, but there is no evidence that it was connected with the pre-dead in Christian times, or that pagan religious ceremonies were held". It is said that in Irish myths that the Samhain were written in the 10th and 11th centuries by Christian Monks, and this was around 200 years after the Catholic church inaugurated All Saints Day.

The word Halloween were first used in the 16th century and represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All Hallows-Even, which is the night before All Hallows Day. The development of the symbols and artifacts of Halloween slowly formed over time. For instance, carving jack-o'-lanterns comes from the souling custom of carving turnips into lanterns as a way of remembering the souls in purgatory. The turnip was traditionally used in in Ireland and Scotland during Halloween, but the immigrants to North America used their native pumpkin. The American tradition of pumpkin carving was first recorded in 1837 and was originally associated with harvest time in general, and didn't become specifically associated with Halloween until the late 19th century.

The imagery of Halloween has been derived from many sources over the years. This includes national customs, works of Gothic and horror literature (Such as the novels Frankenstein and Dracula) and classic horror films such as Frankenstein and The Mummy. Most Halloween imagery includes themes of death, evil, the occult, or mythical monsters. Black and orange are most often the holiday's traditional colors. Among the earliest works on the subject of Halloween is from the Scottish Poet John Mayne in 1780, who often made notes of pranks played during Halloween, as well as the supernatural associated with "Bogies" (Ghosts), which influenced Robert Burns' Halloween 1785. The elements of Fall, such as pumpkins, corn husks, and scarecrows are also prevalent. Most homes are often decorated with these symbols around Halloween time.

Ruth Edna Kelly, an American historian, wrote the fist lengthy book of the history of the holiday in the US. The book was called Hallowe'en (1919) and references the act of souling. In her book Kelly speaks of customs that had arrived across the Atlantic. While the first reference to "guising" in North America appears in 1911, another reference to the ritual appears at an unknown place in 1915 and later a third reference in Chicago in 1920.

Trick or treating is a main tradition during Halloween. Children (and some adults) go from house to house, asking for treats such as candy, usually with the question "Trick or treat?". The word trick refers to a mostly idle threat to do harmful mischief to a home owners property if no treat is given. In some parts of Scotland children go "guising" which means the child performs some sort of trick, such as telling a ghost story or singing a song to get their treat. The actual practice of dressing up in costumes and going door to door originated in the Middle Ages. Trick or treating resembles the late medieval practice of souling, in which the poor on Hallowmas (November 1st) would receive food in exchange for prayers for the dead on All Soul's Day (November 2nd). The practice of Guising at Halloween in North America is first recorded in 1911, where a newspaper in Ontario reported children "guising" around the neighborhood.

Halloween costumes are usually modeled after supernatural figures such as monsters, ghosts, skeletons, witches, and devils. Over time the costume selection extended into popular characters of fiction and celebrities, among many others. Dressing up in costumes and going "guising" was popular in Scotland at Halloween by the late 19th century. Costuming become popular for Halloween in the US in the early 20th century, just as often for adults as children. The first mass produced Halloween costumes appeared in stores in the 1930's when trick or treating started becoming more common in the United States.

There are several games and activities that are common tradition during Halloween. One common game is bobbing for apples, and a variant of bobbing for apples in which a person kneels on a chair, holding a fork between their teeth as they try to drop the fork into an apple. Other games played during Halloween are forms of divination. A traditional form of Scottish divining one's future spouse was to peel an apple into one long strip and toss the peel over one's shoulder. The peel was believed to land in the shape of the letter of one's future spouse. Unmarried woman were told to sit in a dark room and look into a mirror and the face of their future spouse would appear. If they were destined to die before they married a skull would appear in the mirror. The custom was widespread enough to be commemorated on greeting cards from the late 19th century to the early 20th century.

