Recently I fashioned a superhero from spare parts and good will and had such a ball doing so that I went on to craft him a nemesis. Safe passage is not guaranteed but at least we give ourselves a fighting chance by tooling ourselves up. With a little TLC and fresh lick of deep red emulsion, the slasher could still prove enduring, thus I have compiled my own inventory of sorts to prepare us for the terror-strewn trail ahead. I’m not entirely convinced that I’ll be around for the next thirty-year homecoming so implore filmmakers to make the best out of their current opportunity and ring any necessary changes. It was regulation that became its undoing, thus retracing those steps is only ever likely to spark a fleeting revolution. Previously there was a rigid rule set to adhere to and few seemed willing to test the boundaries. To truly flourish for a second time, it needs to have moved with the times as there is so much more scope for raising the stakes than appears to have been taken advantage of. That said, things have changed considerably during the interim and audiences now expect far more than by-the-numbers execution. Given that I had come of age at around the same time that masked marauders were leaving their calling cards, I was absolutely distraught to witness them dying their death after such a short run-out.Īnyhoots, that was a long time ago now, and slasher has seen something of a resurgence in recent years which encourages me massively.

You knew pretty much where you stood with slasher and eventually familiarity bred contempt as the whole world got over the craze and moved swiftly onto the next trend. However, it all tailed off as the decade drew to a close and entered into an extended hiatus for the best part of the next twenty years.

For around five years at the turn of the eighties, stalk and slash was considered the next big thing, and this was reflected in encouraging box office returns.

The likes of Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, and Freddy Krueger have managed to carve out quite the niche for themselves with regards to slaughtering co-eds and countless others have taken their lead, with varying levels of success. Hardly the most sophisticated subgenre, it is however rather a tremendous deal of fun, and has introduced us to all manner of colorful characters over the years.

I have been a student of slasher since as far back as I can remember.

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