Research & Planning - Commonalities of Killers in Slasher Horror

Killers have a lot in common, with their characteristics, looks and archetypal. This is shown through their actions, clothing, and movements. The main characteristic of a killer that is seen in every trailer is they are dirty, a killer is never shown that they are clean, as their clothes are scruffy, and image is demented and unclean in general. Another popular commonalities they have is that the all wear masks in order to hide their identity and make their looks terrifying giving warning that they are about to create a sin. The killers are all seen to have some sort of weapon on them to use to make their kills; popular weapons are seen as guns, knives, machetes, and chainsaws. These killers are seen as they have risen from the dead and seem careless, and have no denial of their own actions.

I have researched into the commonalities that the killers hold in slasher horrors and have learnt several important points that I will highlight out into bullet points to help me with my trailer.

· Personality are masked and hidden this keeping humanity unseen in the killers mind or victim
· Lack or disorientation of human qualities
· Choice of weapons suggest sadistic nature of killer
· Costume codes show lack of awareness of image and convey isolation from society
· Body language suggests overriding resilience and strength

Researching and discovering the points above have helped me to know more about the image that I will need my killer to be in order to match them commonalities.