The telling of ghost stories and watching horror films are the most common things done during Halloween. Episodes of television series and Halloween themed specials are commonly aired on or before Halloween, while most horror related movies are released before the holiday as to take advantage of the atmosphere. Another popular part of Halloween is the visiting of haunted attractions. They are designed to thrill and scare the patrons that enter. Most of these are seasonal attractions, closing shortly after the Halloween holiday is over. The origins of these pay to be scared venues is unknown, but it is generally accepted that they were first commonly used by the Junior Chamber International for fundraising. They include haunted houses, hay rides, mazes and other scary form of entertainment. The level of sophistication of haunted attractions has risen over the years due to industry growing and the more technically advanced special effects, which can often be compared to that of a Hollywood movie. Haunted attractions in the US alone are said to generate an estimated $300-500 billion a year and draw 400,000 customers.

Because Halloween happens during the annual apple harvest, candy apples (known as toffee apples outside North America) caramel apples, or taffy apples are common Halloween treats made by rolling apples in a sticky sugar syrup, followed by sometimes rolling them in nuts. At one time candy apples were commonly given to children during Halloween, but the widespread practice rapidly declined when there were rumors of individuals embedding items like pins and razor blades in the apples. There is actual evidence of this happening, they are rare and have never resulted in serious injury. Many parents believed that such heinous practices were rampant because of the social media. At the peak of the hysteria, some hospitals offered free X-rays of children's Halloween candy in order to see if any of it had been tampered with. Virtually all of the few known candy poisoning cases involved parents who poisoned their own children's candy.

Halloween is not celebrated in all regions of the world, and among those that do celebrate, the traditions and importance of the celebration vary significantly. In Scotland and Ireland traditional Halloween customs include children "guising", and holding parties, while other practices in Ireland include bonfires and firework displays. Mass immigration popularized Halloween for North America in the 19th century, and celebration in the US and Canada had an impact on how the event is observed in other nations. The larger North American influence, mostly in iconic and commerical elements has extended as far as South America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and parts of East Asia.

The religious perspectives of Halloween vary. The Christian attitude toward Halloween is diverse. In the Angelican Church, some of the dioceses have chosen to emphasize the Christian traditions of All Saint's Day, while some Protestants celebrate the holiday as a Reformation Day, a day to remember Protestant Reformation. Father Gabriele Amorth, a Vatican-appointed exorcist in Rome, has said "If English and American children like to dress up as witches and devils one night a year that is not a problem. If it is just a game, there is no harm in it".In more recent years, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has organized a "Saint Fest" on Halloween. Similarly, many Protestant church view Halloween as a fun event for children, holding events in their churches where children and their parents can dress up and get candy for free.

Many Christians give no negative significance to Halloween, treating is a Holiday that is devoted to imaginary spooks and handing out candy. To these Christians, Halloween holds no threat to the spiritual lives of children. In the Roman Catholic Church, Halloween is viewed as having a Christian connection, and Halloween celebrations are common in Catholic schools throughout North America and Ireland. Some Christians do feel concerned about Halloween and reject the holiday because they feel it celebrates paganism, the occult, and other practices and cultural phenomena that they believe are incompatible with their beliefs. A response from some fundamentalist and conservative evangelical churches in recent years have been the use of "Hell House" themed pamphlets created by Jack T. Chick in order to make use of Halloween's popularity as an opportunity for evangelism. And some Christians consider Halloween incompatible with their faith, believing it to have originated as a pagan "Festival of the Dead". Some Celtic NeoPagans consider Halloween to be a holy time of year.

 
WOW!! Who would have thought? I didn't even know half of this stuff, but you learn something new everyday! I know the article is long, but you can thank me, because I just crammed your tiny pea brains full of useful information! You're welcome! And as far as the parents out there that think Halloween is evil and terrible, SHUT UP! It's just a day for kids *and adults* to dress up and have fun and eat so much candy they wanna die. That's all. Relax huh??? Just learning all of this new stuff made me love Halloween that much more! Hope you enjoyed the info and thanks for stopping by Dead End Horror. And while you're here, don't forget to see what Zane's up to!

