These icons of horror defined the genre and set the standard for a good horror movie.
Moreover, they established that monsters needed a gimmick, some specific manner for taking out victims.
Then, in 2000, came a different kind of slasher icon, one who defied expectations.
The killer inFinal Destinationis Death itself.
The same cant be said of the 1990s.
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Sometimes, it meant introducing new slasher icons, with mixed success.
But theres one important thing missing fromFinal Destinations impressive kill scenes.
Theres no distinctive mask, no ironic one-liner, no signature murder instrument.
Death, the killer inFinal Destination, has no face or form.
That omission of a clearly defined killer is enough to helpFinal Destinationredefine the horror genre.
We suddenly have more room to care about the characters, broadly drawn as they are in this movie.
