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Slasher films are a subgenre of horror films which typically involve a violent psychopath murdering several victims. These villains often wield bladed tools. Although the term "slasher" is sometimes used colloquially as a generic term for any horror movie involving murder, analysts of the genre cite an established set of characteristics which allegedly set "slasher" films apart from other horror subgenres, such as splatter films and psychological horror films.〔Petridis, Sotiris (2014). "(A Historical Approach to the Slasher Film )". Film International 12 (1): 76-84.〕 Some critics cite Alfred Hitchcock's ''Psycho'' (1960) as an early influential "slasher" film, and most believe that the genre's peak occurred in American films released during the 1970s and 1980s. These classic slasher films include Tobe Hooper's ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' (1974), John Carpenter's ''Halloween'' (1978), Victor Miller and Sean S. Cunningham's ''Friday the 13th'' (1980), Wes Craven's ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' (1984), Clive Barker's ''Hellraiser'' (1987) and also Don Mancini and Tom Holland's ''Child's Play'' (1988). Craven's satirical ''Scream'' (1996) revived public interest in the genre, and several of the original slasher franchises were rebooted in the years following the release of ''Scream''. Many films in the slasher genre continue to attract cult followings. ==Definition== Academic Vera Dika strictly defines the subgenre in her book ''Games of Terror'' to only include films produced between 1978 and 1984, but Carol Clover's book ''Men, Women, and Chainsaws'' employs a more lax definition, including films like ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre''. In ''The Horror Film'', Peter Hutching considers the films following the success of ''Halloween'' notably different than early films. Dika defines the slasher through a repeated plot structure, theorizing that all the films adhere to the following formula in one condition or another.〔 According to Dika, the plot of a slasher film is always influenced by a past event, in which a film's community of characters, often teenagers, commits a wrongful action, or the killer experiences emotional or physical trauma.〔 The plot occurring in the present day typically involves the opposing objectives of both a killer and a hero or heroine. Slasher films, according to Dika, often begin with a commemoration of the film's important past event.〔 This anniversary reactivates or re-inspires the killer somehow. Often, the hero or heroine of a slasher film survives, but is maimed somehow by his or her experience with the film's killer.〔 Dika also theorizes the genre's appeal to be rooted in audience feelings of catharsis, recreation and displacement, which is, according to Dika, related to sexual pleasure. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Slasher film」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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