WELCOME TO THE PSYCHO WARD By: SASHA SLAUGHTER

Hello Dead End Horror fans that continue to wait for us putout new shit. Well, on second thought, I guess it seems that most of you are amused by our take on the film, "Antichrist." Like, really? You haven't seen enough clit cutting or blood cuming? Well, to each their own. Anyway, this post was one that Sasha did on the film, "The Ward." Like I said, we're re-posting some old shit this week as Sasha and I work on the new layout and whatnot. We will be back on Monday though with all new shit. So until then, enjoy the clit cutting and blood cuming and we'll c-ya on the flip side. Peace out, your buddy, Zombie (GTH) Zane.

Hey! Sasha Slaughter here with you to satisfy your appetite for some horror. Today I'll be hitting you with some more randomness, isn't that great? Sure it is. Today I'll be telling you about a film called "The Ward". It was written by Michael and Shawn Rasmussen and directed by none other than John Carpenter. This is Carpenter's first full-length feature film since "Ghosts of Mars" in 2001. The film was released in theatres on July 8, 2011. The story revolves around an institutionalized woman named Kristen who is haunted by a mysterious and deadly ghost. Oooh creepy creepy! Let me tell you more about it!

The story begins in 1966 at the North Bend Psychiatric Hospital. A young patient named Tammy is attacked and killed by an unseen force during the night. The following day police get a call for a runaway and begin to search for her. They end up at an old farmhouse that a girl named Kristen has set on fire. Kristen finds herself bloody and bruised standing in front of the burning house with no recollection of how she got there. The police take her to the psychiatric hospital. She is taken to a place called "The Ward" and meets Iris, Sarah, Zoey, and Emily, the other girls who reside in the ward. She is given Tammy's old room and given medication to get some rest for the night. While Kristen sleeps, her blanket is pulled under her bed and when she wakes up to retrieve it she finds a broken charm bracelet.

The next morning she meets Dr. Stinger. He tells Kristen that she had the address of a farmhouse written on her hand when they brought her in. He then asks her about the fire and if she can remember anything. She is unable to recall anything and insists that she isn't crazy. Later that night, Kristen attempts to escape but is quickly caught by one of the orderlies and immediately returned to her room. Waking up in the middle of the night, Kristen catches a glimpse of a horribly disfigured person outside of her door. The next day while taking a shower Kristen is attacked by the disfigured person and upon telling the nurse, she is drugged and put through intense electroshock therapy. 

The following day the girls have a therapy session with Dr. Stinger where Tammy's existence is mentioned by Kristen but is quickly dismissed by the doctor. Shortly after, Iris goes to see Dr. Stinger for what she believes is her last session before she is released. He uses hypnotherapy to unlock Iris' hidden memories. When the session is over, Iris is kidnapped, tortured, and killed by the disfigured person.

Concerned about Iris, Kristen confronts the girls and the staff about the disappearance but everyone refuses to talk. She finds Iris' sketchbook in her room and finds a drawing of a girl named Alice and another picture of a ghostly figure whom she recognizes as the person that attacked her. The name on the top of the page read Alice Hudson. Kristen removes the broken charm bracelet she found from under her mattress, she pieces together the letters and it spells ALICE. She confronts Dr. Stinger and tries to convince him that the ghost of Alice Hudson is haunting the girls in the ward. 

Dr. Stinger dismisses the existence of the ghost and tells Kristen that she needs to find out the answers for herself. Later that night Kristen and Emily attempt to escape the ward, but their escape is discovered and the alarm is raised. Kristen makes it to the entrance of the hospital when she sees Alice's ghost and passes out. She wakes up the next morning in her room where Emily tells her that the orderlies caught her.

