Description The term slasher film was common parlance by the mid-1980s but the horror subgenre it describes was at least a decade old by then--formerly referred to as stalker, psycho or slice-'em-up.
Examining 74 movies--from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) to Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)--the author identifies the characteristic elements of the subgenre while tracing changes in narrative patterns over the decades.
The slasher canon is divided into three eras: the classical (1974-1993), the self-referential (1994-2000) and the neoslasher cycle (2000-2013).
About the Author Sotiris Petridis is an adjunct professor at Aristotle University and a screenwriter and an independent film producer.
He lives in Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Mcfarland & Company Anatomy of the slasher film: a theoretical analysis, paperback/sotiris petridis
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