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Old 09-22-2004, 03:22 PM
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Are Slasher's "Acting"?

Being an actor, emotions are the hardest thing to portray, and most of the challenge of acting comes from that. Now, you are portraying a totally emotionless killer....You walk around with a knife, do some occaisonal stunts....Whoop-dee-dooo. Sure, the character is kool....but not bacause of the actor, beacause of the writers, and the costume


There are exceptions, Im not adressing all slashers (Robert Englund is very talented as Freddy), Im mostly talking about the silent, emotionless killers, Jason and Micheal being the most prominent.


As stuntmen, some are very, very talented. But how does that count as acting? Are stuntmen credited under "Cast"? Nope. Why? Cause they arent acting.


Please keep this to a respectable debate, If you disagree, please state why.
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Old 09-22-2004, 03:25 PM
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Re: Are Slasher's "Acting"?

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Being an actor, emotions are the hardest thing to portray, and most of the challenge of acting comes from that. Now, you are portraying a totally emotionless killer....You walk around with a knife, do some occaisonal stunts....Whoop-dee-dooo. Sure, the character is kool....but not bacause of the actor, beacause of the writers, and the costume


There are exceptions, Im not adressing all slashers (Robert Englund is very talented as Freddy), Im mostly talking about the silent, emotionless killers, Jason and Micheal being the most prominent.


As stuntmen, some are very, very talented. But how does that count as acting? Are stuntmen credited under "Cast"? Nope. Why? Cause they arent acting.


Please keep this to a respectable debate, If you disagree, please state why.
michael cryed in part 5
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Old 09-22-2004, 03:28 PM
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Ok, I havnt seen it....I might get to soon though


Was he actually crying, like emotionly, or were there just tears streaming down his mask?
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One hour's a waste of time
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Old 09-22-2004, 03:31 PM
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Ok, I havnt seen it....I might get to soon though


Was he actually crying, like emotionly, or were there just tears streaming down his mask?
his neice (jamie lloyd) was cornered by him she asked to see his face michael pulled the mask off and put his head down then she said "just like me" and it zoomed into one of michael's eyes and a tear began to roll down he put the mask back on and began to swing the knife around
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Old 09-22-2004, 03:56 PM
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Well Ill be damned!! I mightget to renting some more Halloween....my Dad said I could, cause he let me see the 2st, so Ill grab some, especially #5!
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One hour's a waste of time
I'd ask if you feel the same
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Old 09-22-2004, 04:19 PM
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Well Ill be damned!! I mightget to renting some more Halloween....my Dad said I could, cause he let me see the 2st, so Ill grab some, especially #5!
part 4 a dude gets his face ripped off
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Old 09-22-2004, 04:31 PM
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part 4 a dude gets his face ripped off
It wont top the face ripping in Poltergiest....
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Six bottles went down the drain
One hour's a waste of time
I'd ask if you feel the same
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Your breath in this cool room chill
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And each time you walk right on by
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Old 09-22-2004, 04:33 PM
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It wont top the face ripping in Poltergiest....
oh on part 6 when michael kills jamie he jams her on farm machinery before jamie is killed she holds her hands out for michael to give her a hug michael slowly reached his hands out then he suddenly pushes her down further


he almost hugged her thats showing emotion
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Old 09-22-2004, 04:39 PM
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he almost hugged her thats showing emotion
Ok, ok....


Now we just need to get a Jason fan in here.....O F13F, where art thou?

KK's pretty big on Jason, too, isnt he??
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"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." – Dr. Seuss

"Someone called actors 'sculptors in snow.' Very apt. In the end, it's all nothing." – Vincent Price

The Oldest and Stongest Emotion of Man is Fear- H.P Lovecraft


Six bottles went down the drain
One hour's a waste of time
I'd ask if you feel the same
Still pushin that chance to try
Your breath in this cool room chill
Long hair that blows side to side
You speak and make time stand still
And each time you walk right on by

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Old 09-22-2004, 04:48 PM
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Who can forget the infamous head tilt in Halloween? If anyone can't act, it's the one-dimensional teenagers who they kill (read: Rowland, Kelly).
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