Ashy Slashy: Queen of Halloween "Wholesome Family Films" (read as sarcasm!)

During this pandemic if you're like me, stuck at home with the family, you're probably all fighting over the TV trying to figure out what to watch. Well I got the movie list for you! Here is a list of WHOLESOME FAMILY films you should watch.

The Human Centipede

 The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is a 2009 Dutch horror film. This movie tells the story of a insane German surgeon who kidnaps three tourists and joins them surgically mouth to anus, which forms a Human Centipede.

The Human Centipede 2

The Human Centipede (Full Sequence) is a 2011 Dutch horror film that tells the story of an intellectually impaired English man who is obsessed with The Human Centipede that he sets out to create his own Human Centipede... Wholesome right?

Cannibal Holocaust

Next on this list is the infamous Cannibal Holocaust. Cannibal Holocaust is a 1980 Italian horror film. A crew of filmmakers, that were documenting local cannibal tribes, have gone missing in the Amazon rainforest, so an anthropologist leads a rescue team to go find the crew. He then discovers what happened to the film crew...

Antichrist

This 2009 experimental erotic psychological horror film tells a story about a couple retreat to a cabin in the woods after their infant son tragically dies. The man soon starts experiencing strange visions and his wife soon shows increasingly violent sexual behavior and sadomasochism.

A great family film everyone will enjoy!

I Spit On Your Grave

I Spit On Your Grave (originally titled Day of the Woman) is a 1978 rape and revenge horror film. This film tells the story about a woman who seeks revenge on four men who brutally rape her and leave her for dead.

 

The Skin I Live In

This 2011 Spanish psychological film stars Antonio Banderas as a successful plastic surgeon who is haunted by past tragedies. He creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

  Irréversible

 This 2002 French experimental psychological horror film tells the story over the course of one traumatic night in Paris. In reverse-chronological, Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Her boyfriend and ex-lover take matters into their own hands by hiring two criminals to help them find the rapist so that they can exact revenge.

A Serbian Film

A Serbian Film is a 2010 Serbian horror film that tells the story of a financially struggling porn star who agrees to participate in an "art film". He then discovers he has been drafted into a snuff film with pedophilic and necrophiliac themes.

These movies have made it on every controversial and banned movies list you can think of. In all serious, if you do decide to watch these films, proceed with caution as they are not for the weak of heart. These movies are graphic in nature, are illegal in some countries, and are controversial for the images within. These films do include rape, torture, and gore.

As always, stay creepy my fiends,
Ashy Slashy

Ashy Slashy: Queen of Halloween "Slash Your Way Into This App"

Are you tired of censorship on social media?
Tired of Twitter banning Horror Directors for posting graphic SFX makeup?
Sick of Horror always being banned/marked NSFW?
Well.. I have the solution for you!

THE SOCIAL NETWORK FOR HORROR! 

 Slasher is the social network for horror.

Experience horror on a social platform for all your needs in the world of horror entertainment. As a creator/artist/fan in the horror community, your vision can be shown as it should be.

Slasher is R rated (ages 18+) and not censored like mainstream social networks.

Features On This App:

• Timeline: To share images & opinions with friends!
• Messaging: To stay in touch.
• Discover: Artists, Podcasts, Movies & more!
• Events: To keep up-to-date with a horror convention near you!
• Dating: For horror fans!
• Movies: A section with trailers, keep up lists, & more!
  
• News: Provided by Horror Fuel & Rue Morgue!
• Groups: Discuss various topics from movies, sfx, & more!
• Live Chat: To get in touch with other fans!
  So there you have it boils & ghouls! For all your horror needs be sure to download Slasher today!
  
   
  Stay Creepy As Always,
  -Ashy Slashy
  
  
  
  

Ashy Slashy: Queen of Halloween "Top 13"

Here are my Top 13 picks of Horror Movies You Need To Watch!

