1. Film noir
film noir is a style of filmmaking characterized by elements such as cynical heroes, stark
lighting effects, frequent use of flashbacks, intricate plots, and an underlying existentialist
philosophy. The genre was prevalent mostly in American crime dramas of the post-World
War II era. Film Noir is one of Hollywood’s only organic artistic movements. Beginning in
the early 1940s, numerous screenplays inspired by hardboiled American crime fiction
were brought to the screen, primarily by European émigré directors who shared a certain
storytelling sensibility: highly stylized, overtly theatrical, with imagery often drawn from
an earlier era of German “expressionist” cinema. Fritz Lang, Robert Siodmak, Billy Wilder,
and Otto Preminger, among others, were among this Hollywood vanguard.
Film Noir (literally 'black film or cinema') was coined by French film critics (first by Nino
Frank in 1946) who noticed the trend of how 'dark', downbeat and black the looks and
themes were of many American crime and detective films released in France to theatres
following the war, such as The Maltese Falcon (1941), Murder, My Sweet (1944), Double
Indemnity (1944), The Woman in the Window (1944), and Laura (1944)
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3. German expressionism
German Expressionism refers to a number of related creative
movements beginning in Germany before the First World War that
reached a peak in Berlin, during the 1920s. These developments in
Germany were part of a larger Expressionist movement in north and
central European culture in fields such as architecture, painting and
cinema. Many critics see a direct tie between cinema and architecture
of the time, stating that the sets and scene artwork of Expressionist
films often reveal buildings of sharp angles, great heights, and crowded
environments, such as the frequently shown Tower of Babel in Fritz
Lang’s Metropolis.
5. Final girl
Slasher films are convential
for always having a final girl
within their film , this refers
to the final person to be
attacked by the killer and
live on to tell the story after
being damaged
psychologically . She
normally has a common
name, brown hair which
lets the male audience
relate to her she is also
virginal.
The final girl is not shown to
be feminine representing
purity and righteousness
6. killer
The monster is always
shown to be mysterious
using masks on their face to
convey this meaning due to
the audience having fear of
the unknown.
Generally resulting in a
poor upbringing and
psychologically damaging
childhood experience. The
killer mainly uses harsh
weapons i.e. a drill, axe or
saw to add more blood and
gore.
7. Location of film
In every slasher film the
location is always in
either an isolated area
making the audience
scared of the location of
where they live showing
that they are not safe .
These are include places
such as graveyards,
hospital, basements are
all conventional in
slasher films.
8. Friends (in a group)
In a slasher film there will most
likely contain a group of friends,
these people are the main ones
which are hunted down by the
killer one by one. There are also
certain titles from these friends
athlete, harlot, fool, athlete
9. benefactor
The benefactor is
mainly shown in a
slasher film as an elder
and more wise
character this could be
a parent, older friend
etc. He/she try's to
help the final girl by
giving her advice on
what to do against the
killer sometimes the
benefactor may die,
have a dual or even be
the killer to.
