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Do you think you can survive a slasher film?

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zeemumu said:
Same, but if there's more than one black person then at least one of us can survive. If Busta Rhymes can survive Michael then we have a chance.

Realistically I'd survive Freddy because I learned to lucid dream.
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What about brandy in the sequel of i know what you did last summer ?
 
I'm a twenty something white male

I'm fairly cynical so I give myself about 2/3rds of the way through a slasher movie until I die

Not sure if I'm a victim or a perpetrator based on my demographic though
 
CD'S BAR said:
well, from the beginning of the second movie, if i remember correctly. he's apparently human in only the first.
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not really. Loomis says that he never talked and never really moved on his own, apparently waiting for something. That something was, for some reason, that specific Halloween. I don't like the reason Halloween II provides for it, so I'm going to ignore that.

Also he is downed by Laurie and gets up again, is shot in the head by Loomis and doesn't drop, is shot six times in total and is able to walk away at the end. It's why Loomis responds to laurie's 'was that the boogeyman?' with "As a matter of fact, I believe it was."
There's also the unexplained (in human terms) expression he has as a kid after killing his sister and his parents taking the mask off.

If you ignore that supernatural element, you wind up making light of mental illness by basically saying 'oh, he's just insane and therefore he's a killer' or worse. Also, Loomis already describes him early on as being 'pure evil', which isn't just a choice expression on his part.
There is also the fact that he specifically waits for nightfall despite being stalker by day, and his way of looking at the guy he impales to a wall. As if he doesn't quite understand what he's looking at, or studying an object. While this could exist for a real-life psychopath, in movie language that implies a different state of awareness. The second movie has Michael write 'Samhain' in blood, which may be presumed to be his motivation (if he thought that 'beginning from darkness' meant people having to die first or something), or, as is assumed in that movie, to be his supernatural motivator.

Also, the first two movie were supposedly intended as a two-part story. I don't really buy that, but if true that would mean he was supernatural from the start. And of course, there is that walk of his.

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ontopic: as a smart, white, male who is basically a giant nerd I would get to the end of the second act or even early third act, and then be discarded for some chick. If I'm really annoying or the movie just doesn't like smart people, I would dead within five minutes. As a mad scientist, my creation would likely escape and kill me in the later first or early second act.
So basically I'm fucked.

My best bet would be to the weird stoner guy who ultimately figures shit out. Blow up the planet? Blow up the planet. Fuck this planet!
 
Not with Michael Myers.

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Dude got that Snake stealth.
 
Freddy might not have as high a body count as Jason, but his percentages are insane. No one kills as many previous movie survivors as he does.

All of them are killing me, and if i cant be killed by first movie Myers, id prefer Jason.

And to go cooler, Angela is killin everyone of you in summer camp. Even if your 5. The hardest slasher killer in the game.
 
Freeza Under The Shower said:
Mike Myers stuff
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ah, I didn't recall him being shot at any point before the end when he goes off the balcony. That is supernatural, then. All the behavioral stuff however is, sadly, perfectly human. Some people are just detached homicidal psychopaths.

So in that case all the options in the OP are supernatural. You're basically fucked no matter what.
 
I'm a white male with no real noteworthy attributes, I would imagine that I would be instant fodder. I probably wouldn't even get a good death either. Just some off screen stabbing. The main protagonist would probably find my corpse stashed away in a janitorial closet or something while they are plotting their escape route.I would just be another casualty in the wake of Jason or Michael Myers.

In a Freddy movie, I may get off with a free pass for not being one of the Elm Street children.
 
Unfortunately I would perfectly fit in the goofy stereotype, making me easy prey to jason and mike myers. However, I could survive freddy krueger since he would have a hard time figuring out my shitty dreams.
 
I think I'd be probably a near the end death.

Jason Voorhees: This one is a stickler, he is like superman in that they made him too OP and that ruined pretty much anything exciting about him. Because he is so OP though, I don't feel like there is much room for survivability.

Myers: It's basically going to be a me vs. him showdown. I can be a bit scrappy if I need but I'm 99 percent sure that in the end I would definitely lose this one. He is bigger than me, and more ready to kill.

Kreuger: I'm an incredibly light sleeper and not a very vivid dreamer. I'd know shit was up the second it happened.

The Leprechaun: His weakness is a well written movie.
 
these movies often feature supernatural enemies so, unless I have some sort of supernatural powers, I'd be the first victim or something
 
I'm capable of running fast without tripping over myself for no damn good reason, so yes.
 
