Slashers, let's talk about their evolution, tropes, and the characters in them. Also censorship! Why not.

Letterboxd list of Slashers: https://letterboxd.com/legault_rants/list/teen-slasher-list/
Blog transcript WITH all sources listed: https://legault05.wixsite.com/horrorexploror/post/slasher-analysis
My Insta: https://www.instagram.com/theunhingedbinge/

The Books I mentioned:
‘The Teenage Slasher Movie Book, 2nd Revised and Expanded’ by J.A. Kerswell (2018).
‘The Story of Film: A Odyssey’ by Mark Cousins (2020).
‘Censorship: A Beginner’s Guide’ by Julian Petley (2009).
‘The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar’ by  Robin R. Means Coleman and Mark H. Harris (2023)
‘I Spit on Your Celluloid: The History of Women Directing Horror Movies’ by Heidi Honeycutt (2024)
‘Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre’ by Alison Peirce (2020).
Other sources:
‘A Brief History of Film Censorship’ by National Coalition Against Censorship, NCAC.org (2023).
‘What data on 3,000 murderers and 10,000 victims tells us about serial killers’ by Zachary Crockett. Vox (2016). Link. 
‘Why are there fewer serial killers now than there used to be?’ by Cody Mello-Klein. Northeastern Global News (2023). Link.
‘why were there so many serial killers between 1970 and 2000 — and where did they go?’ by Brenna Ehrlich. Rolling Stones (2021). Link.
‘Serial Killer Statistics’. Taylor Stacy. (2023). University of Michigan. Link.

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