Carol Clover's theory:
Carol Clovers theory was that she believed that killers in slasher movies tend to either have issues with childhood or are sexually disturbed.
In the Final Girl Theory the concept within thriller and horror films, have special references to the last woman or girl alive in the film this tends to mean that the final girl/woman are confronted the killer at the end of the film and they tend to be the one to kill the killer, and is then left to tell the story. A common plot line in many horror films is where a series of victims get killed off one by one leaving this builds up the climax in which the last person standing from the group, normally a female.
Carol Clovers theory was that she believed that killers in slasher movies tend to either have issues with childhood or are sexually disturbed.
In the Final Girl Theory the concept within thriller and horror films, have special references to the last woman or girl alive in the film this tends to mean that the final girl/woman are confronted the killer at the end of the film and they tend to be the one to kill the killer, and is then left to tell the story. A common plot line in many horror films is where a series of victims get killed off one by one leaving this builds up the climax in which the last person standing from the group, normally a female.
This is an image of the final girl from the alien series, "RIPLEY". She has a boy's name and has shaved her head to make herself look more like a boy.
In a house at first seems like a safe place by keeping the killer out soon becomes a prison holding the victim in, also like there trapped in the comfort of their own home and that no matter where they go they will never be safe. This is a common theme for a slasher movie.
Carol Clover has another theory this is weapons:
Her theory is that there should be no guns in slasher films, sometimes victims get firearms but like telephones, fire alarms and doorbells these never work. "i spit on your grave" this is a rape revenge film, where the female killer chooses to castrate him with a knife when she had to shoot him with a gun.
Her theory is that there should be no guns in slasher films, sometimes victims get firearms but like telephones, fire alarms and doorbells these never work. "i spit on your grave" this is a rape revenge film, where the female killer chooses to castrate him with a knife when she had to shoot him with a gun.
This is the trailer for "I spit on your grave" it follows the carol clover theory very well as it uses the theory of childhood as the girl in this gets abused when she was slightly younger which affects her life when shes older and the only way so survive is to plan revenge on the person who abused her.