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Kill of the Week: Mouth Torn Apart in ‘Laid to Rest 2’

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Every week, we spotlight a kill that we just can’t get enough of. This is Kill of the Week.

Released in 2009, Robert Hall’s Laid to Rest attempted to launch a new slasher icon with Chromeskull, a ruthless killer who wears a shiny silver skull mask and carries with him a creative array of weaponry. The film, in true slasher fashion, was highlighted by a handful of insanely brutal kill sequences, brought to life with incredible practical effects from Hall himself.

Laid to Rest spawned a sequel just two years later in the form of ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2, which dug deeper into the mythology of the titular villain. Like the first film, the sequel was hampered by bad writing and a host of other issues, but it was also highlighted by some pretty awesome kills that proved Hall damn sure knows what he’s doing in that department.

Oddly enough, much of the killing in Laid to Rest 2 is done by a copycat killer played by Brian Austin Green, and it’s the creation of a new weapon that leads to the sequel’s most memorable slaying. Austin Green’s character has his team of helpers weld together six knives, “like a star… with the blades facing each other like scissors.” He adds, “then put some springs in the middle for tension.”

Later, he encounters one seriously unlucky blonde and puts the weapon to good use. He shoves her head down onto the 6-knife creation, which proceeds to split her face in two.

Say what you want about the Laid to Rest movies… the gore was KILLER.

Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has two awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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It’s Official: Ryan Gosling Playing ‘Ghost Rider’ in MCU Movie Being Directed by Shawn Levy

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Ryan Gosling (Project Hail Mary) has made no secret of the fact that he’d love to play Ghost Rider in a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, and it’s now officially happening.

Announced by Marvel out of San Diego Comic-Con tonight, Ryan Gosling will play the iconic Marvel character in a Ghost Rider movie being directed by Shawn Levy!

Expect Ryan Gosling to play Ghost Rider on the big screen in 2028.

Johnny Blaze is of course the most iconic and well-known Ghost Rider, selling his soul to Satan and becoming a supernatural badass. Nicolas Cage brought Blaze to life on screen in both 2007’s Ghost Rider and 2011’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, while Gabriel Luna more recently played the Robbie Reyes version of Ghost Rider in the series “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”

Luna was set to star in his own Ghost Rider spinoff series in the wake of that small screen appearance, but that Hulu project ended up being squashed before it ever had a chance.

Fans have been waiting for Ghost Rider to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe for many years now, with Ryan Gosling making it clear that he’d love to bring the character back to life.

That Hollywood dream is coming true. Stay tuned for more as we learn it.

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