Typically these movies focus on a single location, like a cabin in the woods, a creepy house etc.

I would simply do my best to leave and run/drive as far away as possible. A lot of people seem to want to try to hide or walk around slowly brandishing something.

The further you get the better, because that raises the cost of shooting the film, now they have to get rights for this other building, empty this mall, etc.

Big props if you make it someplace near impossible to shoot a movie in due to budgetary restrictions.
 
It really depends on the scenario. But I would follow a few simple rules.

  1. Stay out of the basement
    Seriously, don't stand at the top of the stairs and meekly call someone's name, and don't go down into the darkness without a gameplan or a preparedness to kill.
    Just... don't go down there.
  2. Have a weapon at all times
    You dumb idiots never having anything to swing back with, or swing first with, or swing at all.
    Have something sharp or blunt to stab or smash with.
  3. Do not go back to save people alone
    Seriously, a masked murderer is killing all your friends and you're alone.
    Go get help you idiot. Don't go back.
  4. Keep quiet
    Whether it's bravado or clumsy tripping over loud shit, don't be an idiot.
    And try not to sneeze.
  5. Go for the kill/feel no remorse if I have upper hand
    If you have the killer on the ground or pinned to something or whatever, finish the job.
    You aren't any less human for ending what they started.

I feel like breaking these five rules gets people killed in slasher movies more than anything.
 
Realistic slasher scenario like Scream? Sure, i would shoot the murderer in the fucking face. Even a slasher like a Halloween i feel comfortable with my ability to get away but a Slasher with supernatural elements like a Freddy or even Jason i doubt it. I have to sleep and Jason tends to get to you no matter where the fuck you go and even in some cases he gets ahead of you. Your pistol or shotgun you keep in your home if you do isn't gonna do shit. Also, been a horror fan for almost 30 years i know all the tropes, the no-nos so i would never fall for any of that shit and in a scenario with a group of people i would sell them all the fuck out to get alive. I would literally cripple a group member by breaking their leg if it meant i could live because you gotta be ruthless.

TL;DR- Realistic'ish slasher? Yes. Bullshit ability slashers? no.
 
Krueger is the only one I wouldn't survive. The guy would have easy access to me everytime I sleep.

*Chicken hat on*
The other two are slow, walking baddies. Most of the victims are either drunk, high or realize what's happening a little too late. They can be survived by running from them until you find a vehicle, once you got that out of the way, I'd take a plane to another country. Can't see either of them flying coach. :P
 
RootCause said:
Krueger is the only one I wouldn't survive. The guy would have easy access to me everytime I sleep.

*Chicken hat on*
The other two are slow, walking baddies. Most of the victims are either drunk, high or realize what's happening a little too late. They can be survived by running from them until you find a vehicle, once you got that out of the way, I'd take a plane to another country. Can't see either of them flying coach. :P
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theyre slow when you can see them. theyre like the angels from dr who
 
RootCause said:
Krueger is the only one I wouldn't survive. The guy would have easy access to me everytime I sleep.

*Chicken hat on*
The other two are slow, walking baddies. Most of the victims are either drunk, high or realize what's happening a little too late. They can be survived by running from them until you find a vehicle, once you got that out of the way, I'd take a plane to another country. Can't see either of them flying coach. :P
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I just pictured Jason trying to get his machete thru security on his way to kill you. Could be a great comedy movie.
 
I'd survive Michael, Jason, Scream..Pretty much any local killer. The moment people start dying that I hang out with I'm noping the fuck out of whatever state I'm in so fast.
 
I don't think anyone can realistically beat Freddy if he isn't screwing around and wants you dead ASAP.

Even lucid dreamers were no match for him.
 
If I was an a slasher/horror flick, I would leave immediately in the first 10 minutes

There would be a mid credits scene of me at the beach having a good time with bunch of beautiful ladies
 
Parallax said:
theyre slow when you can see them. theyre like the angels from dr who
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True, but plenty of victims get eyes on the killer, just to turn around, and get into a building or run into the woods(granted, it's a movie made to entertain us).

It's been a while since I last saw a Hallowen/Friday movie, but I don't recall seeing them run. So once you locate him(shouldn't be too hard if you stand in the middle of the road, you'll see him coming) all you have to do is keep your eyes on them(looking back every couple of seconds should be enough) while you run away, and try to remain in open areas.

All of this is based on knowing I'm being stalked by a killer, not being oblivious to what's going on like some of the victims in the films. Hence the chicken hat :P
 
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