In Honor of Evil Dead – The Top Five Heinous Household Horrors
Garbage Disposal-Rolling Thunder
Okay, we went deep into the archives for this one. For those who don’t remember Rolling Thunder, it was a 70’s exploitation film starring William Devane and Tommy Lee Jones. The duo returned from Vietnam after spending seven years as POWs in Hanoi. And how do the locals welcome the Major (Devane) back? By breaking into his home and threatening to kill his family if he doesn’t turn over some silver coins the local bank gave him as a thank you for his service. When the Major refuses to comply, the local toughs rough him up and jam his hand into the garbage disposal. Devane spends the rest of this revenge flick with a metal hook for a hand (insert your own butt-wiping joke here).
Lawn Mower-Dead Alive
When unknown director Peter Jackson burst on the scene with his first two films, Bad Taste and Meet the Feebles, there were probably very few people (aside from possibly members of his immediate family) who ever dreamed he would go on to become the uber-director we know today. But even his most staunch supporters had to hide their eyes and cringe at the beautiful gore-fest that was Dead Alive (aka Braindead to get it right for you New Zealanders). And no moment in this unending bloodbath was more extreme than the climax when our hero, Lionel, tears through the mass of infected flesh-eaters by firing up a lawn mower, picking that machine up and mashing it into the faces of the monsters. Needless to say it made one helluva mess.
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