TAKING IT IN THE ASS BY: ZOMBIE ZANE

Hello Dead End Horror people that are grosser than gross and go out in public looking and smelling like Pig Pin from the Peanuts. What’s good? So it’s been a minute or two since I’ve reviewed a movie. Lately, in lieu of Halloween, I’ve been doing Halloween themed shit. I hope you’ve been reading.

Anyway, I figured for today’s post, I’d go back to my roots and do a movie review. Now this film I’m about to talk about has not one fucking thing to do with Halloween. But whatever. It’s still a cool ass movie that I think you may enjoy. I mean you could watch this motherfucker on Halloween if you were so inclined. It’s bloody, it’s got some boobs and shit and it’s down right fun. So, let’s cut the foreplay and let me tell you about, “Evil Aliens.” 

“Evil Aliens” is a 2006 British horror/comedy directed by Jake West. It stars Emily Booth, Christopher Adamson, and Norman Lovett. Who are these people? Fuck if I know. Anyway, it runs just over 85mins and it can be found on Netflix. Not on instant watch, but you can do the mail thing if you wanna see it.

So, like this film kinda reminded me of, “Evil Dead.” Ya know, kinda campy and rather B-movie-ish. But like ‘Evil Dead’ this thing was fucking entertaining as hell! Basically it’s about the host of a TV show (Booth) who is trying to save her job. She hears about a place where a supposed alien abduction and impregnation took place.  She totally is a disbeliever but she needs to keep her job.  

So she hires some people to play the aliens and she plants some bullshit evidence. Her plan is cool in the fan until the real E.T.’s show up and decide to fuck up everything. Did I say ‘up’ a lot in that sentence? Whatever. But yeah, the real aliens show up and hence begins the battle for survival.

Man, I really kinda dug this film. It was silly and campy but I’m a huge fan of “Evil Dead’ so it was awesome to me. There was plenty of blood and various limbs getting ripped off. In one scene, this alien takes a severed arm and backhands the shit out of this chick! Fucking funny! This movie is filled with shit like that. I won’ tell you all the cool parts, ya just gonna have to see for yourself.

And yes, there was some anal probing going on as well. OUCH! Invasion of the stinky winker. I wonder why aliens wanna jab stuff in our assholes? We have doctors that already do that. But for real, haven’t you ever wondered that too? 

Okay, let me give you some scores...I haven’t done this in a while either.

GORE SCORE 3.75 out of 5.

MY SCORE 3 out of 5

NUDITY NUMBER 2.5 out of 5

See, well worth a watch. In any case, I guess that’s all I got for you today. Be sure and see what Sasha is up to. She may give you an anal probe if you’re lucky. Until next time, take care, stay a-scared, and I am out! Peace peace and anal probe grease!

                                 

MY 5 FAVORITE HALLOWEEN COSTUMES BY: SASHA SLAUGHTER

Well hi there heavy metal lovin, video game playin weirdos!! Just kidding! But you probably are weirdos =). Sasha Slaughter here with you for another week of pure entertainment at Dead End Horror. Halloween is rapidly approaching...can you feel it?? 6 days until Halloween to be exact. Are you excited? Sure you are because most of you that read this are probably freaks like Zane and I. I'm done with the small talk, let's get down to business. Today I'll be telling you about the favorite things I've been for Halloween. So let's get started.

1. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD- Don't laugh! I was a child...like a really small child. No older than 3. I think. And the only reason I remember being little Red is because I found the costume in a box of stuff a while ago. It was a little red and white checkered dress with a red cape thing, and I'm almost sure I carried a little basket. But I was a kid, so I don't really remember. I would imagine I made a rather cute little Red, so I just had to throw this in here.

2. HIPPIE- Yes, I was a hippe for Halloween one year. I believe I was in the 6th grade. I had my hair in pigtails, I wore black bell bottoms and a tye dye shirt, a bunch of beads and I had peace signs drawn on my face in black eyeliner. I thought I was the absolute shit. I was 12, wtf did I know?? I have a picture of me somewhere in my little hippie get up. I'd also like to think I made a cute hippie too.

