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Contents 1 Featured article? 2 Scream: straight or parody? 3 Non-slasher films added to the list 4 changes to list 5 Difference of slasher and splatter 6 Peeping Tom 7 Why not the texas chain saw massacre? 8 the article is prejudiced 9 Regarding Hostel, SAW, Jeepers Creepers 10 my contributions 11 Response to Jeepers Creepers 1+2 12 Codes and Conventions within the Slasher genre response 13 Codes and Conventions within the Slasher genre response 14 pop culture 15 Fair use rationale for Image:Black christmas movie poster.jpg 16 Jason Voorhees image

[edit] Featured article?

Is this featured-article ready now? Its well-written, informative, has good links... maybe missing some references?

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OK, but it should still have advanced beyond Start-Class. Mike1981 14:19, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Scream: straight or parody?

Wasn't the Scream (movie) series a "straight" imitator rather than a parody ? Jay 08:46, 14 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I wouldn't call Scream a parody exactly, but it does play with it's awareness of what kind of movie it is (Tatum: "Don't kill me, Mr. Ghostface killer, I want to be in sequel."), and depart from those conventions sometimes for humorous or dramatic effect: e.g. Sydney doesn't remain chaste. More of a deconstruction, perhaps.

I think "extensively deconstructed" (in article) is overstating it.

changed to "successfuly deconstructed" then Niz 00:09, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Non-slasher films added to the list

I don't believe Hellraiser can really be classed as a "slasher film". A "splatter film" at best, but while there are figures of menace in Hellraiser none of them really fit the "slasher" mold. -- Antaeus Feldspar 16:29, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

list now only includes "notable" films Niz 00:09, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

They Are Notable Films. Hellraiser is, You're all wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.167.60.7 (talk) 18:16, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] changes to list

User:63.156.76.59 added a lot of good entries to the list (such as the early and now almost forgotten "Black Christmas") but also accidentally broke a lot of existing links by adding "The ... Series". I've restored the broken links and added back some of the more important entries from the list. Others, I wasn't so sure if they were significant entries, or actual "slasher" films (rather than non-slasher splatter/horror films). I am unlikely to have been right about all those decisions, so feel free to check the list yourself and restore any important ones I skipped. Also, I think .59 had a good idea about noting which movies became series, though I think that rather than break wikilinks we could just append notes about "followed by three sequels", "followed by six sequels", etc. -- Antaeus Feldspar 16:17, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

some removed, some added... if you add one please state why its notable Niz 00:09, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I really don't think "Psycho" falls under the category of a slasher film. I'd consider more of a psychological horror film, as only two people are killed throughout it's duration.

[edit] Difference of slasher and splatter

I don't think slasher and splatter films are the same thing. Whereas slashers focus on serial killers, massacres and teenagers, splatter films decipt extencive violence and gore. For example Carpenter's Halloween is a slasher, but not a splatter, since it is not especially violent or gory. Peter Jackson's Bad Taste isn't a slasher, since the plot does not revolve around teenagers, young adults, serial killers and it isn't really a horror movie at all, but more like a gory action comedy. Some films may be both slashers and splatters, but slashers aren't the same thing as splatters.

splatter horror is not slasher horror.... unless "splatter" means "slasher" in some languages. Niz 00:09, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I agree, splatter films are definitely a seperate sub-genre. "Splatter film" definitely shouldn't redirect here. alpha5099 22:26, 20 July 2005 (EST)

ok the change is made - see new article splatter film Niz 17:34, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Peeping Tom

I'd query the statement The genre has its origins in the early 1960s: Michael Powell's Peeping Tom (1960). I think Peeping Tom fails as a Slasher pic on various counts.

• The killer doesn't stalk his victims
• The killer doesn't wear a mask
• The killer doesn't have to overcome victims that fight back
• Not all of the victims are "away from adult supervision"
• There haven't been any sequels

SteveCrook 00:52, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

If we're interpreting that literally, Hitchcock's Psycho also misses on more counts than it matches. -- Antaeus Feldspar 14:57, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why not the texas chain saw massacre?

why wasn't the 1974 texas chainsaw massacre included on the "notable slasher film" list? It is a classic, so I've added it on there. Jackp 05:07, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] the article is prejudiced

The article is prejudiced, and has a pretty judgemental begining, including some other parts in the middle. I suggest thats it would be best if someone with a little indepth knowledge of the topic edit it.

[edit] Regarding Hostel, SAW, Jeepers Creepers

Someone recently removed the line about the 90s-early00s revival of the slasher genre ending with The Ring, citing that Hostel, Saw, and Jeepers Creepers are still around.

However, Hostel and SAW aren't slasher films (they're torture films, a recent offset of the splatter genre that couldn't exist without the MPAA's recent "anything goes as long as there's no boobies" policy) and Jeepers Creepers 1 and 2 would be considered straight horror movies (groups banding together against an unnatural force that's picking them off, like a zombie/ghost/monster/virus movie). Slasher films are definitively and exclusively about a psychotic, singular (although sometimes represented by multiple people), [at least] semi-human character who is hunting down and killing characters in often-times brutal ways.

-Asriel 18:54, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

i agree with asreil people should learn the difrence between the difrent groups of horror movies.

[edit] my contributions

none of my findings has been original research nor has it been unverified. All of what i've added has come from reading comments and descriptions found on a variety of websites such as Hysteria Lives, Diabolical Dominon, Terror Trap, Slashpool, badmovieplanet, www.feoamante.com etc etc. Plus books or magazines such as Empire's guide to horror/sci-fi/crime to Total Film and guide to horror. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SCOCSOOCSOSC (talk • contribs) 00:34, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Response to Jeepers Creepers 1+2

I concur, on your findings, Jeepers Creepers 1+2 seems to fit in with Slasher connections subdivision. It may have elements or a formula similar to a slasher movie...but isn't specifically a slasher (reviewers at websites have often mistaken horror movies as slasher when they are not). —Preceding unsigned comment added by SCOCSOOCSOSC (talk • contribs) 15:13, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Codes and Conventions within the Slasher genre response

My contrabutions to the articles hopefully do meet up to quality standards. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SCOCSOOCSOSC (talk • contribs) 21:23, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Codes and Conventions within the Slasher genre response

Please don't remove what i've contrabuted —Preceding unsigned comment added by SCOCSOOCSOSC (talk • contribs) 21:26, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] pop culture

How about an influence on pop culture section? I am thinking of references to slasher films in Juno. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.21.34 (talk) 00:58, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Ugh, I hate those sections. It just becomes a scatterboard for people to list "Hey, Freddy appeared in this episode of family guy!" or "Hey, Snoop Dogg referenced Leatherface!"--CyberGhostface (talk) 01:06, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Black christmas movie poster.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:55, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jason Voorhees image

• I'm adding an image of Jason, because his character along with Michael Myers perfectly example the golden age of the slasher film, as Jason being one of the most well-known slashers in history. --The Dark Lord of Wiki (talk) 15:55, 24 February 2008 (UTC)