September 18th 2024

[Reign in Blood]

friday the 13th part 4 is not nor was ever the best slasher of all time, nor even of the year that it was releaseds... and this belongs here more than it does in the politics thread, so yeah.

I know Foo's argument that I could agree with was that is was the "Perfect Slasher", meaning it checks all the boxes of what one would like/expect in a prototype slasher, but not necessarily that it's the greatest ever.

a perfect encapsulation of slasher movie tropes rather than the perfect slasher, i can get more behind.

Is there such a thing as the perfect slasher film?

We just established, it is F13 Part 4!

As I just told Z, in my opinion such a film cannot exist because everyone will not agree.

Is Part 4 missing a trope or element in which you love from a slasher?

It's the best F13 sequel but it's missing the one thing I love most about a Slasher film. The mystery of figuring out who is the killer. I love Jason Voorhees, he's my favorite of the 80's horror movie monsters. But this film is not even in my top 5 slashers because of that alone. The original F13 kept the mystery up until the final act and did it in a great way. I have always enjoyed the mystery and sadly so many films give it away too early.

But as I said earlier, it's subjective. Everyone's taste in films are different.

Fair enough, if the mystery and whodonit is a requirement for you, a sequel likely ain't gonna fit that bill.

[zombie]

the mystery element is more a holdover from giallo than a necessary part of a slasher. but it is fun to go along for the ride, when it's done well.

[Reign in Blood]

the mystery element is more a holdover from giallo than a necessary part of a slasher. but it is fun to go along for the ride, when it's done well.

Why would giallo get the credit for that? Hitchcock and countless others did it better before.

[zombie]

the mystery element is more a holdover from giallo than a necessary part of a slasher. but it is fun to go along for the ride, when it's done well.

Why would giallo get the credit for that? Hitchcock and countless others did it better before.

because those others you speak of, don't have a neat subgenre tag to place them into neatly. of course!

[Lazerus]

Some of my favorite slasher films. Not a complete list.
I will put together a raking list when I have more time.

Black Christmas (1974)
Psycho (1960)
Sleepaway Camp
The Prowler
Friday the 13th (1980)
Halloween (1978)
Halloween II (1981)
The Initiation
Prom Night (1980)
Stage Fright (1987)
Urban Legend
Final Exam
Curtains
Graduation Day

[Slaughterhouserock]

what are your favorite bands or albums?

Bands:
Cannibal Corpse
Judas Priest
Korpiklaani
Finntroll
Rammstein
Vehemence
Ensiferum
Finsterforst
Blind Guardian
Amon Amarth
Svartsot
Faith No More
Guns N' Roses
Destroy
The Misfits
The Pist
Leftover Crack
Urizen
Gunship

Albums:
Cannibal Corpse
-Gallery of Suicide
-Bloodthirst

Judas Priest
-Painkiller

Vehemence
-God Was Created

Lizzy Borden
-Masters of Disguise

Blind Guardian
-A Night at the Opera
-Imaginations From the Other Side

Rammstein
-Mutter
-Rammstein

Amon Amarth
-The Crusher

Fates Warning
-Chasing Time

Ensiferum
-Iron

Finntroll
-Jaktens Tid
-Nattfodd

Finsterforst
-Weltenkraft

Manowar
-The Triumph of Steel

Type O Negative
-Bloody Kisses

Faith No More
-The Real Thing
-Angeldust

The Misfits
-Legacy of Brutality

Destroy
-Burn This Racist System Down

Civil Disobedience
-In a Few Hours of Madness

Leftover Crack
-Mediocre Generica

[zombie]

urban legend and no scream? interesting.

[zombie]

what are your favorite bands or albums?

