Post by Terrapin Station on Jun 2, 2018 21:22:18 GMT
I don't think that many, if any, slasher flicks were saying anything like "You die if you have sex."
Instead, teens and college students were the main demographic for the films, so the context for the horror unfolding onscreen was people who were the age of the target demographic having a good time. The horror aspects were the yang to the yin of that partying. Horror is underscored by the contrast--"Just when everything seems to be going great and everyone is having a good time--BAM! The worst thing that could happen unfolds."
In the vast majority of cases, a political or ideological reading is someone trying to force that interpretation onto things because it's what they're interested in. The filmmakers were just trying to make a couple bucks by making films that appealed to a target demographic.
Instead, teens and college students were the main demographic for the films, so the context for the horror unfolding onscreen was people who were the age of the target demographic having a good time. The horror aspects were the yang to the yin of that partying. Horror is underscored by the contrast--"Just when everything seems to be going great and everyone is having a good time--BAM! The worst thing that could happen unfolds."
In the vast majority of cases, a political or ideological reading is someone trying to force that interpretation onto things because it's what they're interested in. The filmmakers were just trying to make a couple bucks by making films that appealed to a target demographic.