You
have never seen Star Trek’s Spock
like this before. However, you will certainly be familiar with the horror film
motifs that are about to be satirized. Jenelle knows them too. She is
deliberately breaking all the slasher movie survival rules for a reason:
revenge. Of course, preternaturally resilient stalkers are as hard to kill as
final girls—a fact viewers will see for themselves over the course of Shant
Hamassian’s wickedly sly short film Night
of the Slasher (trailer
here),
which screened during 2016 HollyShorts Film Festival.
Basically,
Slasher is like all the genre satire
of the Scream franchise compressed
into the now legendary prologue—arguably the best part. In a way, the short also
represents a sequel of sorts. Let’s just say there is a good reason Jenelle is
so self-conscious about the scars on her neck. Apparently, she knew what she
did wrong the first time or had Jamie Kennedy to explain it to her. She intends
to do it all again, but this time she will be prepared for what follows—or so
she thinks.
Hang
onto your Drew Barrymore collectible figurines, because Slasher is a heck of a horror roller coaster. You generally know
where it is going, but the way Hamassian keeps upping the ante is pretty
awesome. He definitely knows his 1980s horror, including the Star Trek connection to Halloween (that Michael Myers is wearing
a beached out Shatner mask).
