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He Researches the Maligned Film Genre: "There's a Lot Beneath the Surface"

For almost 50 years, moviegoers have flocked to movies about masked killers who prey on teenagers. The slasher film has had its ups and downs, but it has never completely disappeared. Morten Feldtfos Thomsen, a lecturer in literary studies at Karlstad University, researches the sometimes maligned film genre. – It’s like every generation rediscovers slashers, he says.
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For almost 50 years, moviegoers have flocked to movies about masked killers who prey on teenagers. The slasher film has had its ups and downs, but it has never completely disappeared. Morten Feldtfos Thomsen, a lecturer in literary studies at Karlstad University, researches the sometimes maligned film genre. – It’s like every generation rediscovers slashers, he says.

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Värmlands Folkblad broke the news on Sunday, August 16, 2026.
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