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Showing posts with label 1996. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1996. Show all posts

16 Mar 2018

SLASHER FILM RULES - Leprechaun 4 In Space (1996)

Every genre has cliches, but has well does Leprechaun 4 in Space follow the slasher film rules?


Leprechaun 4 in Space (1996) is the Leprechaun series trying to do Aliens.



The following analysis may contain spoilers for

Leprechaun 4 in Space (1996)


22 Jul 2015

DISASTER FILMS - Daylight (1996)

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do Disaster films follow those formulas?




Daylight (1996) is about the collapse of a tunnel under the Hudson River, and the survivors trapped in it.

11 Aug 2014

LESBIAN ROMANCE RULES - Bound

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  What about Lesbian Romance films, do they follows a strict formula and a set of rules?

Bound is an erotic thriller with a lesbian hero.

31 Mar 2014

SLASHER FILM RULES - Scream

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  The most commonly known (and mocked) film rules are those of the slasher film (sometime generically called horror film rules) but are they true?

Scream, a post-modern look at the genre.  The makers no the rules.  The people in the film know the rules, but does that mean it follows them or not?

"What's the point? They're all the same. Some stupid killer stalking some big-breasted girl who can't act who is always running up the stairs when she should be running out the front door. It's insulting." ~ Sidney Prescott.