Depending upon whom you talk to, slasher movies are either an embarrassment to the horror genre or its very heart. The cliches are many, and in any slasher worth its discount ticket price, they pile up like the body count: Cheap jump-scares. Gallons of fake blood. And, perhaps most importantly, clueless, bumbling protagonists (usually, but not … Continue reading The 21st Century Slasher Novel: A Primer