Anatomy of the Slasher Film

Sotiris Petridis is an adjunct professor at Hellenic Open University, Greece. His research interests are about film and television genres, audiovisual horror, screenwriting theory and practice, viral marketing, and the new ways of film and television promotion and has written academic books and articles on cinema and audiovisual narrative. He is a member of the European Film Academy and the Greek Film Academy.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. A Theoretical and Historical Approach to Slasher FilmsSlasher Films: A Horror SubgenreThe Semantic/Syntactic Elements of Slasher FilmsThe Cycles of the Slasher Film SubgenreAn Epilog to the Theoretical and Historical Approach2. The Classical Cycle of Slasher FilmsThe Normality of the Classical CycleThe Other of the Classical CycleThe Final Survivors of the Classical CycleThe Victims of the Classical CycleAn Epilog on the Classical Cycle3. The ­Self-Referential Cycle of Slasher FilmsThe Normality of the ­Self-Referential CycleThe Other of the ­Self-Referential CycleThe Final Survivors of the ­Self-Referential CycleThe Victims of the ­Self-Referential CycleAn Epilog on the ­Self-Referential Cycle4. The Neoslasher Cycle of Slasher FilmsThe Normality of the Neoslasher CycleThe Other of the Neoslasher CycleThe Final Survivors of the Neoslasher CycleThe Victims of the Neoslasher CycleAn Epilog on the Neoslasher CycleConclusionsAppendix A: Films ReferencedAppendix B: Semantic ElementsChapter NotesFilmographyBibliographyIndex