Slasher
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the slasher subgenre of horror.
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Scream
Wes Craven’s 1996 seminal satirical slasher stunningly surpasses swathes of shallow, shlocky ‘Scream’ siblings. (read more)
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Halloween
I don’t think I’ll ever understand what makes a man a slasher fan. Is it the tension? The tension that exists for less than 50% of every one of these “classics?” It can’t be the teen movie fluff that inadequately bridges the gaps with an awful uninspired script and mediocre acting. You can tell everyone’s… (read more)
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Friday the 13th
I find it to be a rare case when a pioneering movie doesn’t hold up well, and it’s a disappointing one as well when the sacred cow is too old and has to be put down—but Friday the 13th is still modest entertainment. The majority lacks tension as danger is framed rarely and obviously, and… (read more)