Show Notes
I’m Going To Be Remembered For Saying the Train Is Long, Aren’t I… If You’ve Not Had a Chance to Listen To It Yet, It’s Not Too Late to Listen to Our Halloween Special! We Were Joined by Thomas Dennett-Cook of the Off The Reels podcast to Talk About Slashers. We Cover All Your Favourites Like Halloween, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Black Christmas, Prom Night, Terror Train, My Bloody Valentine, Silent Night Deadly Night, Sleepaway Camp, Candyman, Scream, the Best and Worst Sequels, Remakes and Lots Lots More. Plus Money Shots, Prophets of Doom, Shelly, Ambulance Drivers, Long Trains, Gingerdead Man and Our Favourite Slasher Cliches, Villains, Final Girls, Weapons, and Deaths! Seasons Greetings, Happy Halloween! Timestamps:Characteristics and cliches: 3:09 - 13:32The first slasher film and early influences: 13:33 - 21:1370’s exploitation and proto-slashers: 21:14 - 34:15Halloween: 34:16 - 47:08Prom Night, Terror Train and other Halloween clones: 47:09 - 56:54Friday the 13th: 56:55 - 1:05:331981 slasher explosion: 1:05:34 - 1:13:34Different types of slasher: 1:13:35 - 1:20:22A Nightmare on Elm Street: 1:20:23 - 1:26:05Sequels, supernatural and the late 80s: 1:26:06 - 1:37:20Scream and the 90s: 1:37:21 - 1:47:49Remakes: 1:47:50 - 2:00:28Post-2000s slashers: 2:00:29 - 2:11:23“Best of” awards: 2:11:24 - 2:19:43
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