Celebrate Thanksgiving with the Top 11 Slices in Horror
Happy Thanksgiving, Dreadies! There is nothing better on Turkey Day than to get a nice big slice of the bird and dig in. But when the thought of slices came up, we just had to give it a nasty twist and bring you the Top 11 Slices in Horror.
Today we’re talking about the most memorable times some kind of a blade met some kind of unappreciative flesh. Be it a butcher knife, axe, scalpel or another type of slicing instrument, these are some of our favorites of all time. Slide right in and see if you don’t agree.
As always, honorable mentions need to be recognized before we get into the best of the best. Gareth and remnants of the Terminus crew certainly did some nice slicing on poor ol’ Bob early in Season 5 of “The Walking Dead.” And there is one particularly memorable decapitation scene in the oh-so-legendary Silent Night, Deadly Night. Both Dr. Heiter and Martin did outlandish slicing in The Human Centipede films (with more certainly to come in The Human Centipede 3), and Johnny Depp himself provided plenty of the red stuff in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, accompanied by a slew of catchy tunes. Our beloved Lola Stone left her mark on a number of unfortunate boys in The Loved Ones. The Trent Haaga-directed vehicle Chop saw a poor soul lose one body part after another… and a brand new micro-budget Norwegian film entitled Christmas Cruelty provided multiple instances of insanely realistic moments of blade hitting flesh that are outstanding considering the financial constraints the filmmakers were up against. And finally, we must remember that the Final Destination and Saw series are loaded with one brutal slice after another.
And now on to the Top 11 Slices in Horror!
The Seasoning House (2012) – Captured girl
An absolute punch-in-the-face of a film, The Seasoning House is a tale of young girls forced into drugged prostitution in the Balkans during wartime. An awesome revenge flick that will simply exhaust you, The Seasoning House attacks with vivid imagery. Not the least of which is a combination practical/digital F/X throat cut that occurs early in the movie (the beginning of the effect can be seen around 1:50 of the trailer below… but you’ve got to experience the entire movie to really appreciate the power of this scene). Rosie Day is incredible as a seemingly harmless waif that scuttles between the walls of the brothel until the right moment arrives. Sean Pertwee also stars, and believe us; he’s much more likable in his current role as Alfred Pennyworth on “Gotham”!
See No Evil 2 (2014) – Tamara
Glen “Kane” Jacobs returns for another round of slaughter in See No Evil 2. And, although it wasn’t quite as spot on as directors Jen and Sylvia Soska’s previous films, it does have some great directorial moments and contains one particularly awesome death scene. This involves Soska favorite Katharine Isabelle, who plays party girl Tamara. Incidentally, it must be noted that Isabelle’s performance is indeed the highlight of the movie. She is very entertaining and her death scene follows suit. It’s an amazing throat slash with an implement called a “fleshing knife,” and again, the combination of digital and practical F/X, as well as an amazing performance by Isabelle (she does this thing with her neck just at the right moment that really sells it), makes this an absolutely fantastic special effects moment.
