We chose this film title because it gives it a very well known slasher theme. Other slasher films base there themes on specific dates or times , films like 'Friday the 13th' or ' I Know What You Did Last Summer'. By looking at these films it gave us the idea that by making our title link to previous films in the way they have these specific dates or times , can trigger audience expectations of what they would like to see in slasher horror.
When deciding on the name 'Midnight Massacre 2 - The Return of the MASKcarade'. We thought it was really clever as it shows that the whole aspect of the film relates to something happening at midnight. Also by looking at such films like 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' , it gave us the idea that using the word 'massacre' in our film shows that there has been a numerous amount of killings which instinctively relates to slasher horrors.
The idea of 'MASKcarade' is the fact that the killer is not revealed throughout the film which is typically what happens in slasher horrors such as 'Scream'. We cleverly used 'MASKcarade' in one word because 'masquerade' is an event which participants attend a party in costume wearing masks. However we decided to spell it as 'MASKcarade' to create a play on words.
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