Horror about teenagers - dead bodies countdown

Horror about teenagers is most often removed in the sub-genre slasher. The pictures taken in this vein are called films of dead teenagers, or cinema of counting of dead bodies. A characteristic distinctive feature of slasher films is the mandatory presence of a maniac psychopath (sometimes appearing exclusively in a mask), who inexorably haunts and mercilessly kills teenager victims (a company who has come to the wrong place) sometimes in one day.

Character stereotyping and plot development

Film critics highlight a certain similarity in the structure that horror films about teenagers have. The victims in such projects are stereotyped - these are unusually attractive young people who live at an impressive distance from civilization, commit spicy acts or use alcohol, and less commonly, drugs. The first to traditionally die the sexiest and at the same time the most stupid heroes, the second to kill the nerdy botanist or necessarily present in the company of a virgin / tsu. However, American horrors about adolescents sometimes regard innocence as the most powerful artifact amulet, and it is such a righteous hero who manages not only to survive, but to overcome the maniac, but not completely eliminate the problem. Traditional attempts to escape to a car end in failure, because the car will not start, or the keys remain in the house, or they necessarily fall out and roll under the car.

Many experts call Hitchcock's Psycho the ancestor of the slasher genre, but Black Christmas is still the first genuine slasher picture. After the most striking projects in this direction are: "Halloween", "A Nightmare on Elm Street", "Children's Game", and "Friday, 13".

The inhuman "pure evil"

Also, horrors about teenagers are distinguished by the fact that the killer chooses an unconventional massacre: a chainsaw ("Texas Chainsaw Massacre"), all kinds of huge knives ("Scream" by Wes Craven) or another kind of blade, even blunt objects and exotic cleaver. Such pictures have a prehistory that explains how a maniac has come to such a life or why stubbornly acts only in this place. The psychopath, as a standard, easily endures all attempts to neutralize him or ignores the efforts of victims to defend themselves, thanks to his real or implied ability and incredible vitality. Even if he is drowned, burned, stabbed, he will not stop chasing unfortunate teenagers.

If the action takes place in the house, then the killer is traditionally oriented in it better than its inhabitants. The basement and the attic in this case become simply anomalous zones, the bulbs will certainly burn out in them, the lanterns will go out, and the doors will shut. But there are horror films about teenagers that show the psycho in such a way that he begins to arouse, if not pity, then understanding, for example: “Silent night, dead night”, “Ax”, “Higher school of massacre”.

Central idea

Horror about adolescents manages to scare all of the above conceptual components to frighten the tense atmosphere and the expectation of an early reprisal. Based on this, the psychopath extremely rarely appears in the frame or opens only at the climax. The central idea of ​​such film projects is characterized by the obligatory presence of an impressive number of murders, and the storyline tells about the attempts of unfortunate teenagers to avoid them. A story is considered a classic in which the action takes place at a school, university or remote countryside.

Celebrated ...

Many horrors about teenagers, the list of which is known to a wide audience of viewers, unfold their narrative on a significant date or holiday: “Halloween”, “My Bloody Valentine”, “Black Christmas”, “April Fools Day - Fools Day”, “Train of Fear”, “Graduation”, “Massacre at school”, “Sleeping camp”, “Uninvited guest” and “Fear of the scene”. Sometimes the viewer's interest is supported by new, more sophisticated methods of reprisal and unusually realistic special effects.

Antiheroes forever

It’s easy enough to make a list of films about teenagers whose horrors have become multiseries; they are distinguished by a tendency to focus on the stories of villains, rather than surviving heroes. The most famous antagonists of all time, with the rapture of exterminating teenagers over several parts, are: Norman Bates, Chuckie, Ben Willis, Pinhead, Michael Myers, Phantom Face, Leather Face, Jason Voorhees and, of course, Freddy Krueger.

Supernatural Replaces Maniac

Recently, a lone maniac in horror films about teenagers has been increasingly replaced by various kinds of monsters: ghosts, zombies, fictional creatures and even aliens, their effects due to the development of computer technology look a hundred times cooler than the pictures about Freddy or Halloween. Films that have become cult are shocking, but after watching them several times, you are no longer afraid, they seem unnatural and even funny. Films of recent years look intelligent and really scary. Below is a list of the most impressive films in this category.

1. “I Know What You Did Last Summer” (1997).
2. "City Legends" (1998).
3. "Faculty" (1998).
4. Jeepers Creepers (2001).
5. “Destination” (2000).
6. "House of Wax" (2005).
7. The Carrier of Death (2005).
8. "Yulenka" (2008).
9. “All Guys Love Mandy Lane” (2006).
10. Let Me In (2008).
11. "Let me in. The Saga ”(2010).
12. The Little Dead (2008).
13. “Refuge” (2013).
14. Killer Twins (2010).
15. “The warmth of our bodies” (2013).
16. “Play to Death” (2011).
17. “Night of Fear” (2011).
18. Synevyr (2013).
19. Forget-Me-Not (2009)
20. “Jaws 3D” (2011).