So I saw that Peacock is doing a Friday the 13th prequel. Aside from the fact that prequels/remakes/reboots are being done to death and prequels are annoying since they seem to be a tool of the woke showrunner to show a stunning and brave woman was the true hero (Spock having a never mentioned foster sister in Discovery who was a big influence) I think you could do something interesting like maybe that area had some ancient Indian curse or something.
I’m assuming it will be the usual current year programming set in the past but looks like modern day NYC. Also I see Slashers get attacked by the usual Gen z or Millennial critics
While I’m at it check out the Friday the 13th show from late 80s/early 90s. All episodes are on YouTube. Have it on my list to binge since it’s been at least 15 years since I’ve seen it
I wish we just had more masculine slasher films. We just don't get them.
I loved Silent Rage for that reason. We actually had a competent hero fighting against an unstoppable monster. Even though Chuck Norris said he wasn't going to do those kind of films again (though he still kind of did with Hero and the Terror, but it was far more campy than Silent Rage), I still think it's one of his best because it's different from everything else out there.
The thing I found was that masculine, competent leads in slasher/horror films raise the bar of quality tenfold, because you're not dealing with a stupid character doing stupid things that frustrates the viewer. You actually WANT the hero to win.
But these movies are in such short supply.
Manhunter/Silence of the Lambs would basically be the high-brow auteur versions of that concept, but it's hard for me to think of others.
I suppose Vampires sort of fits the bill, and that's easily what makes it one of the best in the genre. Psycho Cop also falls into that category, the first one was decent, the second one was.... ehh.... loved the concept, hated what they did to Bruce Campbell in it.
Split/Second had the potential to be a classic but its story was all over the place and the ending was pure trash.
The Collector/The Collection I suppose could fall into that category, and I liked the concept and execution for the most part, same with No One Lives (thought that one was actually pretty cool), as well as Nature of the Beast (which is probably one of the very best slasher/psycho-thrillers out there).
But yeah, you're right... I wish we could get some good slasher films that weren't either grindhouse-torture porn, progressive subversion, or a mix of the two.