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Originally Posted by Staal
Alright guys. Now, I know I keep bugging you guys, so feel free to not reply to this thread, if you have no intention of giving me valueable advice (Thanks to everyone that already helped me out.)
Now, having googled (yes, googled) the history of slashers, I found this a topic I might go for, as these are the kind of movies I think I could do a decent paper on.
I'm not sure how far I should go back. Halloween 1978 vs some modern one. (Switchblade Romance/All The Boys Love Mandy Lane or something to eloborate on the "the killer is herself" part?) [By the way, just outta curiousity - who introduced this plot twist?]
- Please give me your thoughts on this.
I also considered a suspense-movie like the birds vs some "gory" modern flick. (Hostel? Saw? maybe with references to Murder Set Pieces).
I know there's probably loads of gory pre 80's movies. But isn't it more typical for the modern horror movie?
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Googled "birth of slasher":
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/S...6/history.html
Psycho's contribution to the birth of the slasher movies lies in its death scenes. Prior to 1960, no major motion picture dared to depict murder in such a blatant fashion as Psycho did. Though there is hardly any blood in the film and no shots of the actual "slashing" (the blade piercing the skin), Psycho's use of sudden, high-pitched musical strokes and brutal murder scenes were the first bold step in the creation of what would become the slasher movie genre.
Start with Psycho and good GOD don't leave out Black Christmas. As groundbreaking as the original Halloween was, it owes all of its success to Black Christmas.
Also, the most recent slasher I've seen is My Bloody Valentine 3D. No joke. It actually was a perfect homage to the 80s slasher film while simultaneously creating one of its own.
For something more serious, the best modern slashers I've seen in recent history were Ils and Inside, both French films. I'd say that they are both essential to wrapping up the topic.