5 Huge Plot Holes In Slasher Movies
Continuity in film is important. Filmmakers want their audience to be able to suspend disbelief throughout watching in order to enjoy the story. Following along with the plot and making sense of it is essential to stop viewers from being pulled out of the experience on screen. However, sometimes a plot point just doesn't make sense or completely contradicts something from either previous installments of a franchise or earlier in the same movie.
Slasher movies are particularly egregious for this, especially long-running franchises. The number of sequels, lore, and frequent cast and crew changes makes it a lot more difficult to keep track of continuity, but sometimes the plot holes just can't be overlooked.
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In 2017, Jigsaw continued the Saw franchise despite it seemingly coming to an end with Saw 3D. In the film, bodies are turning up across the city that have died gruesomely in ways that echo the murders of John Kramer, the Jigsaw Killer, who died ten years previously. Filled with the twists and turns that are hallmark of the franchise, Jigsaw aims to obfuscate the identity of the true killer through misdirection and flashbacks.
The biggest plot hole comes when an order is given for the body of John Kramer to be exhumed. In doing so, the police find that the corpse of missing criminal Edgar Munsen is in the grave instead. The plot hole comes when the police don't notice that the grave had already been dug up to replace the body hours earlier. Surely the police would recognize when a grave has been disturbed?
The original 1978 Halloween film spawned a huge franchise and set a blueprint for slasher movies that followed it. Six-year-old Michael Myers murders his babysitter on
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