By: Ashley Rouse

The Evolution of Slasher Films and

the Role Women Play in Them.

InterestInterest-I love horror films, but I enjoy slasher films the most.

-Always thought the women's role wasn't justified and wanted to know why women where portrayed as inferior.

My Paper

TopicTopicMy topic was the evolution of slasher films and how

women are portrayed in those movies.

Driving Driving QuestionQuestion

What is the relevance between women and slasher films over the years?

What is the relevance between women and slasher films over the years?

Thesis Thesis StatementStatement

Over the years, the slasher genre has involved focusing more on the killings, as well as the role of women, which has evolved by overcoming the surviving, stereotypical, damsel-in-distress type of character.

What is the relevance between women and slasher films over the years?

Important FactsImportant Facts Horror genre is the least respected genre in the film world.

• Slasher films focus on a male murderer who stalks then kills teenagers/young adults.

• Vagina dentata. This led to the reason why we have the masculine man saving the damsel in distress in most movies we have today.

Rise in feminism in the 1970’s created a new role called the “final girl”

What Have I What Have I Learned?Learned?

-Almost each slasher film have similar plot lines. There is a male serial killer murdering sex-crazed

teens except for the final girl who turns out to survive.

My Produc

t

My product is a blog.

http://thecritic-ashleyr.weebly.com/

I did have a mentor, but she was more of a checker of my final posts. For the most part, I worked on it by myself. By having a mentor, she assisted me by periodically making sure I was completing my posts.

How? When?How? When? When ever I got the chance to work on my product, I would

spend up to 2 hours writing/filming and editing my blog post.

I used this website called weebly to create my web-blog. I picked that site because it was easier to post different ways of reviewing a movie.

Connections

Connection Between Connection Between my Paper and my Paper and

ProductProduct What happens in a slasher film They both incorporate the role of women in slasher films. My product talks about the final girl, murder weapons, and lineup

of who the murderer kills in the movie. Just like I refer to in my paper.

Successes and Successes and Challenges of the Challenges of the

NCGPNCGP Successes: Finishing my paper and product on time Learning more about slasher films I enjoyed doing my project because I liked my topic

Challenges: Get my hours done on my G.P. in an orderly time Staying focused.

Future Future ApplicationsApplications

I don’t plan on joining the cinematography field. It will help me with future time management Blog will give me experience with deadlines and

doing reports.

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Retrieved from http://blog.lib.umn.edu/moor0605/everydaylife/2008/08/women_in_horror.html•Creed, B. (1993). The monstrous-feminine, film, feminism, psychoanalysis. (pp. 1-3).

London, England: Routledge.•Blakeley, K. (2010, August 26). Women in horror films. Forbes, 1-2. Retrieved from

http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/26/horror-films-actresses-hollywood-forbes-woman-time-female-audiences.html

Any Questions?

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