This is a place for people to discuss all things Slasher and Giallo. Feel free to post your lists, reviews, excitement and disgust for upcoming movies, and even pics of recent purchases. Also, I never tire of the age-old debate about what was the first slasher movie.
My History: I used to sporadically post on a few forums in the early and late 2000s, namely Rotten Tomatoes, Bloody Disgusting, and JoBlo. I remember Rotten Tomatoes had a horror club thread in their general discussion where we would just post in that about various horror things until the thread got too big so we'd just create a "part 2" and keep going. That's what I'm hoping to do here. Not to be too antisocial to the common movie fan, but I just don't watch movies that aren't slashers or comedies, and even then, comedies only make up about 15% of watch I watch. So if you're a slasher fan, feel free to tear it up in here. I don't really consider myself an "expert" on the subject so much as an exuberant student. I haven't really dived into things like commentaries and the technical aspect of slasher movies, mainly because for years I thought that that sort of thing ruins the illusion and magic of the film, but the more I work on my own scripts, the more I want to learn about the movie-making process, so I'm now exploring that area of the films I love. I'd say the technical aspect and maybe... Giallo films are probably my weakness.
I'm 40 years old and I didn't grow up with slashers, because my parents were pretty strict on what I could see. So strict in fact that I could only watch the Simpsons at a friend's house. (Haha) It's hilarious to think about it now. I think my first R rated movie was Double Impact (the Van Damme movie). I watched that at the same friend's house. Man, he had cool parents. We also would stay up late when I'd sleep over and watch HBO's Tales From the Crypt. But it wasn't until I was a teenager that I would discover the slasher movie. And that slasher movie was called 'Scream'. I think it's pretty funny that my first experience with a slasher movie was one that basically references the genre for the entire film. So to me, all the references and meta stuff was completely lost on me. All I took away from it was, "Damn that was a fun ride." I was hooked. I would then go on to see a rent whatever I could get my hands on. It wasn't until I started using the internet that I would find the roots of the slasher genre.
So here I am, using the internet to further evolve my addiction.
(I'll try to edit some pics in once I'm past 25 posts)
My History: I used to sporadically post on a few forums in the early and late 2000s, namely Rotten Tomatoes, Bloody Disgusting, and JoBlo. I remember Rotten Tomatoes had a horror club thread in their general discussion where we would just post in that about various horror things until the thread got too big so we'd just create a "part 2" and keep going. That's what I'm hoping to do here. Not to be too antisocial to the common movie fan, but I just don't watch movies that aren't slashers or comedies, and even then, comedies only make up about 15% of watch I watch. So if you're a slasher fan, feel free to tear it up in here. I don't really consider myself an "expert" on the subject so much as an exuberant student. I haven't really dived into things like commentaries and the technical aspect of slasher movies, mainly because for years I thought that that sort of thing ruins the illusion and magic of the film, but the more I work on my own scripts, the more I want to learn about the movie-making process, so I'm now exploring that area of the films I love. I'd say the technical aspect and maybe... Giallo films are probably my weakness.
I'm 40 years old and I didn't grow up with slashers, because my parents were pretty strict on what I could see. So strict in fact that I could only watch the Simpsons at a friend's house. (Haha) It's hilarious to think about it now. I think my first R rated movie was Double Impact (the Van Damme movie). I watched that at the same friend's house. Man, he had cool parents. We also would stay up late when I'd sleep over and watch HBO's Tales From the Crypt. But it wasn't until I was a teenager that I would discover the slasher movie. And that slasher movie was called 'Scream'. I think it's pretty funny that my first experience with a slasher movie was one that basically references the genre for the entire film. So to me, all the references and meta stuff was completely lost on me. All I took away from it was, "Damn that was a fun ride." I was hooked. I would then go on to see a rent whatever I could get my hands on. It wasn't until I started using the internet that I would find the roots of the slasher genre.
So here I am, using the internet to further evolve my addiction.
(I'll try to edit some pics in once I'm past 25 posts)