Tag: Slasher
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ANALYSIS: Sex = Death – Top 10 Virginity Horrors
Spoilers, and trigger warning for sexual assault “That’s why she always outsmarted the killer in the big chase scene at the end. Only virgins can do that, don’t you know the rules?” Randy Meeks, Scream (1996) If there’s one thing Randy taught us in the Scream movies, it’s that there are certain rules one must…
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ANALYSIS: The 90’s Slasher Cycle
In 1996, Scream changed everything. But what came next? Becky Darke breaks it down… The state of slasher films in the 1990s is notorious among horror fans, following a period of over-saturation from juggernaut franchises and, later, the subgenre’s rejuvenation through director Wes Craven’s and writer/producer Kevin Williamson’s spearheading of teen slashers 2.0. A new…
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TOP 10: Supernatural Slashers
Sometimes, they come back. Kim Morrison aims for the head as she counts down the Top 10 times that slashers went supernatural… Slasher movies often follow a formula so simple that Randy had a whole rant about it in Scream (1996). There’s a killer, often in a memorable mask and/or costume, who likes stalking and…
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ANALYSIS: “His name was Jason” – cycles of grief in FRIDAY THE 13th (1980)
Spoilers Everyone knows the story of Camp Crystal Lake. But could it be that beneath the surface of this seminal slasher there are deeper themes of grief, loss and trauma? Tim Coleman makes the case… The original Friday the 13th, famously, doesn’t feature Jason Voorhees: unless one’s counting the final jump-scare which may / may…
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REVIEW: Slumber Party Massacre (2021)
dir. Danishka Esterhazy In a cabin in the woods a group of college-aged girlfriends party in their PJs, eat pizza and talk about their sex lives, blissfully unaware of a shadow at the window. Perhaps it’s a skeezy ex-boyfriend; perhaps it’s someone else. Either way, before long a killer with a phallic shaped weapon will…
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REVIEW: Pretty Boy (2021)
dir. Marcel Walz. In director Walz’s award-winning 2019 slasher Blind, Faye (Sarah French) was an actress adjusting to life without vision after a surgery gone wrong whilst a masked killer stalked her, wreaking havoc in her Hollywood Hills home. This sequel picks up where the original left off, attempting to answer some of the questions…
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