The Part Of I Know What You Did Last Summer That Has Fans Scratching Their Heads
The Part Of I Know What You Did Last Summer That Has Fans Scratching Their Heads
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By Leo Noboru Lima/May 25, 2021 7:04 pm EDT
When younger folks think of horror movies, their first thought might be the wave of found footage flicks and supernatural spookfests of the 2010s. However, there was a period not so long ago when the genre was defined, especially in its teen-geared multiplex forms, by slasher films.
The 1900s and early 2000s were absolutely chock-full of campy, self-aware movies about big unsuspecting ensembles getting gruesomely picked off one by one — this "new wave" of slashers has been, in fact, considered responsible for reviving the horror genre after the home-video and infinite sequel rut of the late 1980s (via Birth. Movies. Death.).