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i cant watch the same thing over and over again..
there has to be a point where i say - thats enough ..
sooner or later i'll crave some origionality.
although there are always going to be some examples of a really good slasher film because it it is fresh enough to revive the genre, here is why i dont like them in general anymore :
1) the acting almost always sucks. it's all teenegers fresh from bad TV shows (usually soap operas)
2) the premise is always the same ... kill all the bad kids untill there is just the plain jane left. who 'kills' the bad guy. (until the sequel)
3) the exact same things happen in each one ... car wont start till the last second, fumbling with keys till the last second, etc.
(you cant build suspense if the audience knows exactly what to expect)
4) all manner of space and time is bent to the point of science fiction. The most time worn cliche is the one that absolutely drives me insane - where a girl can run pell mell through a forest and the killer shambles along at the speed of a snail ... yet will step out from behind a tree the first time she stops to catch her breath.
5) the things that should be fun about a slasher movie arent anymore :
- inventive kills ... they've all been done .. they arent inventive anymore
- when there is some gratuitous nudity - its allways fake grotesque hollywood boobs..
6) if the killer isnt the well known fiend from a series (jason, michael) then its the person you'd least suspect. So we always suspect them.
if a slasher comes along that works outside the things mentioned above - i'd probably enjoy it .. otherwise ... i'd rather watch something else ...
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