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    Good Ol' Fashion slasher flicks.

    Hey, how's everyone been?

    Anywho, I was having a conversation with my friend the other day about all these senseless, and predictable, ghost stories coming out. You know the ones we've seen a million times:

    A guy/girl/family moves into this house where the family/guy/girl who once lived there either killed a family/girl/guy or themselves or some strange shit had started happening and everyone dissappeared. Despite signs and warnings, they continue to stay there in spite of seeing things move in the dark, the childs strange behavior, noises in places people or anything for that matter aren't, the old spooky room, attic, or basement, that holds a bunch of dark and "disturbing" books, video's, and articles about what was going on there, and etc.

    Yes we have had that film to come out I think 3 or 4 time this year (The woman in black, last house on the left, Paranormal Activity 4, and Sinister, which I've only seen 1 out of the 4, but they're all the same) So you kinda get the picture?

    But what does this have to do witht the title of the subject you say? Well it's more of a question as what has happened to it. What has happened to the good ol fashion slasher flick? Not a spoof or a a torture flick, but a good ol' fashion slasher flick with a killer with a big ax/knife/chainsaw, etc. killing teenagers or young adults? and that is not in 3D!!!!!

    I mean we probably have a million of those already, but sometimes you get that feeling of wanting a good old flick. You could watch Jason, Freddy, Michael or some other flicks from the 80's and 90's, but has the slasher genre gone down hill. I mean there has been a long time since we have seen one in theatres, and honestly I wouldn't mind seeing one of it's fun, gory, and I damn sure mean GORY, and suspenseful: The main 3 key elements to make a good slasher flick.

    So what do you guys think, has the slasher genre faded or being faded by ghost stories and torture flicks?

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    Mainstream horror will always follow the trend of what's popular and right now it's low-budget ghost flicks. I think the last mainstream slasher was Scream 4, but in general the sub-genre in the mainstream mostly died out in the early 2000s. But slasher flicks as a whole are obviously still being produced, but in a much smaller scale--there are still a lot of indie slashers out there, but unfortunately most aren't very good. If we truly want the feel of a good fun slasher we'll have to look to the 80s, and in some extent the early-to-mid 90s, which offered some decent guilty pleasures as well. Sure there are some gems to slip in the recent genre batch, but they are few and far between.

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    I heard fright was gonna make a snuff film with Ogre...

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    Just the times change man. I'm sure when the slasher craze hit, there were people going "What's happening to all the Monster movies?"

    I think these Monster films are slowly starting to fade back in, with the remake of Wolf-Man and apparently Creature is suppose to be getting one too. Vampires are very strong in todays mainstream, but for all the wrong reasons. Not to mention flicks like Cloverfield, the Host etc. Hopefully they'll come back full swing. It does seem like 'Super natural' or 'other wordly' horror films seem to be the spice this generation. Slashers will no doubt return, we just have to sit and wait. I don't really care, there is a very large chance they won't be anywhere as good as the ones we all know and love, of which there is still many more to find, underrated gems and such.

    I can't remember the last time I saw a modern horror flick, I normally buy older ones I have not yet seen, as there is a much better chance of it being a hundred times better.

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    I'm sure slasher flicks will come back. Horror, like other entertainment, goes through phases. Right now we're in the paranormal phase. Every couple years it changes. Maybe even decades I should say. Of course I would love a good slasher now and again, but the time will come when they stop making remakes and maybe put some original ones out. Although you can always find some gems out there if you look, but you have to be willing to deal with foreign movies or low budget films sometimes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WickedNik View Post
    I'm sure slasher flicks will come back. Horror, like other entertainment, goes through phases. Right now we're in the paranormal phase. Every couple years it changes. Maybe even decades I should say. Of course I would love a good slasher now and again, but the time will come when they stop making remakes and maybe put some original ones out. Although you can always find some gems out there if you look, but you have to be willing to deal with foreign movies or low budget films sometimes.
    Modern foreign horror shits aaallll over anything put out in the last 5 to 10 years. In general anyway. There are some exceptions.

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    It's sad to have to look to other countries for quality horror now, but unlike here, they're not afraid to push boundaries and aren't entirely money driven. Indie films are a huge gamble, but will occasionally deliver a surprise.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FrighT MasteR View Post
    Mainstream horror will always follow the trend of what's popular and right now it's low-budget ghost flicks. I think the last mainstream slasher was Scream 4, but in general the sub-genre in the mainstream mostly died out in the early 2000s. But slasher flicks as a whole are obviously still being produced, but in a much smaller scale--there are still a lot of indie slashers out there, but unfortunately most aren't very good. If we truly want the feel of a good fun slasher we'll have to look to the 80s, and in some extent the early-to-mid 90s, which offered some decent guilty pleasures as well. Sure there are some gems to slip in the recent genre batch, but they are few and far between.
    Perfectly said fright

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    I understand about the mainstream thing, but even with low-budget films, they are neither as fun nor as good. It's just beginning to seem like horror is slowly fading into a PG-13 goreless apocalypse. It's been happening, but maybe it's beginning to be more aware.....

    Oh and I saw Paranormal activity 4 last night......go to the review section to see what I have to say about that.

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    I never really seen a slasher movie when two people have been working together?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dawn_f View Post
    I never really seen a slasher movie when two people have been working together?
    You've never seen Scream?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dawn_f View Post
    I never really seen a slasher movie when two people have been working together?


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    dawn doesn't even watch horror movies :soadeto2:

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    Yes I do!!! I get fearnet on my comcast lineup. Tuesday's they post new movies!!!

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    Yes I do!!! I get fearnet on my comcast lineup. Tuesday's they post new movies!!!
    Whoa, fearnet and everything

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    I think everyone will be pleasantly surprised when "The Lashman" comes out.

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    Fright, stop being a slasher flick snob

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