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The term slasher film was common parlance by the mid-1980s but the horror subgenre it describes was at least a decade old by then--formerly referred to as stalker, psycho or slice-''em-up. Examining 74 movies--from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) to Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)--the author identifies the characteristic elements of the subgenre while tracing changes in narrative patterns over the decades.

The slasher canon is divided into three eras: the classical (1974-1993), the self-referential (1994-2000) and the neoslasher cycle (2000-2013).

Anatomy of the Slasher Film

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      Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
      Publication Date: 1/28/2019 12:05:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781476674315, 978-1476674315
      ISBN10: 1476674310

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      Book Synopsis

      The term slasher film was common parlance by the mid-1980s but the horror subgenre it describes was at least a decade old by then--formerly referred to as stalker, psycho or slice-''em-up. Examining 74 movies--from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) to Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)--the author identifies the characteristic elements of the subgenre while tracing changes in narrative patterns over the decades.

      The slasher canon is divided into three eras: the classical (1974-1993), the self-referential (1994-2000) and the neoslasher cycle (2000-2013).

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