Slasher film conventions
We decided to use the genre 'Slasher' because we belive it is a very exciting and intersesting sub-genre of horror, which usuallly involves a psychopathic killer stalking and killing a set of teens. What grips the audience to slashers is the vilent and graphic manner in which the killer murders his victims. Slashers deliberately focus on graphic portrayals of gore and graphic violence. These films, through the use of special effects and excessive blood, tend to display an overt interest in the vulnerability of the human body and the viewing of its mutilation. The combination of The sexual antics and gore and violence has left some to label the genre 'Torture porn' or 'Gorno'. However, too much senseless violence in the slasher films could create a a sense of comedy which is not what we are looking for. This means we need to be very selective about the ciolence we portray in the opening two minutes. Here are some of the typical conventions in a slasher film:

The Killer
Just about Every slasher has a killer, as it can’t be a slasher without one. He's typically male, and his identity is often concealed through a mask or by lighting and camerawork. We have chosen as a group, to keep these conventions to keep the tradition of slasher films but, add our own twist to it at the same times. Even when his identity is known, like in ‘Halloween’ he still tends to mask his face. This, combined with the fact that he's usually speechless and seemingly unstoppable, heightens his menacing, threatening nature. This is where we decided to have a voiceover to break out some of the film boundaries as we have given the killer a voice. His background often includes a childhood trauma that turned him into the bloodthirsty maniac he is today, therefore creating a level of sympathy for him. We have also stuck by this to 'justify' his killings.The real star of a slasher is the killer, not the hero. Throughout a franchise like Friday the 13th, heroes come and go, but the killer is constant.

The Victims
For there to be a killer, he needs to have his victims. The victims tend to be young and attractive. They're usually high school- or college-aged adolescents who engage in sin-ridden activities such as sex, alcohol, drugs and crime. The killer does not pick these children for there wrong doing, but as nihilistic as slashers seem the audience would like to know that the victims have somehow ‘deserved’ their death. We have chosen a young teenage woman as the victim within the 1st two minutes but, you do not see what she has done wrong or why he has chosen her to keep the enigma code and a sense of mystery.

The Heroine
Slashers are one of the few film genres which feature a strong, independent female lead. The heroine is usually friends with the group of victims but unlike them, she doesn’t conform to all of the sexual acts or drug abuse. The heroine is also known as the "final girl" because by the end of the movie, all of her friends are dead, and she's left unaccompanied to deal with the killer.

The Violence
The main separation between Slashers from horrors and murder mysteries is the level of graphic violence. Storylines are basically constructed around giving the killer motive and opportunity to kill. The deaths are brutal and explicit, and the more originality shown in the methods and tools used, the better.

Notable Slashers

* Psycho (1960)
* Halloween (1978)
* Friday the 13th (1980)
* My Bloody Valentine (1981)
* Scream (1996)
* I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
* Prom Night (2008)
* Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

Below is a trailer for Hallaween