Too Scary; Didn't Watch - BONUS: History of Horror - Slashers

Episode Date: January 15, 2021

For our first bonus episode of 2021 we are doing a deep dive into the history of one of horror's most beloved sub-genres...the slasher film! We'll talk about what makes a slasher film, what the first slasher film was, and the evolution of slashers through the years. Follow the show: @TSDWpodcast on Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram. Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes and additional content! Rate Too Scary; Didn’t Watch 5 Stars on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and leave a review for Emily, Henley, and Sammy. Advertise on Too Scary; Didn't Watch via Gumball.fmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This is Emily, Henley, and Sammy, and you're listening to Too Scary, Didn't Watch. Hi everyone, welcome to Too Scary, Didn't Watch, first bonus episode of 2021! Woohoo! First bonus episode of 2021. I'm Emily. And you know who I am. I'm Henley. You also know who I am.

I'm Tony Collette. Oh, my God. She's here. I can't believe you didn't do an accent, Tony. I mean, you did, Toni. You did a great American accent. Toni sounds just like Sammy. Oh my God.

Can you guys imagine if we got Toni on the pod? Holy shit. I would cry. If I wouldn't be able to do the podcast, I'd be so nervous. I'd be so stressed. We'd have to take beta blockers for sure. For sure. For sure. Wait, can I talk about that for one second, actually?

Yeah, sure. So I do have a fear of public speaking. And this definitely came out in my job where I would have to present at work a lot in person. And since for the past year, we've been doing everything over Zoom and I are over like Google Hangouts. And since then, like my fear has completely gone away. Like I am like not nervous at all. I'm like not scared to present like whatever. It's totally fine. Maybe you're in your comfort zone. I'm 100% in my comfort zone.

The safety of your home. 100%. However, we have just started doing production kickoffs again as new productions are ramping up and production kickoffs are with new productions are ramping up. And production kickoffs are with like everyone. It's like everyone at Netflix who works on the project. And then also like the executive producers and the writers. And it's just a lot of people. And today I had to do one and I was like, not even thinking about it. Like didn't think for like one second about it. And then all of a sudden I'm doing the meeting. And I was like, not even thinking about it, like didn't think for like one second about it. And then all of a sudden I'm doing the meeting. And it's one of those meetings where like,

they're running down a list and you know, your name is coming and you have to just say like who you are and what you do. I'm getting fucking stressed just imagining this. Truly, I do so many more things that involve so much more talking and so much more involvement. But it's like two minutes of me talking, like maybe not even, like a minute and a half of me talking. And I like had a panic attack. Yes. I was so scared. I was so scared.

My heart was like beating out of my chest. Everyone else on the call was like so lovely, so nice, so relaxed, having the best time, like blah, blah, blah. And I was like, I'm going to fucking ruin the vibe right now. I'm going to come in and ruin the vibe because I can not speak. I can barely have words come out of my mouth. Like I, I did my best. I did my best. And I said what I needed to say. And I was like, I'm so excited to work on this project. And then I like muted myself. And afterwards, I like said to Tim, who's in the room, I was like, was that okay?

And he was like, I could tell you were so nervous. I one time did a script read through. And I'm not an actor and I was just doing just one line. All I had was one line, but same thing. It was like near the end of the script. And so for the whole thing, I was just like, your part's coming. Your part's coming. Don't fuck it up.

And by the time it got to my part, my hands were numb. I was like seeing spots. I was full panic attack. Oh, no. I was like seeing spots. I was full panic attack. Oh, no. It was so fucking stupid. Like literally nobody gives a shit. It's not stupid. The anticipation is definitely the worst part. It's the anticipation of knowing you have to say a very specific thing, which is obviously what it means to be an actor.

