The Final (film)
Encyclopedia
The Final is a revenge horror film
directed by Joey Stewart, the film also serves as teen torture porn to some viewers and starring Marc Donato
, Jascha Washington
and Travis Tedford
.
In high school, an Indian-American boy named Ravi is constantly bullied and insulted by two jocks named Bradley and Bernard. A goth girl named Emily is taunted by a group of three popular girls, named Kelli, Bridget, and Heather, who abuse her despite Emily's pleas that they could be friends. Another outcast named Dane is shown to having inherited an old secluded house in the woods thanks to his late uncle's will. The outcasts are invited to a video shoot by a popular boy named Kurtis. They all agree that they like him and want to make sure he does not show up at an upcoming party, Ravi stating that "He's not one of them."
At the video shoot, two bullies named Bradley and Bernard confront Ravi in the bathroom when he is cleaning his camera's lens, breaking the camera for no reason after continuing on with their usual taunts and even calling Ravi a terrorist. Dane shows up to inform Ravi that the shoot is starting when he inquires as to what happened. Bradley admits to breaking the camera before shoving Dane against a wall, telling him that if he wins in a fight, he will buy a new camera for Ravi. He laughs when Dane says that he cannot beat the jock. Bradley tells Dane that he bullies him because he knows Dane can not do anything about it. Back at school, Kurtis finds out what happened and starts a fight with Bradley, apparently fed up with the egotistic boy's attitude.
Most of the outcasts are shown to have disturbing family lives, Dane's parents fight all the time. Ravi's family being cold and distant, never exchanging words, and barely glances. Jack, a quiet boy that is skilled at playing banjo
, has a father that ignores him completely
The outcasts set up cameras and various equipment at Dane's house, where they lure all the popular kids by sending out party invitations earlier. They then lace the alcohol with a drug, causing everyone to fall unconscious. When the kids wake up again, they find themselves chained together, with the outcasts all masked and wearing costumes inspired by horror movies. They want revenge for years of torment and want to torture their worst enemies.
A rather vulgar teen named Miles decides that the entire thing is some stupid Halloween joke and starts to mouth off. The result is Jack applying a cattle gun to his face and then his knee. One boy, Tommy, is allowed to go and get help, but his escape is cut short when he steps into a bear trap and is caught by a group of three boys nicknamed "the triplets" who help the outcasts.
Bernard is tortured by Emily with needles after he is given a drug that attacks his muscular system, keeping him from moving or making much sound.
Kurtis, who attended the party after all, is secretly given a key by Ravi and escapes. Ravi is then stabbed by Dane for betraying the group, killed almost instantly as a result of the blade piercing his heart. Meanwhile, Emily smears a paste on Heather's face that is made to slowly start disintegrating the skin that it touches, leaving her horribly scarred. Bridget realizes that it is Emily and apologizes. Bridget is given the chance to spare her torment by cutting off Bradley's fingers, but she refuses. Emily then offers Bradley safety if he agrees to cut off Bridget's fingers. Bradley cuts off the middle and index fingers on her right hand before Emily offers the deal to Bridget again. Bridget reluctantly agrees to cut off Bradley's fingers. Ultimately she decides she cannot harm her friend and is punished by Emily who smears the previously used acidic compound on her face.
Kurtis makes it to a neighbor's house, an elderly ex-soldier named Parker who was seen earlier upon Dane's introduction. He is suspicious of the fact that Kurtis showed up with a gun, and has the teen tied up for a period before Kurtis finally convinces him that there really is trouble. Parker goes to investigate, but is caught in a trap and severely injured in his legs. Despite the injuries, he manages to kill two of the triplets.
Bradley is taunted by a now-very insane Dane, and attempts to apologize, but is only replied with laughter. After another few moments of taunting, Dane uses his switch blade to sever Bradley's spinal cord
, instantly paralyzing him from the waist down.
Kurtis calls the police from the man's house and returns to Dane's house, called the Workley place, where he saves a boy named Riggs from getting his tongue cut off, but is shot in the arm by Dane after managing to kill Andy--one of the other outcasts. Dane walks up to him about to finish the job, but is shot by Emily, who has had enough. After one last hug, and Emily speaking her final words to Kelli, Jack kills Emily, just as the police arrive. The police burst into the door, demanding that Jack drop the gun, but he only points it to his own head, declaring that they are "too late" and that "there are more of us out there" before pulling the trigger.
