Evaluation Activity 2 - Representing Social Groups

The killer in our film is stereotypical of many villains in the slasher sub genre of film, the entirety of his face save for the upper left portion is covered in bandages, hiding a hideous disfigurement from a fire he started to murder his parents in revenge for the neglect they showed to his sister.

Motives

The killers motives center on revenge for his sister and eventually other children, this is similar to the revenge Jason from the "Friday the 13th" franchise takes upon all the campers in Crystal Lake, as it was campers that caused the death of his mother. The killers motives are also similar to Freddy Kruegers original motives for killing, the rape of his mother by mentally ill patients at a hospital.

The unamed killer shares similar motives and concealed appearance to Jason, avenging a family member. In Jason's case his mother, in our killers case his sister. The killer conceals his identity just like Jason does, this is done to create more mystique about the character and questions begin to arise ( particularly in the case of Jason ) about the humanity of the character  especially when considering the abnormal pain threshold both have.

Our killers motives for murder hinge on similar ones to the iconic Jason from the
'Friday The 13th' Films.

Psyche

The level of mental damage our villain clearly is harbouring is an homage to insane 'Seven' killer "John Doe", who used his brutal murders to force society into acknowledging the religious values many had cast aside. The difference comes though that John was an introverted individual intent on releasing his message to the masses.  As a direct contrast our killer in reality leads a normal, unsuspecting life in the mould of an extroverted personality, but in secret plots to teach a select few each year the value of being a parent.

John Doe, the memorable killer from 'Seven', he targeted those who had sinned,
however he offered them a false hope to escape their gruesome fates, he also does
not conceal his identity with a mask or any other facial protection
 further distancing himself from our killer.

Method

It can also be said that our villain shares certain traits with "Jigsaw John" from the Saw series, in that he tests his victims giving them a chance for them (in our case there child) a chance to live. In the Saw films John is the mastermind behind all of the misery and suffering caused in the seven Saw films, manipulating others to his own means. Our killer differs from this however in that all the work done to ensure his plans are sucessful is performed by himself. However the similarity arises in that John attempts to make his victims value there own life more while our killer attempts to make the victims appreciate there child more.

A concealed appearance, punishing those who have sinned, but giving them a
chance for redemption, Jigsaw most epitomises the values and methods our killer
stands for.

By giving our killer a feasible motivation, and specific targets, we distance our villain from the stereotypical slasher villains like: "Ghostface" and "Michael Myers" who kill anyone they can without a chance of redemption for their sins (if they had any).

Appearance

The fact the killer conceals his true identity through bandages allow's him to adopt the Horror cliche of being "masked", the idea of masked villains is used throughout horror and creates fear and panic, through the unknown

From Left to Right: Ghostface (Scream)
 Leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
Michael Myers (Halloween)