A slasher film is a type of horror film typically involving a psychopathic killer stalking and killing a sequence of victims in a really graphical violent way, often with a cutting tool like a knife or an axe. The term "slasher" is used as a generic term for any horror movie involving graphic acts of murder.
The first film we looked at was "Halloween" which was one of the first "slasher" film as well as "Psycho".
(1978)
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(1960)
In "Halloween" a 6-year old murders his fifteen-year old sister in their home in Haddonfield, Illinois. Because of this the young boy is sent to a mental hospital for fifteen years. After that he is then sent to court, but escapes. His younger sister then begins to see him everywhere.
Settings:
- Woods/Forests
- Empty Houses
- Abandoned Buildings
- Castles/Old Buildings
- Normal Neighbourhoods
All of these are typical settings for horror films. They are usual un-known places and no one knows they exists or where they are. This emphasises the fear because the audience know that there is no hope for the character(s). The effect of the setting being in a normal neighbourhood makes it more scary because it gives the sense of you never know whats going to happen, because nothing bad is supposed to happen in places like that.
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