no wonder horror never got any better than this

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#videoessay #horror #1980s
Slasher films dominated the horror genre throughout the 1980s, with stories of masked killers invading the suburbs, and preying on the teenage residents. These films largely follow the same tropes, be it Michael Myers, Freddy Kreuger or Jason Voorhees, there's an inherent familiarity when it comes to Slasher films. This video essay explains these rules, and tracks the history of Slasher films, from their Giallo roots in Italy, to it's postmodernist period marked by the release of Scream in the 90s.
00:00 - Slasher Rules
02:04 - Giallo
03:33 - American Slashers
04:43 - Halloween
06:22 - Suburban Paranoia
08:53 - Final Girl

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@Wyatt_Edgin Ай бұрын

Great video as always! Love your stuff!

@randomsht8020 Жыл бұрын

The video is fire, amazing job

@JackTorrance333 3 ай бұрын

Been watching your channel and have subscribed. Excellent thoughts on a wide variety of subjects. Cheers

@brxttwxjcxk6969 Жыл бұрын

absolutely love your content. your analysis on cinema is enchanting but please tell me the name of the background music please!

@wtcben Жыл бұрын

It's strange in hindsight to think how opposed most conservative parents were to this kind of thing when it seems as if most slashers were against drinking, doing drugs, and being promiscuous. I guess for some people the fact that they depicted these things gave them enough reason to be opposed to it. Great video.

@obscure.reference Жыл бұрын

it’s the same thing today, people mistake the portrayal of something with the endorsement of it.

@ihatelife6153 Жыл бұрын

@@obscure.reference says the guy with a joker pfp lol

@obscure.reference Жыл бұрын

@@ihatelife6153 lol ya u like that

@orangejjay 7 ай бұрын

This assumes that conservatives are anything more than simply being against change. They don't actually have morals they cling to other than to cling to the old ways of oppression, lies, and brutality.

@MBXfilms Жыл бұрын

Excellent, I was shocked when the video ended; could have listened to more. Maybe a part two some time.

@alexvaraderey Жыл бұрын

Agreed. The video would work really well as a 9-minute intro, with another 20+ minutes of more in-depth analysis following.

@MBXfilms Жыл бұрын

@Alex Vara de Rey But that's how you have to do KZfaq, leave them wanting more, so really is was the perfect length for the forum.

@nomanejane5766 Жыл бұрын

❤️

@nazaren45 8 ай бұрын

👍👍

@metoo7557 Жыл бұрын

There were so many horror movies, because producing fear to manipulate is big business.. and it also justified the ramping of the police state we now live in.

@ArcherGreen Жыл бұрын

very true

@user-sf3pg6fi1j 8 ай бұрын

Said a man who never truly experienced living in a police state

@metoo7557 8 ай бұрын

@@user-sf3pg6fi1jWe're already in a police state. Your words are empty. There are various levels of it, but western society has been in one for at least 20 years. Look at the police uniforms. the minute they began to look like military (save the camo) it was a police state. Just because it's not at it's end phase doesn't mean it isn't already here. Shhh