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Revival
The slasher genre resurfaced into the mainstream in
the mid 1990s, after being successfully deconstructed in
Wes Craven's Scream (1996).
The film was both a critical
and commercial success, which attracted a new generation
to the genre. Two sequels followed, and the series was
even parodied in Keenen Ivory Wayans' Scary Movie
(2000), which began its own series, parodying the entire
horror-film genre.
Carmen Electra in Scary
Movie
Scream kicked off a new slasher cycle that still
followed the basic conventions of the 1980s films, but
managed to draw in a more demographically varied
audience with improved production values, reduced levels
of on-screen gore, increased self-referential humor,
more character development, and better-known actors and
actresses (often from popular television shows).
This
style continued for the duration of the 1990s with
competing series such as I Know What You Did Last
Summer, Urban Legend, Final Destination,
Valentine and
Cherry Falls
Slasher film - The Halloween Series
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