A news report recounts how the popular kids where abducted and tortured "without reason". Kelly, who remained unharmed, swallows a large amount of pills in the school's bathroom. At school, Kurtis exchanges looks with the remaining triplet.
The final scene goes back to the same black and white sequence where it is revealed that Bridget is the disfigured girl from the beginning of the movie. The last sounds being Dane's voice saying "Think of this as the final. And there's just one question you must ask yourself: What did I do to deserve this?" and, as the screen fades to black, you hear the young boy asking, "Mommy, why does that girl's face look like that?"
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Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
directed by Joey Stewart, the film also serves as teen torture porn to some viewers and starring Marc Donato
Marc Donato
-Life and career:Donato portrayed the character Derek Haig on Degrassi: The Next Generation. Other roles include those in Doc, Locked in Silence, The Blue Butterfly, and other cartoon voices, recently as Ethan in The Future Is Wild...
, Jascha Washington
Jascha Washington
Jascha Akili Washington is an American television and film actor.-Life and career:Washington was born in California and debuted on television in 1997 on the episode "A Reverend Runs Through It" of the program Brooklyn South. He first appeared on film a year later as Will Smith's son Eric in Enemy...
and Travis Tedford
Travis Tedford
Travis William Tedford is an American actor. A child actor during the 1990s, he is best known for portraying Our Gang kid Spanky McFarland in the 1994 feature film The Little Rascals and for being the first Welch's "advertising-spokeskid" beginning in 1994 at age 5.-Biography:Tedford was born in...
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Plot
A teenage girl with a hood on walks into a restaurant and orders a burger. When the lady tells her that the charge is four dollars, she sets the money on the counter, revealing that she has two fingers missing on her right hand. She is told that the food will be brought out to her and she goes to the side room and sits at a table alone. A few people begin to stare at her and a young boy asks his mother "Why does that girl's face look like that? Was she in an accident?" The mother tries to quiet him and tells him to eat his food. Finally, the girl snaps and screams out in anger, bursting into tears after throwing her table over. She begins yelling how it is not her fault that her face looks like it does, that she did not ask for or choose her looks.In high school, an Indian-American boy named Ravi is constantly bullied and insulted by two jocks named Bradley and Bernard. A goth girl named Emily is taunted by a group of three popular girls, named Kelli, Bridget, and Heather, who abuse her despite Emily's pleas that they could be friends. Another outcast named Dane is shown to having inherited an old secluded house in the woods thanks to his late uncle's will. The outcasts are invited to a video shoot by a popular boy named Kurtis. They all agree that they like him and want to make sure he does not show up at an upcoming party, Ravi stating that "He's not one of them."
At the video shoot, two bullies named Bradley and Bernard confront Ravi in the bathroom when he is cleaning his camera's lens, breaking the camera for no reason after continuing on with their usual taunts and even calling Ravi a terrorist. Dane shows up to inform Ravi that the shoot is starting when he inquires as to what happened. Bradley admits to breaking the camera before shoving Dane against a wall, telling him that if he wins in a fight, he will buy a new camera for Ravi. He laughs when Dane says that he cannot beat the jock. Bradley tells Dane that he bullies him because he knows Dane can not do anything about it. Back at school, Kurtis finds out what happened and starts a fight with Bradley, apparently fed up with the egotistic boy's attitude.
Most of the outcasts are shown to have disturbing family lives, Dane's parents fight all the time. Ravi's family being cold and distant, never exchanging words, and barely glances. Jack, a quiet boy that is skilled at playing banjo
Banjo
In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
, has a father that ignores him completely
The outcasts set up cameras and various equipment at Dane's house, where they lure all the popular kids by sending out party invitations earlier. They then lace the alcohol with a drug, causing everyone to fall unconscious. When the kids wake up again, they find themselves chained together, with the outcasts all masked and wearing costumes inspired by horror movies. They want revenge for years of torment and want to torture their worst enemies.
A rather vulgar teen named Miles decides that the entire thing is some stupid Halloween joke and starts to mouth off. The result is Jack applying a cattle gun to his face and then his knee. One boy, Tommy, is allowed to go and get help, but his escape is cut short when he steps into a bear trap and is caught by a group of three boys nicknamed "the triplets" who help the outcasts.
Bernard is tortured by Emily with needles after he is given a drug that attacks his muscular system, keeping him from moving or making much sound.
