Film genres have formulas and rules, but how well do High Fantasy films follow their formula?
Dragonslayer (1981) is a High Fantasy film, as well as not quite a children's film and mostly low magic.
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Showing posts with label 1981. Show all posts
10 Feb 2016
SLASHER FILM RULES - My Bloody Valentine (1981)
Every genre has rules, but how well do specific films follow the Slasher film rules?
My Bloody Valentine (1981) was a early cheap attempt to cash-in on the success of previous slasher films, but ran into problems with censors. Although unsuccessful at the time it has become a cult favourite.
The following analysis may contain spoilers for
MY BLOODY VALENTINE (1981)
31 Oct 2014
SLASHER FILM RULES - Halloween II (1981)
Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas? The slasher film (sometime generically called horror film rules)... are they true?
Halloween II (1981) starts immediately after... actually a couple of minutes before... the end of the first Halloween movie. Does it follow the rules?
3 Mar 2014
SLASHER FILM RULES - Friday the 13th Part 2
"Jason's a legend, Ginny. A legend." ~ Paul Holt.
As the name suggests, Friday the 13th Part 2 is a sequel to the original Friday the 13th. But does that make the 1981 film more or less likely to follow the slasher film rules?
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