Slasher films are a subgenre of horror films which mainly follow a killer going around stalking and murdering the most unlikeable people in the world in the slowest possible way. Slasher films have often been the subject of great criticism partly due to the fact that it follows the same format over and over and over and OVER again. Today, we’re going to look at five of the worst cliches a slasher flick could offer.

5. The Back Story

Okay, here’s how it plays out. In a slasher flick, the killer is usually someone with a dark, brutal, horrible past that, oddly enough, only those who lived in the area near that person knew about.

When the main characters enter the area, it always turns out that they have no clue about the legends of the historical killer and go and meet a strange person who tells the story of the killer in the most unsettling way possible. This cliche is so overused nowadays, and people will probably use it again in future slasher flicks, which will always suck.

4. The Young Adults Being the Main Characters

Nowadays, you cannot ever find a single slasher movie or horror movie where the main characters are young adults. Why’s that bad? Because people who are probably still in college are the most unlikeable people you’ll ever know.

I mean it. Young adults in horror movies just don’t do anything worth watching. They literally do everything that doesn’t involve saving their lives, like drinking and going up the stairs when they should be going through the front door.

3. THE KILLER IS TOO FREAKING SLOW!

Seriously, if you didn’t expect to find this on the list, you’re stupid. The killer in any slasher movie is too slow! While the main protagonist/s are running for their lives, the killer just walks to them as if he wants to give them a chance or something, and NO SENSIBLE KILLER WOULD EVER WANT TO GIVE THEIR TO-BE VICTIMS A CHANCE TO ESCAPE!

This is stupid.

2. The Killer Wears Clothing Which Prevents People From Discovering Him

This cliche is something everyone knows. The killer in any type of slasher movie always wears a costume that prevents his victims from discovering who he is. You’re probably thinking, “Well, that’s just to add mystery to the character,” but its just stupid. Say, if I were a killer and I was hunting down my friends who betrayed me, I think I’d leave my face in perfect, full view in order to strike more fear into their hearts.

And what about the masked killers who just kill people at random, like Jason Voorhees or Micheal Myers? They come off as killers who just wear masks just for the hell of it.

1. The Killer Somehow Comes Back at the End Even Though it was Shown that he Died Previously in the Movie

Well, that was a mouthful. Anyway, practically anyone, even those who DON’T watch horror movies know about this cliche. The title is self explanatory, so I won’t give exposition as to how this cliche plays out. This cliche is the absolute epitomy of the word “rehashed,” in fact, I’d be surprised if the killer DOESN’T come back at the end of a slasher flick I’d be watching. And, besides, HOW DO THEY COME BACK ANYWAY!? SOME OF THEM AREN’T SUPERNATURAL BEINGS LIKE FREDDY KRUEGER, NO, SOME OF THEM ARE REGULAR HUMANS WHO JUST COME BACK EVEN IF THEIR WOUNDS WERE AS FATAL AS BEING HIT BY A TRAIN WHILE DYING OF CANCER AND AT THE SAME TIME HAVING A WOLVERINE, A TIGER, A LION, AND AN ELEPHANT BITING YOUR BUTT ALL AT THE SAME TIME!

In short, this is an overused and impeccably unrealistic cliche that should be cut off from the face of cinema!

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THIS MOVIE IS TERRIBLE! I hate it so much! I wish that this movie will burn in Hell until the end of the universe!

It’s boring, it’s stupid, the CG is utter cowcrap, the plot is idiotic, and the music will make you feel like you wanna kill yourself! Why? BECAUSE THE SAME MUSIC WAS USED IN HYDRA!!! YEAH! SYFY MADE BOTH MOVIES, AND THEY USED THE SAME MUSIC FOR EACH!!! CURSE YOU, SYFY!!! BURN ALIVE1 BURN IN HELL!!!

FINAL SCORE: IT SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKED!!!!!!!

Alright, I am going to get hated for this review, but, oh well. Lion King 2 was not too much of a good movie. Why? Because many, many things in the movie were rehashed from something else, especially from the first Lion King.

Now, before I go any further, the story involves Kiara, Simba’s daughter, falling in love with a lion named Kovu, who’s from an opposing tribe, and this, of course, causes complications, especially since Kovu is then sent to kill Simba, but instead, falls in love with Kiara. The two then form a relationship, even though Simba doesn’t fully trust Kovu.

OK, now, just to give you a sample, here’s a chart of some of the things I found to be cliche.

…yeah. You know, I could have called this movie brilliant due to the good voice acting and great animation, but due to the unoriginality of the film, I can’t help but give it a low rating.

FINAL SCORE: 2/5

This series is terrible. And I mean TERRIBLE.

The acting and casting is bad, the characters are annoying, there’s barely any comedy, and the concept is unoriginal. Get this: it’s about a show within a show.

Gee…we haven’t seen that concept before, now have we?

Oh, God…

Now, I know that this review seems short, but really, everything is self explanatory. I would rather watch all films made by Syfy than watch this series. And that is saying a LOT.

FINAL SCORE: 0/5

This film isn’t as great as everyone says, but it’s not bad.

Avatar is a film which I didn’t quite think was going to be good, due to the mere title. Didn’t we already have something called Avatar? Except with The Last Airbender as a part of the title? Oh, whatever.

Lots of parts about the movie is unoriginal, like the story. Get this: a man is sent to a different world, where he ends up joining its race in the protection of their land from evil humans. Yeah. TOTALLY original.

The acting, however, is pretty good, the action is awesome, and the CG is beautiful, and even though the story and the title is vastly unoriginal, these qualities are enough to save this movie.

FINAL SCORE: 3/5

The Dark Knight was the best Batman film I’ve ever seen so far. It was a brilliant masterpiece, and thanks to this film, no one will ever take the Joker lightly again.

The acting was definitely a highlight to how this film became a wild success. The character development, too, is awesome. Now, for the story…oh my God, was it great. It was complex, interesting, unique, thrilling, and thought provoking.

It was even frightening. I mean, how many superhero movies have you seen a guy with clown make-up being hung from your window wearing a Batman costume?

This film has everything a Batman fan could ask for, and it was positively received by countless critics worldwide, save for a few ingrates.

It only had one flaw: the ending was a bit confusing. But even with the confusing ending, the film still stands as one of the most incredible superhero films of all time.

And the best part: Christopher Nolan’s planning a sequel.

Oh yeah. We’ll be waiting.

FINAL SCORE: 4.5/5

This movie is one of the absolute worst movies I’ve seen in my life, and it comes as no surprise, because, guess what? Syfy made this movie! Yeah, the holy grail of bad monster movie makers gives us yet another bad monster movie! But I would actually rather see Dragon Ball Evolution than see this movie. DBE wasn’t all too good, but at least it didn’t have special effects that made the Alone in the Dark look like Jurassic Park!

Besides shoddy special effects, the film has a weak and unappealing tone which remains consistent throughout the whole movie. God no. The film also contains plot holes such as this: when the main character cut off two of the heads of the Hydra, they simply regenerated, but the second time he cut them off, the Hydra died. WHY?! Why did simply slicing them off a second time finally kill it? That makes no sense at all!

GAHH! Syfy, why?!? With a name like Syfy, we would expect programs from you which included good CG, good acting, very inconspicuous plot holes, and actually something to do with SCIENCE FICTION!!! And what do we get? We get films like Hydra. Yeah…good job.

FINAL SCORE: 0/5

As I have said before, this is a blog about a boy with REALLY bad editing skills, and a bad video editor. But now, I am about to get a new editing software which is gonna rock the house with special effects, smooth visuals and overall greater progress! Stay tuned and PEACE!