A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

If you haven't seen or at least heard of this movie, I'm assuming you've lived under a rock your entire existence. A Nightmare On Elm Street is about a teen girl named Nancy who starts being stalked in her dreams by a severely burned man. A secret the parents kept from their children comes to light as Nancy discovers why the man, Fred aka Freddy Krueger, is killing teens off one by one..

Friday the 13th (1980)Never question a Mother's love for her child. Friday the 13th is about a group of camp counselors getting ready to re-open a summer camp where, years prior, a young boy drowned. Now, someone is stalking the counselors and killing them off one by one. Who is the killer? Find out when you watch this awesome summertime flick!

Halloween (1978)
Talk about the definition of tall, dark and moody.. Fifteen years after a young boy named Michael Myers brutally kills his older sister on Halloween night, he escapes from the mental institution that has held him and returns home to kill again. This movie features a young Jamie Lee Curtis that marked her spot as a Scream Queen.

Scream (1996)
The movie that reinvented the horror genre as we know it. On the eve of the one year anniversary of Sidney's mother's murder, teenagers are being stalked and killed by an unknown killer. The killer always asking that infamous question: "What's your favorite scary movie?". This film will keep you on your toes until the final confrontation between Sidney and the killer.

IT (2017)
In the summer of 1989, a group of friends who call themselves the Losers Club come together to fight off a shape-shifting being, disguised as a clown, that is feeding off the children of Derry. This remake stands on it's own as a classic. Now to be fair, the original IT (1990) was a great film for it times, but because of limitations it couldn't live up to the full potential of Stephen King's book. Give this film a chance and in the end... you'll float too!

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Before Michael, Freddy and Jason, we had Leatherface. Leatherface is inspired by a real life serial killer named Ed Gein. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is about a group of teens (two being siblings) going to visit a grandfather's grave that has recently been desecrated. They make the mistake of picking up a crazed hitchhiker and then their lives are in danger as they come face to face with a cannibalistic family.

The Amityville Horror (1979)
"GET OUT!" Based on a true story, newlyweds George and Kathy Lutz move into a beautiful home in Long Island with their children where a mass murder was committed. The family starts experiencing strange things within the house and eventually are run out by the supernatural forces that are inside. This flick will surely make you question ever buying a home with a brutal history.

The Evil Dead (1981)
The movie that proves nothing good comes from going into the woods, The Evil Dead introduces five college students in need of a vacation. They go to a secluded cabin in the woods where they discover there is evil lurking within. After finding an audio tape and book, flesh possessing demons are released and one by one they are taken. We're going to get you... not another peep... time to go asleep..

Jaws (1975)
This movie had people terrified of the water for years. When a killer shark causes terror on a beach community in Amity Island, the local sheriff along with a marine biologist and a eccentric seafarer come together to hunt the beast down. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, this flick proves why it's never a good idea to not listen to the Sheriff.

Hellraiser (1987)
"You opened the box, we came!" If you're into sadomasochism then this is the film for you.... maybe. When Kirsty's father Larry and step mother move into his childhood home, unknowing to them the house is still occupied by Frank (Larry's brother). Frank used a supernatural puzzle box to summon demons known as Cenobites. Now Frank requires a blood sacrifice to escape the sadistic demons. Hellraiser is not for the faint of heart so proceed with caution.

28 Days Later (2002)
When a group of animal activists break into a laboratory with intention to release the chimpanzees, they discover that the chimps are infected with a virus that causes rage. Not listening to the scientist's pleas, they release the infected chimps with disastrous results. Twenty-eight days later, Jim wakes up from a coma and soon realizes he's alone in the hospital. As he begins to search for others, he soon discovers that majority of the population is infected and are no longer human. Will he survive?

The Exorcist (1973)
This movie will have you hating pea soup and not able to look at a crucifix properly for awhile. When a 12 year old girl named Regan becomes possessed by The Devil himself, two priests come together to try to save her soul. Inspired by true events. This head turning flick will surely give you nightmares and make you cringe at the thought of ever playing with a Ouija Board.

