Deadly End

Fairly disturbing? Yeah... Enjoyable? Uhhhh...
Here's a scenario from Deadly End that should tell you right away if this is the type of movie you really want to watch or not... a man uses his finger to have sex with an open wound on his stomach while repeatedly stabbing himself in the privates with a syringe(which of course brings him great pleasure). I CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP PEOPLE! Deadly End tells the tale of Wendy and Bob Peterson and their neighbor from Hell, Adrian Trumbull. Adrian welcomes them to the neighborhood with all sorts of devious tricks(that oddly enough would have fit just as well in a Home Alone movie) such as a boquet of poison oak and chocolates filled with laxitives(!?). Things get much darker and bring far more serious consequences when the Petersons confront him about his recent "gifts"... hijinx ensue! Deadly End is a pretty methodical horror/thriller that every once in awhile tosses in a moment of complete over the top madness like the one mentioned at the top of the review. The end result is a...

Suburban Horror Stories
Hurricane fences. Lawns gone fallow. Abandoned cars. Rubbish strewn vacant lots. Boxes full of cheap trinkets. Street after street of identical tract homes. Wood paneling. Indifferent receptionists. Retirees waiting to die. Irritable neighbors. Unpainted drywall. Flickering fluorescent lights. Cheap linoleum floors. Nothing on TV ...

Deadly End, when it went under the name of Neighborhood Watch while on the film festival circuit generated an intriguing buzz. Some found it the most disturbing film, ever. Still other viewers likened it to the works of David Lynch. There were even audience members who actively disliked the film, calling it "tedious and unwatchable."

The story is no great shakes. Bob (Jack Huston) is a young British yuppie out to carve a niche for himself in corporate America who lands a job in Nowheresville, California. His cheerful American bride Wendi (Pell James) is along for the ride, and blinded by new and exciting possibilities, the couple...

One of the Most Disturbing, Sick, Original Horror Films In Years
I was at the New York City Horror Film Festival to support my short film "Newlybleds" and while there had the chance to see this film screened under its original title "Neighborhood Watch." Let me just say that it made a very lasting impression. I squirmed in my seat and laughed out loud to hold back the horror as the strikingly authentic gore was unleashed time and time again.

One guy even fainted in the middle of the movie and had to be carried out.

Anyway, gore aside...the acting is great and the actors are first rate for a film that had such a limited budget.

My favorite memory is as the credits rolled and the lights came up, my friend looked over at me and said "That was the most disturbing film I have ever seen." Little did we know the producer for the "Deadly End" was sitting behind us and laughed saying "You just made my night."

Take a chance. Bring a vomit bag. This film will make your night.

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