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Slash ‘n Grab Giveaway – Win a Copy “The Slasher Movie Book” by J.A. Kerswell
This weekend may not be Halloween, Thanksgiving or even Christmas, but we’ve got plenty to be thankful for courtesy of indie book publisher Chicago Review Press and author J.A. Kerswell in the form of THE SLASHER MOVIE BOOK, a 208 page tome of terror dedicated solely to the slasher horror subgenre from it’s bloody beginnings all the way through 2011.
First released in the UK as Teenage Wasteland: The Slasher Movie Uncut (2010), this new edition brings back every vividly colorful photo still and movie poster (both foreign and domestic) that appeared in the original with a few updates to boot. Alongside this imagery Kerswell provides a surprisingly in-depth retrospective of the subgenre, covering an even more impressive list of films (my personal favorite being the “Campy and Creepy” section), that culminate in a series of fun micro-reviews, a Top 10 Body Counts list and more – there’s even a Glossary for those new to slasher films!
Memorial Day Weekend Slash ‘n Grab Giveaway!
HOW TO WIN:
Simply answer the question below by leaving a comment along with a valid email address – that’s it! Two Grand Prize Winners will each receive a copy of the book sent straight to their doorstep. This contest ends next Monday, May 28th, so don’t wait! The winners will be announced by Tuesday, May 29th.
What movie is widely considered the earliest slasher film? (Hint: It’s not Psycho.)
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Peeping Tom
Black Christmas
Halloween
Black Christmas!
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Thirteen Women
Black Thirteen: Christmas Women
*haha* Covering your bases there, SV?
haha! seeing how i’ve won a contest already i figured i would give someone else a chance to win….and a bit of a hint, haha
Thirteen Women.
Black Christmas! And also a Canadian movie! Go Canada!
Thirteen Women (1932)
Black Christmas
Black Christmas gets the honors…
Black Christmas
Peeping Tom
Thirteen Women if you’re going for pre- splatter and giallo films.
Ahoy! Let’s go with 1927′s silent film The Cat and the Canary! An entire family is trapped inside a castle stalked by a mysterious figure and shares living quarters with an escaped lunatic known only as THE CAT!
Widely? How about DEFINITIVE! My air of superiority commands the future and seals the outcome of this contest.
Blood and Black Lace, Mario Bava
Or Twitch of the Death Nerve, also by Bava.
thirteen women
How is this even fair when all you have to do is google “considered the earliest slasher film” to get the answer? It’s not about who knows the answer, which I don’t doubt some do, but it’s who can google and post it the fastest.
Honestly I didn’t know the answer so I googled it, and Thirteen Women was the first result.
While I respect your opinion Cortney if you don’t think the way we run the contest is fair you’re certainly not obligated to enter. The point is to have fun, test some slasher-fan knowledge and for two people to walk away with free stuff… except for you… because you’re disqualified. See? It’s all fair now.
No Fair!!! You how come she gets to be disqualified?
I WANNA BE TOOO!!! ….(its like winning, but in reverse!)
Well, Thirteen Women may be the Google accepted answer, and The Cat and the Canary could be a contender, but my money goes for M, starring Peter Lorre as a serial murderer of children. Most of our generation have no clue who Peter Lorre is, but if you’ve seen Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, the worm was modeled after him. Spidery bangs, gapped front teeth, sallow eyes…and..heh…that…clipped nervous laughter…heh heh…and weird voice…heh…kinda sounded like Ren Hoek, if he were a middle aged lunatic and not a chihauaha. Also showed up in some random Looney Tunes shorts. SPOOKY!
Ha! He does sound like Ren… or rather Ren sounds like him. I think he was in one of the classic Bond films too, but I’ll always remember Lorre best from The Maltese Falcon. Great film.
Sorry for the double post lol even if that’s not even remotely correct, wanted to add – every time he’d snatch a kid he’d buy them a balloon. Just reminded me of Stephen King’s It. Even if I’m not remotely correct, just wanted to share lol
Black Christmas
Black Christmas
Black Christmas… I cut out your heart,
And the very next day, I ate it flambe…
This year, I’ll stir up some fear,
And wear you ’round as a flesh-suit.
That would be Peeping Tom!!
Black Christmas
Thirteen Women!
Black Christmas
Peeping Tom
I always considered And Then There Were None from ’45 to be the first. It’s kind of subjective I guess. Black Christmas is normally accepted as the first in the genre, or at least the first to be deemed a Slasher.
Black Christmas
Black Christmas. Anyone that says otherwise is a wuss.
The problem is a lot of folks on here are confusing Slasher movies with Mystery movies or Suspense movies. Murders, even if they are serial in nature, do not a “slasher” movie make.
Movies like Thirteen Women, Peeping Tom, Psycho, Dementia 13, and even 12 Little Indians are all sort of descendants of the Slasher film, much like neanderthals are descendants of humans. They have a lot of similar features, but lack all the vital characteristics that define the term.
Ancestors, not descendents. Sorry.
JASON X! FINAL ANSWER!
Alright! We got TONS of great responses and we definitely appreciate each and every entry to our first ever Slash ‘n Grab Giveaway! The answer we were looking for here was BLACK CHRISTMAS which takes the honor as the most widely accepted original slasher.
That said, congratulations to our two Grand Prize Winners…
MATTHEW BLACK and RYAN NEWMAN!!
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