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[Kill of the Week] Cell Phone Shoved Down the Throat in ‘See No Evil’
Every week, we spotlight a kill that we just can’t get enough of. This is Kill of the Week.
If you ask any given fan to list off his/her favorite horror movie from ’06, Slither, The Hills Have Eyes and Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon would probably come up in that particular conversation. One that likely wouldn’t, despite being a whole lot of fun, is See No Evil, which starred WWE superstar Kane as a new slasher villain.
Sure, Jacob Goodnight isn’t as fondly remembered as his 2006 slasher icon counterparts Leslie Vernon and Victor Crowley, but the character did prove to at least be enough of a hit with horror fans that a sequel, the Soska sisters-directed See No Evil 2, came along in 2014. And Kane, well, he was a brilliant choice to play a creepy monster of a man.
After all, Glen Jacobs has made a career out of playing precisely that.
The MTV-style hyper-editing of See No Evil is definitely a turn off (it was all the rage back then, thanks in no small part to the Saw franchise), but it’s a pretty damn enjoyable slasher flick with some cool kills throughout. One of the most memorable kills isn’t exactly gory, but goddamn is it nasty – and pretty unique in the world of slasher cinema.
At one point in the film, Kane’s Goodnight catches an unlucky blonde, whose cellphone starts ringing. Rather than answer it, Goodnight shoves it down her throat.
The sound design, plus a shot of the phone protruding from her throat, sell this one.
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Christopher Landon to Helm Feature Adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s ‘The Final Girl Support Group’
A new feature adaptation of author Grady Hendrix‘s slasher book The Final Girl Support Group is now on the way from Paramount Pictures, and Deadline reports that it’s found its director in Christopher Landon (Drop, Happy Death Day).
The two previously collaborated on My Best Friend’s Exorcism.
In The Final Girl Support Group, “Lynette is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre. For more than a decade, she’s been meeting with five other final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable, working to put their lives back together. Then one woman misses a meeting, and their worst fears are realized—someone knows about the group and is determined to rip their lives apart again, piece by piece.”
“But the thing about final girls is that no matter how bad the odds, how dark the night, how sharp the knife, they will never, ever give up.”
I wrote in my novel review for BD, “Hendrix puts his characters through the absolute wringer. It’s a bloody, vicious voyage for the flawed heroine, both physically and emotionally. In terms of action and horror, Support Group delivers breakneck pacing and thrills.”
Five years ago, Andy Muschietti & Barbara Muschietti (Mama, It, It Chapter Two) were attached to produce a planned series adaptation for HBO Max alongside Charlize Theron. While Theron is no longer producing, the Muschiettis remain on board under their Double Dream label.
Paramount Pictures is also developing Hendrix’s sci-fi novella, BadAsstronauts.
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