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Episode 02: Evolution of the Slasher

Show Notes

Episode 2: Evolution of the Slasher

This episode was recorded on June 29, 2023 and posted on July 15, 2023.

Content Warnings: Light vulgarity. 

Introduction

  • Welcome to No Bodies Episode 2
  • Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most – Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie of Horror Movie Weekly
  • Introductions to our guests – hosts of Feature Creatures D.T.F Jordana & Sam. 
  • Today’s Topic: Evolution of the Slasher

Slasher Discourse

  • Our experiences with slashers 
  • Defining slashers 
  • “Is it a slasher?” rapid fire
  • Scream (1996) & Wes Craven’s impact
  • Modern Slashers & Controversy

Worst & Best Representations of Slashers

Spoilers ahead!

Worst Examples of a Slasher – Sam & Jordana

  • A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010)
  • Halloween (2007)

Worst Ending – Suzie 

  • April Fool’s Day (1986)

Worst Backstory – Lonely

  • Leatherface (2017)

Best Examples of a Slasher – Sam & Jordana

  • Black Christmas
  • Halloween (1978) 

Best Final Girl – Suzie 

  • Mia from Evil Dead (2013)

Best Final Guy – Lonely

  • Jesse from A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)

Suzie’s Deep Cuts 

  • May (2002)
  • Cold Prey (2006)
  • All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2016)
  • Lake Bodom (2016)
  • Scare Campaign (2016)
  • Mandy (2018)
  • Hellfest (2018)
  • The Banana Split Movie (2019)

Slashers Made by Women

  • Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
  • Blood Diner (1987)
  • Sorority House Massacre (1986)
  • Jennifer’s Body (2009)
  • Piggy (2018)
  • Fear Street Trilogy (2021)
  • Candyman (2021)

Final Thoughts

  • Where is the future of the slasher?

Thank you to our guests! 

Keep Up with Your Hosts

  • Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast. 
  • Projectile Varmint – catch Suzie on Horror Movie Weekly with our dear friends Jay of the Dead, Mister Waston, and Channy Dreadful. Suzie also runs the HMW Instagram @ horrormovieweekly. 
  • Lonely – read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com. 

Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you! 

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Sources & Additional Reading

Kench, Sam. “The Slasher Film – Definition, Characters, Villains & Tropes.” StudioBinder, 25 Oct. 2021, http://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-a-slasher-film-definition/.

Mikulee, Sven. “‘Psycho’: The Proto-Slasher That Brought on a Revolution in Cinema • Cinephilia & Beyond.” Cinephilia & Beyond, 10 Feb. 2023, cinephiliabeyond.org/psycho-proto-slasher-brought-revolution-cinema/#:~:text=Most%20importantly%20for%20filmmaking%20in,era%2C%20the%20extremely%20blood%20eighties. 

Rhuart, Britton, “A Blade in the Dark: Translating the Giallo Killer into the Slasher” (2018). Ray Browne Conference on Cultural and Critical Studies. 4. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/rbc/2018conference/005/4 

Smith, Donnie. “How Scream Changed the Face of Horror.” MovieWeb, 10 Jan. 2022, movieweb.com/scream-changed-horror-genre/#:~:text=As%20with%20the%20slasher%20giants,out%20breaking%20the%20fourth%20wall.