Slashers

Slashers are a horror subgenre focusing on a killer—often masked—who stalks and murders a group of people, typically with bladed tools, peaking between 1978 and 1984

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“ I used to be all about the final girl standing on top of a pile of the dead at the end of the movie, her face dripping blood, her chest heaving, her eyes fierce. Now I’m all about holding the door of the slasher-proof shelter open, so everybody can duck in, ride this out. ”
― Stephen Graham Jones, The Angel of Indian Lake

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“ …this is why slashers really wear masks, sir. It’s so you won’t see them smile. ”
― Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw

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