After finishing our priliminary task we are starting to focus on researching into making the real film and what ideas we have come up with. Here is a quick spider diagram of my group brainstorming and exploring the different themes and ideas we could use such as the genre 'thriller.'
Slasher film is a sub-genre of the horror film genre typically involving a psycopathic killer stalking, and killing a sequence of victims in a graphically violent manner, often with a cutting tool such as a chainsaw or scythe. Although the term "slasher" may be used as a generic term for any horror movie involving graphic acts of murder, the slasher as a genre has its own set of characteristics which set it apart from related genres like the splatter film.
Splatter Film is the genre focusing on the graphic violence and gore within a film. With the use of effects, this genre tends to concentrate on the vulnerability of the human body and the way it can be dramatically mutilated on screen. The combination of torcher and sex has been two most popular genres therefore many films have been labelled 'Torcher Porn" or 'Gorno'. (Using the film maker Eli Roth as a big example, as he created this genre, with his well known film Hostel).
Common characteristics include:
The Killer—With notable exceptions, the killer in the slasher film is usually male. His identity is often, but not always, unknown and/or concealed either by a mask or by creative lighting and camera work. He is often mute and seemingly unstoppable, able to withstand stabbings, falls and shootings by his victims. His background sometimes includes a childhood trauma that explains his choice of victim, weapon and location (the killer can be made out to be pitiable or understood). Slasher villains tend to prefer hand held weapons such as knives, axes, hatchetes, and chainsaws as opposed to bombs or guns.
The Victims—The victims tend to be young, attractive, high school or college-aged adolescents. Much has been made about the choice of victims. Some theorists claim that they young people are punished for indulging in vices such as pre-marital sex or drugs. Other theorists claim that is simply a matter of the activities making the victims unaware of their surroundings, making them easy prey for the killer.
Final Girl—Slasher films frequently only have a single survivor. She is frequently a female peer of the victims but is cinematically developed in comparison to his or her cohorts. She frequently doesn't indulge in the illicit activities of her friends. The heroine is also known as the final girl because by the end of the movie, all of her friends are dead, and she's left alone to deal with the killer. Certain movies do deviate from this in favour of having a final boy who tends to be morally suspect.
The Violence—One thing that separates slashers from thrillers and murder mysteries is the level of violence. Slashers de-emphasize plot and character development in favor of violence and terror. Plots are constructed around giving the audience the experience of watching the killer murders. The deaths are often violent and graphic, with originality being valued in the later films to hold audience interest.
Eli Roth 
Eli Raphael Roth is an American film director, producer, writer and actor He is part of the group of filmmakers dubbed the 'Splat Pack' because of their association and their focus on the horror genre. Roth is known for making violent, low-budget horror films that are box office hits worldwide.In January 2006, film critic David Edelstein in New York Magazine credited Roth with creating the horror sub-genre 'torture porn,' or 'gorno,' using excessive violence to excite audiences like a sexual act. Roth has said he hates the term, and feels it is far more reflective of the critics who use it and their lack of understanding of the genre than of the films themselves. Hostel Part I, II is a 2005 horror film, written and directed and produced by Eli Roth. The films both follows the story of backpackers falling into a trap and find themselves being bid on a auction website of a company called "Elite Hunting". The website lets people bid on how they would like their victims to be tortured, anyway they wish for money.
Hostel Part II follows a group of girls backpacking across Europe when a stranger invites them to a party which is held every year in the village, however they were being lead to their death. Both films are the genre splatter and they corss the boundaries of gore, making it unbearable for the reader to watch it without cringing at the horrific detail that the scenes involve. We chose to research and look at the Hostel films as they are gritty and follow the ideas of how we want our opening clip to look. The genre torture porn has evolved from these films and we have chosen this genre as it is a challenege, something different and unusual for a group of three girls to get our teeth into!
