generally in a slasher, we don't know how the people are going to die, what's going to happen to them, or the events that will lead up to their deaths, which is what can (sometimes) make these movies so suspensful and shocking, etc.
in this movie, we know what's going to happen to almost everyone before it happens because leslie takes us through the evening. and he does say at some point in the movie that things have to be quick because there's a lot of people running around that he has to take care of (or something like that), so i wasn't at all disappointed with the deaths. we got what we were told we were going to get. we couldn't see him slaughter the humping couple because we had to see taylor's reaction to what was happening, we couldn't see the guy get it in the cellar (though we do see it when leslie is telling us about it) because more important things were going on upstairs, and kelli's death was awesome, in my opinion.
earlier, when asked about people smashing out winows, leslie says, "you'd be surprised", which i took to mean that hardly anyone does it. he then says if they do it on the second floor, they're left on the roof which leaves them screwed. kelli busting out the window and jumping had me laughing like hell. in my mind, she wasn't going to die until leslie got her, even after i knew she wasn't a virgin. jumping out a window and dying? in three seconds flat? i figured she'd be one of the last people to be offed. poor leslie never got to wreak havoc on her (imagine what he would've done to her knowing she wasn't a virgin, eh?). she showed some survivor girl instincts by smashing the window, but proved to be nothing more than a 'sexually active "victim" (or whatever) by falling out and biting it.
as for the gore, i love it. but i don't think all movies need it. remember, there was barely any gore in halloween, friday the 13th, nightmare on elm street, etc, back in the day. i actually think it was a smart move on the part of the film makers to tone the gore down in this one. we still like leslie at the end. we might not if we'd seen intestines and brutal, BRUTAL deaths.
awesome movie.
Ready the anal probes!
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BoxOfficePoison
17 years ago
Gotta love the post-hole digger!
Barely any gore in the first Nightmare on Elm Street? What about the blood gushing back up out of the bed?
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halflife7
16 years ago
Yes, yes sure there barely any gore in Nightmare on elm street http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee13oq72JB0 .....
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mistertwisterpictures-1
16 years ago
I loved the film but it needed more gore and the deaths needed to be more graphic. Still a damn good film.
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TenToOne
16 years ago
If you want gore with your comedy see Slither, Hatchet, or Grindhouse. All three deliver the red stuff and Hatchet has three of the best death sequences ever shot on film. Behind the Mask is all about it's sharp wit and dissection of the sub-genre. Gratuitous gore in the final act would have not worked. I agree that the filmmakers knew what they were doing by keeping the focus on the characters and not trying to turn it into a movie that it wasn't. Leslie Vernon is great!
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Ikari9
16 years ago
Nightmare On Elm Street did in fact have very little gore. There were only two scenes that I can recall. One is the first girl to die, in the bedroom when she's clawed up and sent to the ceiling, and the other is Depp's death. However, Depp's death was nothing but blood shooting to the ceiling, you never see a body and it doesn't really count as gore in my opinion.
Friday the 13th only had one scene that I remember, and that was Kevin Bacon's character.
Child's Play had no real gore, either.
Halloween had the scene with a young Michael killing his sister, but that was all.
Ironic, really, how goreific horror films have become when the pioneers to them really never utilized much violence. The only one that did that I can recall was Hellraiser, but that isn't a slasher.
You want gory slashers go watch Italian horror; American ones tend to never utilize much gore.
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