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Part of the problem with slasher films lately is they use disposable characters. You're not scared for yourself when you watch a movie, but for the characters you relate to. If the only people killed are the stereaotypes of the Sheriff, the town slut, the village idiot and the jock, who cares. You know the main couple will get through it OK. Set up a cast of characters an audience can identify with and kill off the one everyoen thinks will outlive the rest first and you can keep people guessing for 45 minutes or so as the rest of the characters fall victim.
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