I've had people explain these things to me before, LOL. I'm 21 years old.
Re: Jaws - To me, the opening felt like half an hour of the camera panning around the open beach. It got more entertaining as it went along, though I couldn't bring myself to watch the whole film without some chocolate milk and a double chocolate doughnut. I found the final confrontation with the shark well done, and the characters are iconic for a reason.
Re: Halloween - I understand the whole suspense thing, but it just doesn't jive with me. The first time I watched it, I couldn't figure out if the film was trying to be more slasher or more porn. I'm just not entertained by watching a guy in a William Shatner mask go around slicing up baby sitters. I will admit that the best part of the film (for me of course) was Donald Pleasence. He's a great actor, but not enough for me to care about watching the film again.
Re: Chainsaw - I just plain hate grindhouse-style films, so this didn't sit well with me at all. I found the female lead very annoying and I thought she would never shut the **** up. As far as the rest of the story goes, I personally found the whole thing utter senseless dribble. People complain about MCU films being mindless - clearly they haven't watched this stuff, LOL. Worst of all is that I'm told that the actors had to endure what is close to absolute torture during production. I'd sooner have two hours of root canal work done before I'd ever watch TCM again.
Re: Friday the 13th - Now that you've brought it up, I will admit that the one thing that I will give the F13 franchise points for is the summer camp atmosphere. However, much like Halloween and Chainsaw, I just don't understand why the story is given so much praise. Everything that happened, happened because two camp counselors left Jason to drown while they were living-it-up... WTF. Utter senseless dribble, IMHO.
And as far as the physical appearance of the killers go - again, I'm not impressed. I just don't understand the appeal at all.
I will admit that the one major exception to my dislike for slasher films is the Scream franchise. I like those films mainly because they're basically making fun of the previously mentioned horror classics, and it's something that I find creative. Plus the killer actually has a cool costume, IMHO.
As you said, for the most part I just prefer action films above all other things (MCU films for example). Now, if you ask me, monster films are where it's at when it comes to slashers vs. monsters. Films like Alien, Predator, Pumpkinhead, Gremlins etc., have cool monsters that are most definitely classics for a reason. Of course, everything I've written here is strictly my opinion - it doesn't mean I'm right. It's nothing personal against the people behind the films or the fandom of these films. Though I have to admit that the slasher fandom seems to have the most ***holes of any fandom I've ever witnessed, LOL.
