Until the 90s slasher revival, most slasher movies didnt hide the identity of their killers.
Although the former centered on the perspectives of murderous protagonists, the latter were more conventional murder mysteries.
However, the rest of the franchises sequels were all traditional slashers.
Screams success resulted in new slasher movies hiding the identity of their villains.
Slasher movie tropes give the murder mystery format a darker, grislier edge for horror viewers.
As such, slasher movie tropes give the murder mystery format a darker, grislier edge for horror viewers.
A murder mystery plot gives viewers something more to get intellectually and emotionally invested in between the killings.
Thus, murder mysteries and slashers have proven to be a match made in heaven.
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