When slasher films first took their rise in popularity they faced a lot of heat from society. These slasher films were full of sex, violence, blood, gore and profanity, and the public was not ready to accept this sort of violence on the big screen. Almost as quickly as the slasher film continued to rise in popularity so did its social acceptance. The slasher genre draws a lot of attention from the teenage populous. Why is this so? Well for one I feel like teenagers are obsessed with the thought of possible danger, trouble, punishment etc. We all have been silly teenagers who have gotten in trouble for partying to much or what not, and the characters in these films usually consist of teenage characters. Slasher flicks such as Halloween, and Friday the 13th cause a fear in the audience because it forces the viewers to almost root for the villain, not the victims. It causes a fear in some people, but that fear is something that people of today's society enjoy. That is why slasher films are so popular in todays movie industry, and thats why no matter how much the last film scared us we are always intrigued to watch the next one.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
The Most Memorable Slasher Flick.
Out of all the slasher films I have been forced to sit through my most memorable film has to be Freddy VS Jason. There are a lot of high quality kills and thrills throughout this film. As with all good slasher films there is a ton of gore and guts as well. That is not what makes this film so memorable though, what makes it memorable is the flashbacks. Through out the entire film there are flashbacks of both Freddy Kruger and Jason's past. If you are an avid follower of both killers than the flashbacks are something that control all of your attention. You've seen both killers before, , and you sort of understand why they are the way they are but in this movie you see them together for the first time. No, they aren't teaming up to kill everyone, they are actually in a battle to see who kills who, and ultimately which one of them would be left standing in the end.
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In addition to why the film is interesting, the flashbacks show us as viewers what caused these two killers to be the killing machines that they are today. That is what makes the film interesting, we get to see what made them so hateful, so angry, and so destructive, and then we get to see them today, still killing, still thriving.
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