Shots in the Mirror Ch. 3 Flashcards
What are predatory psychos?
Psychos who are motivated by an excuse such as money or revenge
How has the pure innocent archetype changed?
Following the women’s movement, become self-empowering into the single white female
What is the role of legal order in psycho films?
Characters immediately rely on an ineffective police, they then take the law into their own hands, and the legal order is restored at the end.
How are slasher films enjoyable?
They are so unrealistic
What are supermen psychos?
Psychos who believe in their own superiority and like to toy with others
What is the law like in psycho films?
Primarily ineffective
Where do slashers get their character tropes?
Folklore
What genre are slasher films?
They are a subgenre of horror
They are not crime films
What are irrational psychos?
Psychos who are gripped with insane desires and lack self-control
When did serial killer films emerge?
The late 1970s
What are the three types of violent cinema?
Slasher
Serial Killer
Psycho
What are common secondary characters in psycho films?
The good bad guy, the pure innocent, and the single white female
What do slasher films focus on?
Threat and revenge
What are psycho films?
Films in which the main character engages in psychopathic behavior
What is psychopathy?
A state characterized primarily of lack of conscience
