One of the greatest slasher films was psycho (1960, Alfred Hitchcock). This straightforward film has developed over many years to from a new form of slasher genre with the use of intertexaulity, pastiche, parody and hybrid genres. Richard Malby stated that “genres are flexible”. This reflects the genres theory as genres are not static but dynamic allowing the combination of other genes called hybrid films, which are becoming more popularly used with texts.
Some elements get passed along to the next slasher films from psycho such as:
- suspense and shock narrative enigma
- Phallic object being the knife(Mulvey's theory)- further used in slasher genres
- The scream by the victim
- Isolated area
Scream 1996. 13 seconds of a long note, non digetic music creates tension for audience and connects with there heart.
Text on screen including company fits with genre. Red letters dripping like blood.
Blue tint in shot, horror theme, coldness and supernatural.
Popcorn is used metaphorically to show the tension in the scene and when it pops something is going to happen. At the same time the audience will also have a representation of popcorn of watching a movie.
Stereotypical blonde most likely going to die.
Watches a scary movie, we used this in our piece, its inter textual, we thought it would be good o the character seemed worked up and conscious of things around her.
Knives are a signifier. We used this as an inter textual link also in our piece.
Halloween 1978.
Sharp serif font, red connects with genre. Blood violence danger and threat,
Screaming girl, shows shes vunrable. Stereotypical blonde most likely going to die.
Not expensive because mosh horrors are low budget.
A slow dutch angle shot is used to show that something is not right and there is going to action soon.
Blue tint is also used in this.
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