The Hook: Difference between revisions

In [[film]], the Hook legend has occasionally appeared: in a 1947 film ''[[Dick Tracy's Dilemma]]''. fictional Detective Dick Tracy pursues a murderous killer with a hook for a hand; the killer with a hook theme has also appeared in [[comedies]]; In ''[[Meatballs (film)|Meatballs]]'' (1979), [[Bill Murray]]'s character retells the Hook legend to campers around a campfire.{{Sfn|Koven|2007|p=101}} In ''[[Shrek the Halls]]'' (2007), Gingy tells an alternate version of this legend to his girlfriend Suzy in his flashback. The story has, however, most often been depicted and referenced in [[horror film]]s.{{Sfn|Koven|2007|pages=112–114}} Its prevalence, according to film scholar [[Mark Kermode]], is most reflected in the [[slasher film]], functioning as a morality [[archetype]] on youth sexuality.{{Sfn|Koven|2007|p=113}} ''[[He Knows You're Alone]]'' (1980) opens with a [[Story within a story#Film within a film|film within a film]] scene in which a young couple are attacked by a killer while in a parked car.{{Sfn|Everman|2003|p=122}} The slasher film ''[[Final Exam (1981 film)|Final Exam]]'' opens with a scene in which a couple are attacked in a parked car, and later, a student is murdered in a university locker room with a hook.{{Sfn|Armstrong|2003|p=113}} ''[[Campfire Tales (1997 film)|Campfire Tales]]'' (1997), an anthology horror film, opens with a segment retelling the Hook legend, set in the 1950s.{{Sfn|Koven|2007|p=192}} ''[[I Know What You Did Last Summer]]'' (1997) features a killer stalking teenagers with a hook; at the beginning of the film, the central characters recount the Hook legend around a campfire. [[Candyman (film series)|The ''Candyman'' films]] of the '90s, as well as its 2021 JordanNia PeeleDaCosta update, is centered around this legend as well.{{Sfn|Koven|2007|p=104}} ''[[Lovers Lane (1999 film)|Lovers Lane]]'' (1999) is a slasher film featuring a killer who murders teenagers at a lovers' lane with a hook.{{Sfn|Harper|2004|p=123}}