

Here at CineScene, we are dedicated
to bringing you not only the best movie coverage we can provide, but also
the most useful. Sometimes, preparing an article or writing a review
requires that extra something--the extra courage required to say, "One
for Blue Streak;" the extra strong stomach needed to watch Kevin Costner
pitch; or the extra self-respect not to go see Siegfried and Roy: The Magic
Box, no matter how much our readers may beg us to. Along with this dedication
to quality comes a willingness to sacrifice--certainly not our standards (see
Siegfried and Roy above), but our time. Nowhere has this sacrifice been
more noticeable for me than in preparing this article.
The Highly Interactive and Fairly
Comprehensive Slasher Film Cheat Sheet
That's right. Ive watched seven
Halloween films, nine Friday the 13th films, and seven A Nightmare on Elm Street
films with the sole purpose of condensing nearly 36 hours of madness into one
easy to swallow installment. In fact, youll notice that each film is presented
in its own compact form so as to allow you, the reader, to print the forms and
carry them with you. Never again will you start talking about Friday the
13th , part VI when everyone else was talking about part IV. No more playing
the wall flower while others enjoy lengthy conversations about their personal
favorite. Now, you can put an end to those high brow stares from your
film professor as you unravel for him or her the narrative complexities of each
series, emphasizing the various literary and religious allusions for those who
have the patience to find them.
That
said, let us begin.