On her way to her final appointment, Sarah is attacked and killed by Alice's ghost. Kristen finds out from Zoey and Emily that all of the girls killed Alice because she hurt them and now her ghost is out for revenge. Emily has a break down and starts to slit her wrist, but ends up committing suicide with the help of Alice's ghost. Kristen plans one final time to escape and plans to pretend to take Zoey hostage so she can get out. Her attempt is eventually thwarted by an orderly and Dr. Stinger. Kristen is drugged and put into a straight jacket and locked in her room. 

She manages to escape and takes Zoey with her. They run into the basement of the hospital where they find a service lift and Zoey goes inside with Kristen following her. Zoey is attacked by the ghost in the lift and is nowhere to be found when Kristen gets to the front of the hospital. The ghost chases Kristen throughout the hospital and Kristen manages to kill her. She returns to Dr. Stinger's office and finds a file on Alice Hudson, with details of her treatment including all of the girls names. Dr. Stinger enters his office and reveals to Kristen that....

What does this good doc have to say? Hop on over to Netflix and give "The Ward" a watch and find out! I liked this movie actually. Alot of the reviews said that it sucked and that this movie was Carpenter trying to be like Argento. I don't know about all that, but it was a decent film. It was low-budget, and the acting was decent. It wasn't an excellent film, but it wasn't horrible either. I loved the use of different camera angles and the music was haunting, which really gave a creepy, suspenseful feel to the film. 

The film was interesting, but at times pretty slow, but for the most part it kept my attention throughout. It is a decent creepy psych-ward film that I would probably watch again. There were some parts that were generally creepy, such as when the ghost would appear out of nowhere and it would straight up give me the shocker!

I will not lie, I did jump a time or two. And the special effects of the ghost were great. She looked creepy and disfigured and when there was a close up of her you could see her skin literally crawling, it was soo gross! Overall I'd give "The Ward" a 3.5 out of 5. This was a cleverly written script about the effects of mental illness. 

And I have to say, the end was a total surprise. It was the biggest twist of the whole movie. I was like OMG WTF?? Seriously. The build up of the film was great and I recommend this to any Carpenter fan. That's all I have to say about that, so stop on over and pay Zane a little visit, I'm sure he's got something gross going on!! Thanks for stopping by Dead End Horror.

5 OF MY MUST SEE MOVIES FOR HALLOWEEN! By: SASHA SLAUGHTER

Thanks for stopping by fellow freaks!!! Sasha Slaughter here with you for the final time this week and today I'll be listing 5 of my absolute MUST SEE movies for Halloween. I'm sure everyone has them..The movies you just have to watch to get into the Halloween mood. So let's quit with the chit chat and get to it huh??

Hocus Pocus- This film was released in 1993 and stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Middler, and Kathy Najimy. A young boy is trying to impress the girl of his dreams and accidentally reincarnates three witches. And here's something you may not know, Mick Garris was actually one of the producers. And don't hate cuz it's a Disney movie! I'm not a Disney kid, I don't belong to the Disney DVD club and I most certainly do not lay around and funk up the place while I watch Disney movies. Hmmph

Halloween- This film was released in 1978 and put John Carpenter on the map as a viable filmmaker. It stars Kyle Richards, Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Nancy Loomis, and P.J. Soles. This movie takes us into the mad world of Michael Myers, who at a very young age stabbed his older sister to death. After being locked away in a mental hospital for many years, one night Michael finally escapes to return to his hometown to continue his killing spree

 Night of the Living Dead- This zombie ridden film was released in 1968. It stars Judith O'dea, Duane Jones, Karl Hardman, Keith Wayne, and Judith Riley. As dead bodies return to life and feast on human flesh, young Barbra joins a group of survivors in a farmhouse hoping to protect themselves from the hordes of flesh eating zombies. Here's a little info, this movie was filmed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was directed by George A. Romero

The House on Haunted Hill- This remake (the original came out in 1959) came out in 1999 and stars Geoffery Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Digs, Ali Larter, and Bridget Wilson-Sampras. Millionaire Stephen Price invites five strangers to the old Vannacutt Psychiatric Institute for the Criminally Insane to stay the night and survive. Anyone that makes it out alive the next day will get one million dollars. Shortly after they arrive strange things begin happening and people start to die

Thir13en Ghosts- This ghost fueled film was released in 2001 and stars Tony Shalhoub, Shannon Elizabeth, Matthew Lillard, and Rah Digga. Arthur and his two children inherit an amazing old house from an eccentric uncle. There's just one small problem, he's got ghosts trapped in containment cells in the basement, and they are out to annihilate anyone in their path.

