Essays about: "slasher"

Found 5 essays containing the word slasher.

1. 1. EXTREME, SPECTACULAR AND HORRIFIC A qualitative film analysis of affective strategies in extreme horror via Terrifier 2

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Author : Iris Landar Lygren; [2023-12-20]
   Keywords : Horror; film studies; spectatorship; extreme cinema; Terrifier 2; extreme horror;

   Abstract : During the year of 2022 the film Terrifier 2 was shown in theaters all over the western world. This film was not supported by any larger production companies, but was partly crowdfunded. The film combines elements from the 1980s slashers and the Extreme Cinema tradition and contains 2 hours and 18 minutes packed with gore. READ MORE

3. 2. “I’m not a Final Girl” An intersectional character analysis of Jade in Stephen Graham Jones’ My Heart Is a Chainsaw and its pedagogical implications in the EFL classroom

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Jens Nilsson; [2023]
   Keywords : My Heart Is a Chainsaw; Final Girl; Intersectional Framework; identity; marginalization; alienation; empowerment; EFL classroom;

   Abstract : The following essay applies an intersectional lens to the character analysis of Jade, the main character in Stephen Graham Jones’ My Heart Is a Chainsaw (2021), as it aims to introduce EFL students to the principles of the intersectional theory framework. As Jade, as a way of dealing with her reality as an abused and marginalized young part-Native American adolescent, obsessively frames her real-life experiences in a slasher movie context, the novel explores the themes of identity, marginalization, empowerment through the way Jade sees herself in relation to the Final Girl: the archetypal female protagonist featured in slasher movies. READ MORE

4. 3. Oh my god, she’s a boy! The online afterlife of Sleepaway Camp (1983, Robert Hiltzik)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Emma Bengtsson; [2019]
   Keywords : Sleepaway Camp; LGBTQ; queer; netnography; cult; camp; identity.; Social Sciences; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : This study aims to examine the online afterlife of the slasher film Sleepaway Camp (1983, Robert Hiltzik) and how this afterlife relates to the queer elements in the film and its role as a cult film. By combining analytical perspectives and tools deriving from film studies and media studies, through applying film analysis as a method and using a netnographic approach, the fields complement each other without cancelling each other out. READ MORE

5. 4. The Final Girl

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Bildproduktion

   Author : Calle Svensson; [2016]
   Keywords : Halloween; kvinnlig huvudroll; feministisk filmteori; slasher; the Final Girl; Halloween; kvinnlig huvudroll; feministisk filmteori; slasher; the Final Girl;

   Abstract : Den här vetenskapliga uppsatsen analyserar den kvinnliga huvudkaraktären Laurie Strode i John Carpenters original och Rob Zombies remake av slasherfilmen Halloween. Uppsatsens syfte är att studera hur samma karaktär har porträtterats ur ett feministiskt perspektiv och hur vi kan förstå dem utifrån de epoker de skapades i. READ MORE

6. 5. Female voices in horror : A linguistic study of female stereotyping in two slasher movies

   University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

   Author : Marie Ivarsson Ahlin; [2006]
   Keywords : linguistics; female stereotyping; gender; horror;

   Abstract : This study sets out to investigate the extent to which slasher movies can be said to carry out linguistic female stereotyping in their portrayal of female characters. It has been proposed (cf. READ MORE