What has happened to slasher flicks?
Just a quick rant here but I was wondering what the hell is going on with slasher flicks now. I don't want to seem nostalgic for the 80"s because a lot about that decade really sucked, however the 80's did something right when it came down to over sexed teens getting slaughtered in the woods. It wasn't just the fact that the killers were all super human, like Michael (Audrey, in case you didn't know his middle name) Myers and Jason Voorhees (whom I don't believe has a middle name), or when the are in you own head like Freddy Krueger ( middle name is Charles by the way). It is not just the fact that no matter how fast or how far you ran, the killer was right there behind you. No. The thing that they did so right back then was the random boob shot. these movie were usually low budget, poorly edited and full of bizarre plot holes but at least you got to see boobs, which really made it all worth while when you were in your teens. Granted those were 80's bosoms, the droopy teardrop shaped mams one gets when one has not yet realized the need for muscle toning in their early to mid twenties. Yet, they were still boobs and boobs are like pizza, even a fatty saggy one is better than none at all, (don't hold me to this it was merely for a cheap laugh and not actually endorsed by my brain). Now though, slasher flicks are gorier than they were before, the have absolutely amazing FX and rendering. The editing is flawless. Even the writing is well done most of the time. So what about the boobs? Nada, zip, zilch, none at all, not even one, way less than two...zero. The writers still hold true to the whole mythical killer scenario, the big scary house is still there, pretty much all of the plot points that make a good splatter film are there. If you add the fact that they make these movies in a world of twenty-four hour gyms and pilates breaks at lunch. a world were women boast torso temples that would make the Venus de Milo put on a shirt, you would think that now the boob shot would be a given. Alas this is not the case. Yes even though these women have racks that would make pyramid salesman wax poetic, they seem to think it below them to go "topless". How shameful, they are trying to drag down an American tradition, they seem to think their dignity is more important than an iconic chunk of film history. I for one say, "Bring the boobies back!" That is something I am sure we can all get behind and while they are at it, they could have the girls run topless as well, maybe add in some of those leaping through the are shots. How about a slasher flick that takes place at an all women, nudist, trampoline school? Maybe part two could be the same idea but in outer space, zero gravity anyone?
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