Ooooh spooky spooky!!! I looove me some creepy Halloween films...don't you??? There are tons of creepy movies out there to watch during Halloween, and these are just 5 that I like to watch. What are you some of your favorites? Don't be shy! Tell us all about it. Thanks for stopping by Dead End Horror and wasting some time with us. While you're here, stop by and see what Zane's got on the slab, I'm sure it will rock your socks!! And don't forget to check back next week for all new stuff!!

SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOTTA 'EM! BY: SASHA 'BB' SLAUGHTER

SMOKE IT!

DAMN! Is it nap time yet??? OK, I'll quit with the bitching and get down to business. Sasha Slaughter here with you for the final time this week, and I'm here to bring you more randomness! YAY!. And since we're still doing mixed bag O shit or hodgepodge stuff, whatever you wanna call it, I'll be reivewing MOH episode 8: Cigarette Burns. It came out in 2006 and was directed by John Carpenter. Let's get to it!

Movie theatre owner Kirby Sweetman is hired by an eccentric millionaire with a love for films, to hunt down the only known print of a film that has been said to have been destroyed. The film was so notorious that it's single screening caused the viewers to turn become homicidally insane during a film festival. The millionaire, Bellinger, invites Sweetman to his home to ask him to find the film Le Fin du Absolue Monde (The Absolute End of the World). He then takes Sweetman into a dark room and tells him that he collects more than just films. Sweetman then sees a person *a chalky, white, creepy person that is* chained up in the room. Bellinger tells him that he was one of the stars of Le Fin Absolue du Monde. Sweetman heard that the film had been destroyed but the pasty creeper tells him that it hasn't or else he'd know because the movie is a part of his soul.

Bellinger offers Sweetman $200,00 to find the print and says once he's watched it he will give it to Sweetman to screen in his theatre for two weeks. Sweetman begins his journey by travelling to New York to talk a reclusive film critic about the film. The critic tells him that the director of the film was planning on the massacre that happened on the day of the screening. He said he was there when it happened and he saw people murdering each other after the movie. Sweetman tells the critic he was hired to look for the print and the critic tells him that he should know what he's getting himself into. After the meeting with the critic he flies to Paris and talks to an acquaintance in the rare film business and asks if he could help him. The friend tells him he doesn't know anything about it and asks him to please stop searching for the film because bad things will happen.

His friend tells him that the only living survivor of the crew of the movie is blind and won't speak about it and Backovic, the director of Le Fin Absolue du Monde is almost certainly dead. He comes back later and tells his friend that he knows he isn't being completely truthful. Sweetman admits to him that he sees cigarette burns (which happens when the reel changes in a movie) and strange images. His friend tells him the more he looks for the film the more he'll see the cigarette burns and he will pay for every step closer that he takes. His friend tells him that he was the projectionist at the screening of the movie at the festival. He showed Sweetman his severely deformed hand and said that's what happened to him because of the movie. He told Sweetman the only reason he didn't die or go insane is because he was too afraid to watch the movie so he turned away.

His friend gives him the number of a filmmaker and says he wishes he wouldn't call the number but Sweetman does anyway. He arrives in a taxi at a warehouse with two bodyguards standing in front. The filmmaker tells that Sweetman that he knows he is changing and seeing things he can't explain and it's because of the movie. The filmmaker let's Sweetman go through an envelope of still from the movie and then two of his bodyguards hold him while the filmmaker drugs him. He wakes up duct taped to a chair with the taxi driver across from him. The filmmaker comes out with a machete wearing a leather mask and slits the taxi drivers throat and cuts of her head. He tells Sweetman that the act of murder is an art form and Le Fin Absolue du Monde is the apex of that.

