SLASHERS Pt 12: 21st Century Slashers
The Evolution of Horror
Mike Muncer
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2017
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
"Let the games begin..."
This week Mike is joined by Jonathan Hatfull and Katherine McLaughlin to discuss where the slashers went in the 21st century! They cover (in spoilerific detail) James Wan's 2004 movie Saw and the dawn of torture porn, plus the Final Destination Franchise. They also discuss what became of Freddy, Jason and Michael in the 21st century, as well as comment on the recent wave of nostalgic comedy slashers such as Detention, The Final Girls, and Tragedy Girls.
Music by Jack Whitney
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Kat and Jonathan both have their own horror podcast called Casting The Runes which is available on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/casting-the-runes-podcast/id1090957646?mt=2)
Kat McLaughlin is a film and music journalist and writes for Horrorville, Sci-Fi Now, The List and other outlets. She can be found on Twitter (@Ms_K_McLaughlin)
Jonathan Hatfull is editor of Sci-Fi Now magazine and can also be found on twitter (@JonathanHatfull)
Mike is a film journalist, video producer and podcaster and can be found on Twitter (@TheMovieMike)
Join us next week for our final slasher review...IT FOLLOWS!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The It's 2004. 2004. |
| 0:13.0 | It's a... |
| 0:15.0 | It's... |
| 0:17.0 | It's 2004. |
| 0:20.0 | A man wakes up chained to a wall in a dark dingy bathroom. He finds a tape recorder next |
| 0:27.4 | to him and hears a message from a man known only as the jigsaw killer. |
| 0:31.8 | Dr. Gordon, this is your wake up cold. |
| 0:36.0 | After realizing that nobody is coming to save him, |
| 0:39.0 | the man is left with no choice but to bite down hard, close his eyes and saw off his own leg for survival. |
| 0:48.0 | In the dawn of the 21st century horror took a dramatic shift. |
| 0:56.0 | The bright glossy cleanliness of the 90s slasher was no more. |
| 1:00.0 | While some studios continued clinging on to the idea of Freddie, Jason and Michael and |
| 1:05.2 | continued remaking and rebooting the major franchises, new young filmmakers such as |
| 1:10.9 | James Wan took these slasher tropes from the 80s and 90s but amped them up |
| 1:16.5 | adapted them and evolved them into something entirely new and altogether more brutal |
| 1:22.0 | Something that would perfectly fit the post-9-11 world of fear, |
| 1:26.5 | paranoia and nihilism. |
| 1:32.1 | Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of the slasher and we take a peep into the 21st century to see where the slashes went next. Let the game begin. |
| 1:47.0 | Welcome back to the evolution of horror. |
| 1:50.0 | My name is Mike and as ever I am your host. |
| 1:52.0 | If you're joining us for the first time then welcome in this |
| 1:55.1 | podcast we explore and dissect the evolution and history of the horror genre by looking at |
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