Trick R'Treat (2008)
Five interwoven stories that occur in the same area on the same night. A couple finds out what happens when you blow out a Jack O'Lantern before midnight, a high school principal has a secret life, a college virgin might finally meet a guy that's right for her, a group of teens play a mean prank that goes too far, and a mean old hermit gets a visit from a very special trick r'treater. This fun film will have you celebrating Halloween at any time of the year.


Now of course there are MANY, MANY more horror films I will always love to suggest and recommend, but for now, here's your starter pack into the genre of horror.

-Ashy Slashy

The Creature Cometh!

Hello there Creature From the Black Lagoon fans!  Decided to grace you with a post about our upcoming CFTBL special issue!  YES this issue is shaped like a coffin!  It's Black and White in honor of all the old school horror films that came before as well.  The cover features artwork by Hagcult and there's a few other pieces and a short interview with Hagcult inside as well.  In addition to all this you'll find some original artwork in this issue that you won't be able to find anywhere else, as well as, interviews with writer of Lady from the Black Lagoon, Mallory O'Meara, and artist Carla Yeatts.

There's no better way to honor the Creature than to give you an issue chock full of art, old school posters, and snippets of information about the gill-man right?  I really wish I could have made this issue 1,000 pages to really do him justice but alas!  32 pages will have to do!  Grab your copy here:  https://gorenoirmagazine.bigcartel.com/product/creature-coffin-shaped-black-and-white-issue

There's also a package deal including our Dracula Coffin issue as well!!

Ashy Slashy: Queen of Halloween "Texas Frightmare"

As we all know by now, the world is experiencing technical difficulties with a virus called COVID-19. We are all having to practice social distancing (which I'm going to be honest I've been practicing since birth), proper hygiene (the fact people are just NOW DOING THIS TERRIFIES ME.. considering I'm OCD/Germaphobe), wearing protective gear (and let's be honest MAJORITY aren't doing properly), and staying home (again... been doing this since forever..).

Thanks to COVID-19, when it comes to the convention community, a lot of conventions have been postponed, canceled, or have had their dates changed to a later time. Thankfully Texas Frightmare Weekend has rescheduled. Usually hosted in May, this year it will be hosted in September.

I am glad to announced that after FOUR YEARS, I'll be attending Texas Frightmare Weekend in September. Now if you aren't familiar with TFW, it's a great horror convention in Texas (at the DFW International Airport at the Hyatt Hotel). It's friendly, fun, and all things HORROR!

Here's a glance at some of the guests attending this year:

Are you attending? If so, let me know!
-Ashy Slashy

Ashy Slashy: Queen of Halloween "We alllll floaaatt!"

 
"Allow me to introduce myself! They call me the dancing clown! And you must be Georgie~ Did you hear my circus was in town?"

Fun Fact About Little Ole' Ashy Slashy: I'm a HUGE Stephen King Fan.

I started reading his books when I was a freshman in High School (so many centuries ago...). I'm also not a huge fan of clowns. It's not exactly a fear... they just weird me out.. So naturally we're going to be discussing Pennywise today! Aren't you excited?

"I'll take him! I'll take all of you! I'll feast on your flesh as I feed on your fear... Or... you'll just leave us be"

Now if you don't know who good ole' Pennywise is... I cannot help you. You are a lost cause to us all... Okay, okay... I'll be *nice* and help you out. Pennywise (also known as IT) is an being from a dimension that is beyond human comprehension. IT comes to Earth to feast on the fears of primarily children. Why children? They're easier to scare and they are just SO DARN tasty, apparently.

Pennywise the Clown is one of Stephen King's well known creations, striking the fear in all of us. Let's be honest here: clowns ARE a little creepy.. (anything that paints a "happy face" for a normal expression is just weird in general) and Pennywise is up there as one of the creepiest there is.