Sweetman experiences another vision of cigarette burns and when he comes to he is holding the machete. The bodyguards are dead and the filmmaker is laying on the floor with his throat slit. Before the man dies, Sweetman asks if he knows where the film is and he says "Katja". Sweetman then flies to Vancouver British Columbia in search of Katja Backovic, the directors wife. She lets him into her home and tells him that he is the first one to make it this far. She also tells him that all of the stories about the film are true. She takes him into Backovic's room and shows him the equipment. Sweetman asks her how he died and she explained that Backovic watched the movie repeatedly and went insane. She tells him that he attempted to kill her but only disfigured her and then he killed himself.

He asks her if he can have the films and she says yes because it's already too late for him. He takes the films back to Bellinger in California and collects his $200,000. Shortly after he gets a call from Bellinger saying that he needs help. Sweetman arrives to find the butler standing in the foyer with cuts all over his body and accusing him of bringing trouble into the house before gouging out his eyes. Sweetman finds Bellinger in the projection room. He tells Sweetman that he watched the film and would highly recommend it. He said he wanted to make a movie of his own and then cuts out his own intestines and runs them through the projector. Sweetman blacks out and when he comes to he is watching Le Fin Absolue Du Monde. He gets a gun and then....

Boogity boogity, what's gonna happen next??? Idk..hows about you watch Cigarette Burns and find out for yourself. Now, onto what I thought. I actually kinda liked it. The whole idea of people watching a simple film and then going ape shit and killing people is intriguing to me...seriously. The plot was great and the acting was really good too. There was some nekkidness *some dead girl boobs and butt* a good amount of blood (especially when it sprayed from the taxi drivers neck..woo!) , some intestines, and a severed head...what more could a girl ask for?? I think overall I'd give it a 3 out 5. It kept my attention, which is hard to do sometimes =) and it was well written and well acted. Plus the little pasty white guy was weird looking...I mean...was that all make up or was he that weird looking and scrawny? IDK! But it was for sure creepy! OK, there you have it. As always you know what I'll say next, so stop by Dead End Horror next week for all new stuff. Thanks!! Ohh and peep out Zane's stuff as well!! He likes it when people look at his stuff!
                                                                                                                   

SASHA SLAUGHTER

                                                                   

                                                                      

...AND ACTION! By; ZOMBIE 'BIG BALLS' ZANE a.k.a 'FATS'

THE TRUE MASTER OF HORROR

YEPPA-YEPPA-YEPPA! Zombie Zane here once again from the seven six one oh seven! What’s poppin’ slime? Another day, another possible heat stroke. It’s so hot here I can hear trees calling the dogs over to piss on them. Anyway, how about for today’s post I run down ten of the best horror directors of all time? I mean let’s face it. If the director sucks the sac, then most likely the movie will too. And there are plenty of directors that suck the sac. Hey! I just had an idea! Maybe I could do a list of the top ten sac sucking directors of all time. But we’ll save that for another day. So, enough sac sucking, enough foreplay, let’s get to this weeks shit, yes.

THE TOP TEN HORROR MOVIE DIRECTORS OF ALL TIME

10. David Cronenberg - One of the founders of what is known as the ‘body horror’ genre. By that I mean bodily transformation and infection and shit like that. He’s done other films outside the horror genre, but I won’t go into all that. You can look him up if you want to know more. I’m not Wikipedia or Google. A couple of his horror films include, ‘The Fly’ (1986) and ‘Scanners’ (1981)

9. Dario Argento - An Italian film director, writer, and producer. He is best known for his work in the horror subgenre known as giallo. Giallo films are characterized by longer than average murder sequences, excessive blood, unique and stylish camera work, and weird ass musical arrangements. Some of his horror films include: ‘Suspiria’ (1977) and ‘Trauma’ (1993) He also directed ‘Jenifer’ and ‘Pelts’ which are two episodes from the ‘Masters of Horror’ Showtime-T.V. series.