3. WITCH- Ahh yes, probably one of the most popular costumes out there. I couldn't tell you how many times I dressed up as a witch. Witch costumes are timeless and easy. Mine consisted of a cape, all black clothes, a black hat, green face paint, a huge fake nose with a mole on it and a little pink broom. How effing cute is that?? I found a picture of me in this costume the other day and I just had to put it on the list. I was probably around 8 or 9 when the picture was taken. My brother is standing in the pic next to me. He was dressed as the white Power Ranger. Ohh memories.

4. TAINTED FAIRY- Now, don't ask me what this is, because I'm not entirely sure. I was looking at Wal Mart for costume ideas and I stumbled upon this make up kit titled "Tainted Fairy". I was like ok, awesome...wtf is that?? So I bought the kit and improvised. I wore all black, a pair of red fairy wings, white face paint that came in the kit, fake eye lashes, dark eye make up, red lipstick, face tattoos that also came in the kit and finally a black wig. Woo!! I didn't really know if thats what tainted fairies were supposed to look like, but dammit I tried.

5. SHE DEVIL- RAWR!! This was my spur of the moment idea. An old friend and I decided to have themed costumes, so she was an angel and I was the she devil. The costume was pretty simple really. I wore all black clothes, a black and red wig *which was the most bad ass wig ever*, dark make up, red lipstick, black and red devil horns and to finish it all off, I carried around a black and red pitchfork. I'm a fucking genius! And I'm pretty sure the newspaper guy took our picture and it was in the next days paper.

How's that for a walk down memory lane?? Wooo!! And don't be shy! Speak up and leave comments and tell us about some of your favorite or most unique costumes!! We'd love to hear about them! That's all there is for now, but don't forget to check up on Zane and see what he's up to. I think he may have a list of his favorite costumes coming up too! But you never know with Zane, he is highly unpredictable. Until next time, thanks for stopping by!!

NAKED WITCHES AND SKULLDUGGERY BY: ZOMBIE (RFR) ZANE

Hello Dead End Horror sheep that do the plaster-blaster and cram cheese balls down your gullets at 5a.m. while being a secret spy on facebook. What’s new? Fuck, it seems like it’s been a minute since my last post. In my defense I have been a busy zombie. What with fantasy football and my little Yahoo gig, what can I say? Be lucky I’m typing this up any motherfucking way.

So like there’s some cool horror shit playing on TV right now. Ya got AMC’S Fearfest, Ya got The Walking Dead (also on AMC), Ya got American Horror Story on FX, and Ya got the shit on Chiller and Sy-Fy. So all kinds of good TV! Set your fucking DVR’s and get some junk food and beer, ya dig? 

Anyway, let me tell you what we got happening this week here at Dead End Horror. That is if ya wanna know. If you don’t, fuck off and we’ll smell ya later. Ain’t that right Sasha? SO back to what we have coming up for your ass this week at DEH(Dead End Horror.)

We got some really good shit this week. Sasha will be telling you about 5 of her best ever Halloween costumes. (I hope she includes the year she dressed up as a dead hooker. Holy fuck that was HOT!) She’ll also be giving you the low down about the history of Halloween. I mean you dipshits could stand to gain some knowledge after all.  

As far as what I’ve got...not too sure at the moment. I plan on reviewing a couple of movies. Not sure the titles but it’s been a minute or three since I’ve reviewed a film. I may throw in some shit about the ‘Halloween Movies’ dynasty, or maybe I’ll take the easy way out and just feed you some useless drivel. But whatever I decide to do, it’ll be good.

Umm...I guess that’s about it. Be sure and check us out tomorrow. Sasha will be doing her Halloween costume thang and there may be some partial nudity involved. One can only hope. So until then, take care, stay a-scared, and I am out! Peace peace and randy ghost busting grease!