His character gives into a psychosis that gives the film more depth and interest than
any standard slasher movie Zombie is paying homage to.
The ideas in the movie actually offer something more than
your standard slasher - in - the - woods feature.
There are
the standard slasher elements combined with Zombie's penchant for older horror pictures.
Cuthbert and Chad Michael Murray do a fantastic job in what is pretty much
standard slasher movie fare.
The film largely follows
the standard slasher formula, as our characters develop into either heroes that survive to battle the killer to the end, or generic asshole killer fodder.
This gangly teenager is more terrifying and determined than just about
any standard slasher villain.
An intentionally
standard slasher flick with the very expected archetypes, and a sub-story about making a movie for a very
Not exact matches
OK, the plot sounds like a
standard American
slasher flick, but «
standard American
slasher flicks» stole most of their tricks from the Italians.
This Halloween knockoff is fairly forgettable, even by
slasher flick
standards, but it does feature some early work from character actors like Paul Gleason (The Breakfast Club) and James Rebhorn (Carlito's Way), plus it offers the silver screen debut of Mr. Tom Hanks, here playing (what else?)
However, its creepy villain, fast - paced editing, frightening score, and, most of all, massive box office success became a
standard that the
slasher genre would try to follow.
Deadpool takes on the form of a pretty
standard third - person hack and
slasher with some light gunplay thrown in for good measure.