Whether you love the book, the 1990's IT, or the remake of IT(2017), Pennywise is a very fun character to try out when it comes to makeup. I've tackled Pennywise a few times now and each time I make him more and more creepy.. or try to anyway. It doesn't take a whole lot to make the character eerie. It's fun! Just watch out for those Deadlights...

You'll all float...soon
-Ashy Slashy

Ashy Slashy: Queen of Halloween "There's nothing to worry about."

"There's nothing to worry about. You're going to be just fine. I will take good care of you. I'm your number one fan."

So I get asked quite frequently what inspires ideas for my makeups that I do. And the answer is pretty simple:

Horror.

Horror is my biggest inspiration. Horror is my love. Horror is my soulmate. Horror is life itself. Without horror I wouldn't be the crazy person I am today. I am a horror fanatic.

Villains also are a big inspiration for me. I can relate to the villain, the villain is always badass looking and let's face it: it's more fun to be a villain.

"Now Sid, don't you blame the movies. Movies don't create psychos. Movies make psychos more creative!"

When people ask me for advice on ideas for makeup, I usually if not always tell them to go with what inspires them. Horror inspires me, because you can quite literally take any character from anything and make it scary, make it horrifying, grotesque... And I love that with horror you have no limits. Horror gives so much room to get creative and that's why I love it so much.

Whatever inspires you, use it.

Whatever makes you happy, use it.

You'd be amazed with what you can set your mind to.

Ashy Slashy: Queen of Halloween "Trick R' Treat, lick my feet"

Trick R' Treat, lick my feet, I'll give ya something good to eat... Wait a minute.. that's not right ..

Wassup my boils and ghouls?! Who else loves October? Why wasn't I born in this month? Dammit mother! Anywho.. do you binge watch horror movies? Given I binge watch horror all year long, I know sometimes you creeps only do it for October, but since we discussing horror: have ya figured out your costume yet?

You haven't?! You slacker! For shame!!... I kid. Mostly.

1.. 2.. I'm coming for you..

So, I've had many ask me what is my favorite horror movie of all time & who is my favorite slasher. I thought it was a given: A Nightmare On Elm Street & Freddy Krueger.  Now I know Mr. Krueger isn't exactly an easy costume to tackle, with those blasphemous masks that are nightmare worthy themselves... I'm going to help YOU become everyone's favorite child killer!

First things first: if you want to do make-up instead of the ridiculous masks, it's actually easy! All you'll need is the following:

• Liquid Latex

• Red, Flesh tone pink, Brown & Black eyeshadows

• Body Paint Red (optional)

• Fake Blood (optional)

Now liquid latex isn't as complicated as people make it out to be and it's also not hard to find. You can usually find it at Halloween stores, but you can also find it at Party City or online. Your burns don't have to be accurate to Krueger himself, unless you go set yourself on fire, but I highly don't recommend..

So, with the liquid latex:

Step 1: With either using a make-up tool or your fingers, start applying the latex on your face, neck, and depending how low your sweater goes, chest. Avoid eyes and mouth. Once the latex dries, do this step at least 3 more times. For eyebrows, now I can tell you how to block eyebrows, but considering I have yet to master this technique, you might have to YouTube it. Completely optional. Or you could just get your Freddy glove and slice your eyebrows off? Who needs eyebrows...

Step 2: Once you got the latex good and thick (that's what she said) quite literally start rubbing random areas with your finger (or with a make-up tool) until you start creating holes within the latex. Now be careful doing this or you'll just end up having to be set on fire.

Your latex should look something like this (minus the eyeshadow):

*From my Ouija Possessed Make-up*

Step 3: When you have the open areas on your face good and ready, start applying red eyeshadow into the inside of the holes you just created. Around the holes, lightly apply the pink. With the brown, go around the inside edges lightly. With the black, do the same thing you did with the brown, but be careful not to make it too dark. I know this sounds complicated, but it's not as complicated as the CGI disaster they did on Jackie in the stab-a-teenager remake.