Like you have a line or whatever. thing, which is obviously what it means to be an actor, like you have a line or whatever. But having to just say like my name and what I do, instead of like it being a question or conversation or like something more free flowing, there's something about it having to be this very specific thing that I'm like, I can't do that. Like, I just can't. I've got to fuck it up. I can't do it. Anyway, sorry to like hijack the beginning of this conversation but i really needed to get that off my chest thank you for apologizing you did yeah and also thank you for apologizing i was stewing um um but speaking of anticipation being the worst part it's a nice little segue to some some horror movie talk um and for this bonus episode we are talking about the history of slashers

this started because as everyone knows we talk about shutter a lot and i have we talk about shutter i have a shutter subscription i was like well i better fucking watch some more stuff on shutter since i pay for this it's not that that expensive. Just $5.99 a month. Sponsor us, Shudder. Sponsor us. Shudder! And I saw they had on their show called The History of Horror, hosted by Eli Roth. It's written and directed by Kurt Sayanaga.

And I just started watching it and I found it so interesting. And I was like, we should do a little, small little history lesson on these sub-genres of horror because, you know, none of us are horror experts. We kind of started this and have all gotten more familiar with horror as we go. But horror experts can be very intimidating.

And why not have just any expert I find intimidating so we figured why not have a less intimidating conversation about the history of war why not I love it and from the perspective of non-experts yes if you

are expecting a scholarly dive this is not it this is not it this This is not it. This is never going to be it. This is never going to be that. And also, two out of the three of us don't even like slashers. Yeah, I will say. So this is a two-part doc.

The episodes. What am I saying? There were two episodes of the series. Thank you. Thank you. And I watched part one of two episodes of the series. Thank you. Thank you. And I watched part one of two. I was going to watch it all. But in those 40 minutes, I saw more blades entering bodies than I have ever seen in my entire life.

And I was at a point really proud of myself because I was not looking away. I kept my eyes open. I watched it all happen. But I really hit my limit and part two was them like you know it's it went chronologically so part two which we'll discuss is gonna was like the more recent stuff and they said in the tree i can't talk it's hard they said in the teaser like and then we'll get into saw and hoss and i was like no no no no no no I can't even imagine no I saw a lot I just want to be

applauded because I saw a lot I applaud you I saw some axes to a face limbs getting removed I saw a lot of things I mean we all know Emily does not like knives so slashers are not

a great one for you. They're hard for me. I had a similar experience, Emily. I did not enjoy the fact that they actually showed so many clips of these movies they're trying to talk about. I truly was like, why are they doing this? And then realize it's on a horror network about horror for people who like it. I was like, oh. The intended audience, yes, is

horror fans. I will say it spoils everything. It spoils the endings to every movie it talks about, which we had done most of them, so it's not too bad. But yeah, just a heads up that if you watch the show, which I think is really

interesting and has interviews with a lot of the actors and directors from these movies. And also randomly interviews like Elijah Wood, who wasn't in any of them. He actually produces horror movies. Elijah Wood produced Mandy. Look at that!

I love Elijah Wood. Who doesn't love Elijah Wood? Just a little guy. Who doesn't love him? We love him. I love him.. Who doesn't love Elijah Wood? Just a little guy. Who doesn't love him? We love him. I love him. I will say that I was nervous to watch these because I didn't want to see all this horror content. And I was like, at first, in the first five minutes, I was like, I fucking hate this. But then I feel like I realized that I very quickly got desensitized to it because I think I'm more

problem with horror movies is like the whole vibe of a horror movie, like getting sucked into it and getting sucked into this story. When it's just clips, it's easier to disconnect and be like, this isn't real. Right. Yeah. But anyway, should we get into? Let's get into it. But anyway, should we get into... Let's get into it!

If you want to hear the history of slashers, as told by one person who is relatively new to horror and two people who don't like slashers, you're going to want to head on over to our Patreon at patreon.com slash tsdwpodcast and join Tony fucking Collette's inner circle. And you'll get access to this bonus episode, previous bonus episodes and two bonus episodes a month. But if you don't want to do that, we will be back with a regular episode this upcoming Wednesday, and we will see you then. Love you. Bye bye.