Slashers (2001) (V)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Maurice Devereaux

Writer:

Maurice Devereaux (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Six contestants... Three Slashers... No prisoners!

Plot:

Japan's number one extreme reality show is having it's first all-American special! Six lucky contestants...

Plot Keywords:

Japan | Contestant | Clothes Ripping | Date Rape | Bra Less

Cast

Sarah Joslyn Crowder	...	Megan Lowry
Tony Curtis Blondell	...	Devon White
Kieran Keller	...	Michael Gibbons
Jerry Sprio	...	Rick Fisher
Carolina Pla	...	Rebecca Galley
Sofia de Medeiros	...	Brenda Thompson
Claudine Shiraishi	...	Miho Taguchi
Christopher Piggins	...	Doctor Ripper
Neil Napier	...	Chainsaw Charlie and Preacherman
Takaaki Honda	...	The Announcer and Hideo
Koichi Yano	...	The Technician
Erik Rutherford	...	Steve Taylor - US correspondant
Shigeru Fugita	...	DJ Slash
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Li Li	...	Cheerleader
Sylvia Louis	...	Cheerleader
Linh-Han Nguyen	...	Cheerleader
Mabel Palomino	...	Cheerleader
Akemi Yamagishi	...	Cheerleader

Also Known As:

$la$her$ (Canada: English title) (alternative spelling)
Slashers (USA) (video title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/gore, language and nudity.

Runtime:

99 min | Canada:97 min (edited version)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Germany:18 | USA:R

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Michael stabs Devon in the back, you can see the person who squirts the blood in the bottom left hand corner of the screen.

Quotes:

[first lines]
The Announcer: [speaks Japanese; subtitles read:] Welcome back for another pulse pounding night of suspense, thrills and chills on the number one extreme TV game show in Japan... Slashers!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Playing with Your Nerves: The Making of 'Slashers' (2002) (V)

Satire at its finest.

A true work of Genius. I found "Slashers" to be a magnificent film. It's social comment was fantastic. I loved the concept of people killing one another for money. I also liked the idea of the women having to remove their clothes to become more popular, a great satirical comment about today's "Big Brother"/Jodie Price generation. Some of the dialogue was so clever, for example lines like "those dollar bills that you worship do not bare the face of the lord" really reflect the true intellect of the writer. This film was a great piece of social satire, reminiscent of George A Romero's "Dawn Of The Dead."

10/10