Horror has many sub-genres, while Jaume Collet-Serra’s House of Wax (2005) can be called a horror film, it may easily be classified as a slasher film. Slasher films typically revolve around a twisted serial killer molded by adversity faced throughout life. They usually target young, attractive adults in desolate areas. Throughout the movie, Jaume Coller-Serra effectively uses these common characteristics in his film along with a few others.
After 1978 people began to view horror films differently. Instead of connecting horror films to supernatural creatures like Dracula, younger viewers probably thought of the bloody slaughter of american teenagers. Although many people loved this new type of horror film, many were against it as well. The movie that caused this change is John Carpenter’s Halloween. Halloween became a very successful film and was able to build a long-running franchise. Their success was the inspiration for films well into the early 2000s. It was also how the characteristics of a slasher film became more defined.
First, we have the killer. The killer is usually masked or models terrible deformities on their face and bodies. During the killer 's life they undergo terrible mistreatment by their family members, most …show more content…
Which is an important part to the not only the movie but the subgenre as a whole. In the film this town has a very low population: two killers, one redneck who collects dead animals and tricks people into going to Ambrose, and wax figures who used to be living humans. It is the perfect town for a slasher movie to take place because once someone is stranded, there is no way out. Roger Ebert describes this deserted town as a “town stuck in a time warp in the 1960’s” he then adds, “the house of wax dominates the town much as the Bates home towered above Psycho.” The ghost town adds a bit of mystery to the film, and provides increased depth to depict the town’s
After 1978 people began to view horror films differently. Instead of connecting horror films to supernatural creatures like Dracula, younger viewers probably thought of the bloody slaughter of american teenagers. Although many people loved this new type of horror film, many were against it as well. The movie that caused this change is John Carpenter’s Halloween. Halloween became a very successful film and was able to build a long-running franchise. Their success was the inspiration for films well into the early 2000s. It was also how the characteristics of a slasher film became more defined.
First, we have the killer. The killer is usually masked or models terrible deformities on their face and bodies. During the killer 's life they undergo terrible mistreatment by their family members, most …show more content…
Which is an important part to the not only the movie but the subgenre as a whole. In the film this town has a very low population: two killers, one redneck who collects dead animals and tricks people into going to Ambrose, and wax figures who used to be living humans. It is the perfect town for a slasher movie to take place because once someone is stranded, there is no way out. Roger Ebert describes this deserted town as a “town stuck in a time warp in the 1960’s” he then adds, “the house of wax dominates the town much as the Bates home towered above Psycho.” The ghost town adds a bit of mystery to the film, and provides increased depth to depict the town’s