8. Guillermo Del Toro - A Mexican director, producer, screenwriter, and designer. I just recently learned more about this dude this week (Thank you Tav!) And it turns out I’ve seen more of his movies than I realized. ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ (2006) and the ‘Hellboy’ franchise are a couple just to name a few.

7. Clive Barker - An English author, film director and a visual artist. He is best known for his work in the horror and fantasy genre. Now I’m not a huge fan of this guy, I honestly could give shit one about ‘Hellraiser.’ I know that I may get banged on for that, but whatever. But personal taste aside, this dude had to be on the list. I may not like his work, but I got respect for him. A couple of Barker directed films include: ‘Hellraiser’ (1987) and ‘Nightbreed’ (1990).

6. Sam Raimi- An American film director, producer, actor, and writer. He is best known for directing cult horror films and producing films such as ‘The Grudge’ and ‘The Grudge 2' and also the 2005 horror movie, ‘Boogeyman.’ He also directed the ‘Evil Dead’ series and the 2009 horror film, ‘Drag Me to Hell.’

5. George A. Romero - Everybody knows this guy. Or at least should. He’s an American film director, screenwriter, editor, and sometimes actor. One word comes to mind when Romero’s name comes up, and that word is zombie. Obviously everyone knows his 1968 classic ‘Night of the Living Dead’ which was the first of several zombie movies directed by Romero. He also directed ‘Dawn of the Dead’ (1978), ‘Day of the Dead’ (1985), ‘Land of the Dead’ (2005), ‘Diary of the Dead’ (2007) which is my personal fave and 2009's ‘Survival of the Dead.’ This guy is the zombie master.

4. Wes Craven- An American film director and writer. He is best known for creating the iconic character Freddy Krueger and for the ‘Scream’ series. He’s directed over 20 horror movies and has produced just as many. I like pretty much everything this guy does. How could you not. Some of his other works include: ‘The People Under the Stairs(1991), ‘Last House on the Left’ (1972) and ‘The Hills Have Eyes.’(1977)

3. John Carpenter - American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, composer, and sometimes actor. Obviously known for 1978's ‘Halloween’ and 1982's ‘The Thing’ He also directed ‘The Fog’ (1980), ‘Christine’ (1983) and is currently working on ‘Fangland’ due out sometime in 2011.

2. Tobe Hooper - This guy could be numero uno on most people’s list. And I damn near put him there on mine. But as it is, he’s number two. Hooper is an American film director, and screenwriter best known for his work on ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ and the Steven Spielberg produced, ‘Poltergeist.’ Other work includes, ‘Salem’s Lot’ (1979), ‘Lifeforce’ (1985) and ‘TCM 2' (1986)

1. Alfred Hitchcock - An English film maker and producer who founded many of the techniques used in today’s horror and suspense films. This guy started the whole enchilada. He directed the first slasher film, 1960's ‘Psycho.’ Which in turn spawned a prequel, a sequel, and a shitty-ass remake and a television series. His other works include such classics as ‘The Birds(1963), and ‘Vertigo’ (1958). Anyway, he may not be everyone’s overall number one, but he’s my pick. Really any of the top three could be moved around in any order, but I went old school.

Well, there you have it. Shit almighty that was a lot of writing!! There’s my list of the top ten horror directors of all time. So before you get outta here, be sure and check out Sasha’s stuff. If your lucky, she may show it to you again. So until tomorrow, take care, stay a-scared and I am out!                                                                                                                                 

ZOMBIE ZANE

                                              
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