Have you guys seen this trailer for Asylum? Well I have now thanks to the lovely Gabe Delahaye over at Videogum.

Seriously though, I am so excited for this movie. Watching teenagers get slaughtered by mysterious forces and insanity is one of my favorite past times. This movie seems to have everything: needles in eyes (side note: seen Audition, because that movie is the king of needles in eyes), screaming blondes, mysterious pasts, S & M inspired scenes, scary doctors with no pupils, everything I tell you! I’ll be there opening night.

This is by the director of Final Destination 2, and all this Final Destination 2 talk going on in my own head as a result of being reminded of that (excellent) movie’s existence from the trailer had me thinking about how my good friend Jim Gaylord (yes that’s his real name) found a way to make teenage slaughter flicks meaningful, beautiful, and reflective.

Bascially what he’s done is taken scenes from the Final Destination series and painted over and abstracted the original images to create art. I think they’re kind of amazing. Something which was originally pop-slaughter can become a reflective abstract landscape.

Final Destination 2.3. Gouache on acetate and paper. 10 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. 2007.

Final Destination 2.3.1. Gouache on acetate and paper. 10 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. 2007.

Images © Jim Gaylord.

These are great right? So what we’ve learned is basically that watching movies like Asylum can have the side effect of making you more artistic. I’m going to go rewatch the scene in Final Destination 3 where the girls die by tanning booths that have the power to melt skin and go get really creative.

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