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''John Dies at the End'' is a 2012 American dark fantasy science fiction horror film written and directed by Don Coscarelli, based on David Wong's novel of the same name.〔〔 Principal photography began in October 2010,〔 and by January 2011, the project had entered post-production for a planned theatrical 2013 release. The film stars Chase Williamson and Rob Mayes, with Paul Giamatti, Clancy Brown, Glynn Turman, Daniel Roebuck, and Doug Jones. Despite its mixed critical response, Variety and Wired magazines named it a cult film.〔〔 ==Plot== Slacker David Wong beheads a zombie skinhead with an axe and asks whether an axe that had its handle and head replaced over time is still the same axe. David next appears in a restaurant and recounts his story to reporter Arnie Blondestone. When David claims to have psychic powers, Arnie reacts skeptically but listens to a story about how David and his friend John try to help a woman harassed by her dead boyfriend. When they realize that they're perceiving her differently, she explodes into snakes and reforms into a monster made of frozen meat. The monster demands a showdown with its nemesis, TV infomercial psychic Albert Marconi, who destroys it over the telephone. Annoyed at Arnie's skepticism, David quiets him by recounting Arnie's last dream and continues his story from the beginning. When David and Fred Chu attend a concert by John and his band, they witness Amy Sullivan being teased (for being an amputee and missing an arm) by wannabe-gangsta Justin White. Amy's dog Bark Lee has gone missing after biting Robert Marley, a Jamaican drug dealer, who, despite David's skepticism, displays psychic powers. David then finds and cares for Bark Lee. That night, David receives a frantic call from John, who seems paranoid and delusional. David recovers a syringe and tries to take John to the hospital; John refuses and describes buying a drug from Marley. John claims the drug, called "soy sauce", gives him a non-linear perception of time and the ability to perceive alternate dimensions. David doesn't believe him until he receives a call from John on his phone, despite John's being there in person. As they drive off, John falls unconscious, and David is accidentally pricked by the syringe, which causes severe hallucinations, including an inter-dimensional traveler, Roger North. North attaches a giant leech to David, but before North can explain himself, David causes him to disappear when he kills the leech. Immediately afterward, Detective Lawrence Appleton takes them to the police station, where they are interrogated separately, and David realizes that he can predict Appleton's questions. Appleton reveals that John is the only known survivor of a drug party that includes White and, after being called out of the room, tells David that John has died. At this point, Arnie interrupts the story and again expresses skepticism, but David convinces him by demonstrating a caged monster visible only from a certain perspective. Back at the police station, Appleton leaves again, and David gets another call from John, who guides his escape. David arrives at Marley's house, where he's confronted first by Appleton, then White, who appears possessed by a collective known as "Shitload". White kidnaps David, Fred, Amy, Bark Lee, and John, who has returned his consciousness to his body, and takes them to a mall, where he reveals a "ghost door" that can only be opened by Amy with her phantom limb. Appleton arrives and kills White, though Shitload possesses Appleton and Fred in turn, both of whom are killed. John, David, and the dog go through the door after Amy opens it. On the other side, they meet North and Marconi, who have teamed up against a sentient organic computer known as Korrok, the source of all the anomalies; Marconi tasks them with Korrok's destruction. Naked disciples of Korrok welcome John and David, describing a brutal utilitarian society that Korrok rules mercilessly. When the team is brought before Korrok, the disciples reveal that Korrok requires their sacrifice so that it can absorb their knowledge, travel to their dimension, and conquer it. Although John fails to activate an experimental bomb, Bark Lee sacrifices himself to destroy Korrok. Upon escaping, David and John meet Marconi, who reveals that they were only recruited as escorts for Bark Lee. At the restaurant, David explains that the dog was dosed with "soy sauce" after biting Marley and became connected to Marconi and North. Although Arnie agrees to publish David's story, he turns out to be a ghost and subsequently disappears. During the end credits, David and John travel to another dimension and decline a request to save it. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Dies at the End (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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