#slasher horror

[just-a-boxx]

“It’s Christmas somewhere, right?” —Billy probably.

[littledolliluna]

like this if you want me to draw more rusty

[violettereadsstuff]

The Killer in the Woods Might Not Be the Biggest Problem

Backstabbers takes one of my favorite horror setups, a group of friends deliberately walking into the site of a notorious serial killer's crimes, and then asks a much nastier question: what if the real danger isn't the legend everyone came looking for? Jade, Stef, and Zoe head into Washington's Bones Hollow Trail armed with snacks, hiking gear, and a true crime podcast about the infamous Bones Hollow Hunter playing in their earbuds. Naturally, everything goes horribly wrong. What starts as a wilderness survival story quickly turns into something much more personal, with old resentments, toxic dynamics, and years of unspoken frustrations bubbling to the surface. The fact that the novel uses slasher tropes while also dissecting female friendship is what really makes it stand out.

What I enjoyed most was how unapologetically messy everyone is. These aren't the kind of characters you're necessarily supposed to like; they're the kind you're supposed to yell at through the pages while secretly hoping they survive anyway. The wilderness setting creates excellent tension, and the book seems to understand that being trapped with someone who knows exactly how to hurt you emotionally can be just as terrifying as being hunted by a serial killer. Not every twist landed perfectly for me, and some of the decisions made me want to throw the book across the room (affectionately), but honestly, that chaos is part of the appeal. If you enjoy slashers with dysfunctional friendships, survival horror, and the energy of Bodies Bodies Bodies colliding with a backwoods nightmare, this is a seriously fun ride.

[rotteddesires]

Horror is not the genre you look for originality in.

I'm just gonna lay it all flat.

Horror is not the genre you look for originality in.

Every subgenre under it, shares the same characteristics, themes and tropes. That's how they're categorized in the first place. Psychological horror, you could mix with cosmic horror when the storyline involves an incomprehensible god-monster who causes insanity in any mortal that directly looks at it. But these themes in general remain the same. Gothic horror and its relationship with haunting, ominous, gloomy places like cemeteries, crypts, castles... Slasher horror. What do these movies share? Psycho Killers, bladed tools, teenagers getting chopped. Character stocks: Stupid cheerleader, sports himbo, nerds, virgins. Themes of betrayal, a who-actually-did-it mystery... "Scream (1996) lacks originality." You don't fucking say?

Especially when the film itself was built on the foundations of the previous Slasher films in the industry and the tropes in them? Friday the Thirteenth, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, all of them are successful franchises that shared the same themes and tropes eventually establishing the defining characteristics of the fucking subgenre. OF COURSE IT LOOKS, BREATHES, MOVES THE SAME WAY AS THE ONES BEFORE IT.

[elfqueen006]

Now that I know Riley is the girl on the Slashfic shortcut icon I lowkey feel jealous. Not like srs fr angry that a fictional character is with a fictional crush, but like I get a tiny cartoonish offended little inside voice like "Um, bitch that's my man" bc she's like- she's w/ my man Leather 😭

Now I kinda wanna write one of those "OI trapped in a game" style fics w/ Riley as the OGFL and reader as the counselor meant to be killed off

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Elm Hill has a population of 312. It has always been 312.

He stands on the hill every ten years. The cleaver has never needed sharpening.

The town tried moving once. Ten years later he was on a different hill. The math still worked out to 312.

He always finishes the job. The job has never been finished.

Every ten years he returns. This is year ten. He has been on the hill the whole time.

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[scarilybunny]

X (2022)

dir. Ti West