Satans Blade: A slasher movie first?

Squeakmiester 3000 · February 21, 2006, 09:51:42 PM

ok, I just saw the movie satans blade, even though the completelly b***hen artwork on the front cover should have warned me away, but I'm a glutton for punishment, so I got it anyways. While the acting was more than atrocious, and the plot didn't make much sense, it had some decent cinematography, and overall, I would receomend it. But thats not why I'm alerting everyone here. The reason I am alerting you all is this:

I may be wrong, but i think this is prehaps the only slasher film where the Final Girl is a slut.

I mean, while there weren't any virginal types, there were two married women that could have been the Final girls. But no. Instead......they chose the woman who spent more than her share of time trying to seduce a married man.

Well, i guess she did die, but after all, she died after everyone else. So it still counts.

Are there any other slasher films with a slutty final girl? Cause I allways kinda thought there should be more. Just to defy the cliche.

Fearless Freep · February 21, 2006, 10:28:19 PM

If there were more to defy the cliche, it wouldn't be a cliche

Squeakmiester 3000 · February 21, 2006, 10:37:43 PM

true, but thats kinda the point. cliches are annoying. I mean, i love them, but they can make films too predictable.

Fearless Freep · February 22, 2006, 04:41:29 AM

Cliches are the building blocks of B movies. Slasher flicks probably have more cliches then any other genre

Squeakmiester 3000 · February 23, 2006, 04:40:18 PM

I know. But I think it's just it's allways a pleasant little suprise to find a movie that defies the cliche just a little, and i think that there are quite possibly just as many cliches in blockbuster movies as there are in B movies. All I'm saying is I was pleasantly suprised, and it would be nice if that happened more often. There are a great number of reasons I love B movies, and cliches don't make the top of the list. I can get those anywhere, thats why they're cliches.

Fearless Freep · February 23, 2006, 05:01:54 PM

That's my point. If the 'cliches' were broken more often, they wouldn't be so ingrained as cliches and thus you wouldn't notice it as such a special surprise when one was broken.

LH-C · February 23, 2006, 05:50:00 PM

Another idiosyncrasy was in 'Prom Night' (1980) when Vicki (? - I can't remember the character's or actress' names) and Drew (Jeff Wincott) are getting it on in the girl's locker room, and she changes her mind about going all the way with him. He leaves and she still gets murdered! It has to be one of the first times where a character in a slasher didn't really do anything and was still murdered.

Shadowphile · February 25, 2006, 01:17:17 AM

Ah, but she made out.

Bad movies NEED cliches. It's part of what makes them bad....