Bands:
Cannibal Corpse
Judas Priest
Korpiklaani
Finntroll
Rammstein
Vehemence
Ensiferum
Finsterforst
Blind Guardian
Amon Amarth
Svartsot
Faith No More
Guns N' Roses
Destroy
The Misfits
The Pist
Leftover Crack
Urizen
Gunship

Albums:
Cannibal Corpse
-Gallery of Suicide
-Bloodthirst

Judas Priest
-Painkiller

Vehemence
-God Was Created

Lizzy Borden
-Masters of Disguise

Blind Guardian
-A Night at the Opera
-Imaginations From the Other Side

Rammstein
-Mutter
-Rammstein

Amon Amarth
-The Crusher

Fates Warning
-Chasing Time

Ensiferum
-Iron

Finntroll
-Jaktens Tid
-Nattfodd

Finsterforst
-Weltenkraft

Manowar
-The Triumph of Steel

Type O Negative
-Bloody Kisses

Faith No More
-The Real Thing
-Angeldust

The Misfits
-Legacy of Brutality

Destroy
-Burn This Racist System Down

Civil Disobedience
-In a Few Hours of Madness

Leftover Crack
-Mediocre Generica

nice list. i'm definitely gonna have to plug some of these guys into spotify and dig into their catalogs.

[Slaughterhouserock]

the mystery element is more a holdover from giallo than a necessary part of a slasher. but it is fun to go along for the ride, when it's done well.

Why would giallo get the credit for that? Hitchcock and countless others did it better before.

because those others you speak of, don't have a neat subgenre tag to place them into neatly. of course!

While giallo does involve murder/mystery, it's mostly defined by its stylized nature.

[zombie]

the mystery element is more a holdover from giallo than a necessary part of a slasher. but it is fun to go along for the ride, when it's done well.

Why would giallo get the credit for that? Hitchcock and countless others did it better before.

because those others you speak of, don't have a neat subgenre tag to place them into neatly. of course!

While giallo does involve murder/mystery, it's mostly defined by its stylized nature.

a fair point, i suppose.

[Lazerus]

urban legend and no scream? interesting.

I'm not a big fan of the Scream films. I enjoyed the first one and the most recent one managed to keep my attention but my biggest gripe about that franchise is how many Ghostface copy cat killers do we need before it becomes redundant. I like Neve Campbell, I've met her twice. She is a really cool person but I never liked the Sidney character. The first film was good and the second one was decent but after that they should have left it alone.

[zombie]

scream 4 is my second favorite of that series. but urban legend doesn't get enough mention outside of just being considered a ripoff. so nice and again, interesting.

[Reign in Blood]

I'd have to agree the Scream scripts have gotten really lame with "And yet another one is copying Ghostface with no grand reason to commit salacious murder".

[zombie]

it has kind of become a mess and casting issues has thrown it into a tailspin. but maybe the next one will put it back on course, even if the story of the last two films is going to be left unresolved.

[Reign in Blood]

So we are coming up on the 20th Anniversary of HMF. I want to say it was started in November of 2004.

[Tiggnutz]

13 Days until October

[Lazerus]

So we are coming up on the 20th Anniversary of HMF. I want to say it was started in November of 2004.

It's crazy how long some of us have known each other (online). I joined HMF in March of 2005. I do recall seeing the discussions on the IMDB FvJ message board regarding setting up the website and such in November of 04. But didn't join until later. Anyway, lots of memories and made some friends that I still speak with to this day.

[zombie]

So we are coming up on the 20th Anniversary of HMF. I want to say it was started in November of 2004.

it would be cool to set something up to celebrate. i don't know what that would look like except maybe a group watch of fvsj or something, if we can manage it. but i don't know. still cool that some of us have stuck together for so long.

[Lazerus]

So we are coming up on the 20th Anniversary of HMF. I want to say it was started in November of 2004.

it would be cool to set something up to celebrate. i don't know what that would look like except maybe a group watch of fvsj or something, if we can manage it. but i don't know. still cool that some of us have stuck together for so long.

I agree we should attempt to set up a celebration of some kind. A group watch would be cool, I'm sure there are other ideas/options others might come up with. I have none to offer at the moment. But I'll brainstorm on it.

[Tiggnutz]

Whats FVSJ