| LC control no. | gf2011026584 |
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| Thesaurus/term list | lcgft |
| Genre/Form term | Slasher films |
| Variant(s) | Body count films Dead teenager films Friday the 13th films Hack-and-slash films Slasher movies Slashers (Motion pictures) Slice and dice films Stalk-and-slash films Stalker films (Slasher films) |
| See also | Horror films |
| Scope note | Films that feature a psychotic killer who stalks and murders a series of victims, usually with unconventional weapons. For films that feature graphic depictions of gore, hard-core violence, and murder see Splatter films. |
| Subject example tracing | Note under Splatter films |
| Found in | Moving image genre-form guide online, Sept. 14, 2007 (slasher: type of fictional horror work, highlighting shock and violence, most often centered around a male psychokiller who slashes to death a string of mostly female victims, one by one, until he is subdued or killed, usually by the one woman who has survived and fights back. Often the murderer is motivated by perverse sexuality or some past misdeed, taking revenge on the larger community, and killing becomes a metaphor for rape) Films by genre, c1993 (Slasher Film (Body-Count Movie, Dead-Teenagers Film, Fuck and Die Film, Hack-and-Slash Film, Hack-'em-Up Film, Massacre Movie, Multiple-Murder Film, Slash and Gash Film, Slash-and-Stab Film, Slaughter Movie, Slice and Dice Film, Slice 'n' Dice Film, Stalk-and-Slash Film, Stalk and Slice Film, Stalker Film, Teenie-Kill Movie, Teen Slash-'em-Up[s] Film, Woman-in-Danger Film). The term slasher film gained currency with the success of Halloween (1978) and similar pictures; presents a murderous, deranged person slashing and stabbing random, innocent victims ... [with] knives and axes, chain saws and power drills) Caldwell, Sara. Splatter flicks, c2006: t.p. (splatter flicks; horror films) p. 1 (horror films; commonly termed "splatter flicks", "slashers", "spookfests") Monsters-movies.com, Nov. 9, 2012: Slasher movies (The slasher film (sometimes referred to as bodycount films and dead teenager movies); a sub-genre of horror film typically involving a psychopathic killer (often wearing a mask) who stalks and graphically murders a series of victims in a random, unprovoked fashion, usually teenagers or young adults who are away from mainstream civilization or far away from help and often involved in sex and illegal-drug use. The killer almost always uses unconventional weapons such as blades, chainsaws, cleavers, and blunt objects; very rarely, if ever, using guns.) Konigsberg, I. The complete film dictionary, 1998: slasher film (A general category for horror films that focuses on the mutilation and killing of women, generally by a psychotic killer. See slice-and-dice, splatter, and stalker films for related designations) slice-and-dice film, slide-'n'-dice film (Any one of a group of horror films in recent years that features the butchering of human beings, often attractive young females. All of the Friday the 13th films would fit this category.) splatter film (A film with a good deal of violence and a large amount of blood (e.g., Theatre of Blood (1973; dir. Douglas Hickox)) stalker film, stalk-and-slash film (A film that features a knife-wielding maniac tracking and dispatching a series of victims, generally women (e.g., any of the Jack the Ripper films)) Harris, M.H. Slasher movies 101, via About.com Horror & suspense movies website, Nov. 9, 2012 (The definition of a slasher film varies depending on who you ask, but in general, it contains several specific traits that feed into the genre's formula: The Killer - Every slasher has a killer. The Victims -In slashers, the victims tend to be young, attractive and often nude. The Heroine - Although slashers are often criticized for being misogynistic, they're one of the few film genres that primarily feature strong, independent female leads. The Violence - One thing that separates slashers from thrillers and murder mysteries is the level of violence. Slashers shift the focus of the film from such trivialities as "plot" and "character development" and instead concentrate on the killing. The deaths are violent and graphic, and the more originality shown in the methods and tools used, the better. John Carpenter's Halloween (1978) is often considered to be the first "true" slasher in terms of tying all of these components together, thus setting the standard by which all other films are judged.) Google, Jan. 11, 2013: (body count films: 184,000 hits; bodycount films: 2,560 hits; dead teenager films: 7,560; hack-and-slash films: 52,300 hits; hack-'em-up films: 85 hits; Multiple-murder films: 6 hits; slash and gash films: 59 hits; slash and stab films: 0 hits; slice and dice films: 14,000 hits; slice 'n' dice films: 121 hits; stalk-and-slash films: 8,050 hits; stalk and slice films: 2 hits; stalker films: 15,000 hits; teen slash-'em-up films: 0 hits; teen slash-'em-ups: 7 hits; teenie-kill movies: 9 hits) |
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