Kurtis, who attended the party after all, is secretly given a key by Ravi and escapes. Ravi is then stabbed by Dane for betraying the group, killed almost instantly as a result of the blade piercing his heart. Meanwhile, Emily smears a paste on Heather's face that is made to slowly start disintegrating the skin that it touches, leaving her horribly scarred. Bridget realizes that it is Emily and apologizes. Bridget is given the chance to spare her torment by cutting off Bradley's fingers, but she refuses. Emily then offers Bradley safety if he agrees to cut off Bridget's fingers. Bradley cuts off the middle and index fingers on her right hand before Emily offers the deal to Bridget again. Bridget reluctantly agrees to cut off Bradley's fingers. Ultimately she decides she cannot harm her friend and is punished by Emily who smears the previously used acidic compound on her face.
Kurtis makes it to a neighbor's house, an elderly ex-soldier named Parker who was seen earlier upon Dane's introduction. He is suspicious of the fact that Kurtis showed up with a gun, and has the teen tied up for a period before Kurtis finally convinces him that there really is trouble. Parker goes to investigate, but is caught in a trap and severely injured in his legs. Despite the injuries, he manages to kill two of the triplets.
Bradley is taunted by a now-very insane Dane, and attempts to apologize, but is only replied with laughter. After another few moments of taunting, Dane uses his switch blade to sever Bradley's spinal cord
Spinal cord
The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular bundle of nervous tissue and support cells that extends from the brain . The brain and spinal cord together make up the central nervous system...
, instantly paralyzing him from the waist down.
Kurtis calls the police from the man's house and returns to Dane's house, called the Workley place, where he saves a boy named Riggs from getting his tongue cut off, but is shot in the arm by Dane after managing to kill Andy--one of the other outcasts. Dane walks up to him about to finish the job, but is shot by Emily, who has had enough. After one last hug, and Emily speaking her final words to Kelli, Jack kills Emily, just as the police arrive. The police burst into the door, demanding that Jack drop the gun, but he only points it to his own head, declaring that they are "too late" and that "there are more of us out there" before pulling the trigger.
A news report recounts how the popular kids where abducted and tortured "without reason". Kelly, who remained unharmed, swallows a large amount of pills in the school's bathroom. At school, Kurtis exchanges looks with the remaining triplet.
The final scene goes back to the same black and white sequence where it is revealed that Bridget is the disfigured girl from the beginning of the movie. The last sounds being Dane's voice saying "Think of this as the final. And there's just one question you must ask yourself: What did I do to deserve this?" and, as the screen fades to black, you hear the young boy asking, "Mommy, why does that girl's face look like that?"
Cast
- Marc DonatoMarc Donato-Life and career:Donato portrayed the character Derek Haig on Degrassi: The Next Generation. Other roles include those in Doc, Locked in Silence, The Blue Butterfly, and other cartoon voices, recently as Ethan in The Future Is Wild...
as Dane - Jascha WashingtonJascha WashingtonJascha Akili Washington is an American television and film actor.-Life and career:Washington was born in California and debuted on television in 1997 on the episode "A Reverend Runs Through It" of the program Brooklyn South. He first appeared on film a year later as Will Smith's son Eric in Enemy...
as Kurtis - Whitney Hoy as Bridget
- Julin as Heather
- Lindsay Seidel as Emily
- Laura Ashley Samuels as Kelly
- Justin S. Arnold as Bradley
- Travis TedfordTravis TedfordTravis William Tedford is an American actor. A child actor during the 1990s, he is best known for portraying Our Gang kid Spanky McFarland in the 1994 feature film The Little Rascals and for being the first Welch's "advertising-spokeskid" beginning in 1994 at age 5.-Biography:Tedford was born in...
as Andy - Eric Isenhower as Jack
- Vincent Silochan as Ravi
- Farah White as The Reporter
- Zacherias Judge as The Camera man
Release
The film is part of the After Dark Horrorfest 2010 and was presented on January 29. The DVD was released on March 23 by After Dark FilmsAfter Dark Films
After Dark Films is a horror film production company and distributor founded by Courtney Solomon.-History:The company is the organizer for the annual independent horror film festival After Dark Horrorfest, also known as 8 Films to Die For, which is currently in its fourth year...
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Reviews
The Movie Spot gave the film a 3.5 out of 5 saying "The Final is a decent movie. And a great entry to the Horrorfest series."External links
- The Final at the Disobiki.