Stuart Kaminsky's theory stated that weapons in horror films ere extensions of the people using them. This is why guns are not used in slasher as the focus is supposed to be about gore and torture; guns are too clean. The only people in horror films that have guns are people of authority such as the police. For example, in scream the main weapon is a knife, in the Saw films lots of different weapons are used which are usually of large scale which has an impact on how tense the audience will feel. The more fierce the weapon the more fierce the villain which has an effect on the entire film.
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