This document outlines several key conventions of slasher films. It notes that these films typically take place in isolated locations like college campuses and feature teenage victims. A mysterious psychopathic killer stalks and brutally murders the victims. Trailers for slasher films aim to build tension and suspense through techniques like unsettling music, quick cuts between scenes, flashes of weapons, and heart-pounding sound effects that leave the threat ambiguous until the end.