Step 4: So basically with the eyeshadows, you're creating the appearance of the burns. There's no right or wrong way of doing this. Now with your eyes, use the red and brown eyeshadow, but if you want, you can do beauty make-up. It's completely up to you

 Now, once you have gotten the make-up to your liking, it's time for your Christmas sweater, your hipsters-made-it-popular fedora, your blades for days glove, and you're ready to go on a teenager slashing spree! But beware of their fire happy parents.. and Jason of course.

I hope this helps you become the dream demon we all know you can be!

Pleasant Nightmares, my bitches!

- Ashy Slashy

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Ashy Slashy: Queen of Halloween - "It's the most wonderful time of the year"

"It's the most wonderful time of the year..."

Who else wants to go pumpkin picking, coffee tasting, go on a slashing spree?! Okay maybe not the pumpkin picking..

So Halloween (the Holiday where chicks are sexy nuns and dudes can walk around with boners) is almost upon us! I get asked every year what I'm going to be for Halloween and majority of the time I'm just myself thanks to life (but hey with a face like mine who needs a costume!) And every year I get asked to help others with costume and make-up ideas. So that's what we'll be discussing today: ideas for Halloween.

 

Now while most aim for humor & the whole sex factor, I like to dabble in the "oh my fuck why is this bitch possessed" category. With that in mind, you can turn any costume into sexy if you really put your mind to it! I have faith in you.

Take Pinhead for example: Terrifying to some, sexy to others. Warning: Weird Boner Alert.

Regan: I mean who WOULDN'T want to have sexy pea soup vomit? 

Pennywise: Because we all float...

Now if these characters are too extreme for your liking, you could always go to being a demon, sexy vampire, or even a Bride!

Halloween is fun, so creating a character should be fun! Who cares what others think or do, there is no right or wrong way of doing Halloween! (Unless you don't celebrate then you can just go fuck yourself... But who am I to judge?! Oh wait, I'm the Queen of this holiday! I can judge!)

Don't be too hard on yourself, don't compare your costume to others, and most of all: Have fun! No matter what you choose to be, always remember this- most people will be too drunk to remember anyway, including you.

Creep it real-

Ashy Slashy

Ashy Slashy Queen of Halloween's First Post!

 

I originally was going to title this post "What's my name, bitch", but remembered I'm not Freddy Krueger no matter how many times I say that word. With that being said, ello' I'm Ash, also known by Ash Von Horror and Ash Slaughter.

So let me fill you in on a few things about myself. I'm a 31 year old professional weirdo who likes expressing myself with make-up. Brief enough, yes? And that's why I'm here, to discuss the lovely world that is SFX/Make-up.

I've been doing make-up as a hobby for about 10 years now. I love everything about it, love that you can do just about anything with it. Create characters, recreate icons, scare the mortals.. ya know, the fun stuff.

I tend to get a lot of questions about my process, how do I come up with ideas, etc, so I'm going to do my best to answer some of those questions right now!

Where do you come up with ideas?

- Sometimes friends will send me artwork to try to recreate my own take. Sometimes it's literally random and I'm winging it as I go. Sometimes I want to recreate characters that are interesting. Sometimes I want to challenge myself.

What's your favorite make-up you've done so far?

- I actually don't have a particular favorite, but I am rather proud of some of my make- ups. Pinhead (Hellraiser) & Julie (Return of the Living Dead 3) I'm most proud of.

What inspires you?

- Horror. Horror is my life, my love, my soulmate. I embrace horror, cherish it.

What's more difficult: Beauty or SFX?

- Beauty. I don't know why, but for me it's more difficult.

And if you ever have any questions, hit me up! I'm always willing to help others, especially in the world of make-up. Anything that encourages people to express their art? I'm your biggest supporter. Well, I hope you enjoyed reading my ramblings and I'll be here coming up with more ideas for you guys!

🖤- Ash