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34-587: Shaftesbury is a creator and producer of original content for television and digital platforms. Shaftesbury's slate includes 11 seasons of Murdoch Mysteries for CBC, UKTV, and ITV STUDIOS Global Entertainment; detective drama Frankie Drake for CBC; Houdini & Doyle for Sony Pictures Television, Corus Entertainment, ITV, and Fox; thriller series Slasher for NBCUniversal's Chiller and now available on Netflix; and CBC Kids series The Moblees. Shaftesbury's digital arm, Smokebomb Entertainment, produces original digital, convergent, and branded entertainment projects including

68-547: A favorite of Robin and Justin's in Episode 2). Bloody Disgusting awarded the show four skulls out of five, praising Katie McGrath as a great "protagonist and possible final girl" and the series' decision to feature an adult cast, rather than teenagers, with well-developed characters and a "decidedly classic" presentation. On the occasion of Slasher ' s Super Channel premiere, The Globe and Mail ' s John Doyle, while remarking that it "is no masterpiece of horror, nor

102-470: A first look deal with ABC. Productions include Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures for HBO Canada , based on the Giller-prize winning book by Dr. Vincent Lam ; five seasons of The Listener for CTV and Fox International Channels ; and now in season ten of Murdoch Mysteries for Citytv / CBC and UKTV 's Alibi . Shaftesbury also produced a variety of award-winning programming, including

136-608: A masked killer is on the island, intent on cruelly picking them off one by one. Slasher: Ripper takes place in the late 19th century – where there is a killer stalking the streets, but instead of targeting the poor and downtrodden like Jack the Ripper, the Widow is meting out justice against the rich and powerful. The only person standing in the way of this killer is a newly promoted detective, Kenneth Rijkers, whose ironclad belief in justice may wind up being yet another victim. Slasher

170-456: Is centered on a group of neighbors who are targeted during the summer solstice period due to their complicity in not saving a murder victim who was killed one year earlier in front of their apartment complex by the same killer, nicknamed the Druid. The fourth season, Flesh & Blood focuses on the wealthy yet dysfunctional Galloway family, but after the sudden death of the family's patriarch,

204-713: Is seen as summer's beginning. In Sweden , midsummer is one of the year's major holidays when the country closes down as much as during Christmas. The following tables contain information on the length of the day on 20 June 2016, close to the summer solstice of the Northern Hemisphere and winter solstice of the Southern Hemisphere . The data was collected from the website of the Finnish Meteorological Institute as well as from certain other websites. The data

238-489: Is seen as the beginning of summer. On the summer solstice, Earth's maximum axial tilt toward the Sun is 23.44°. Likewise, the Sun's declination from the celestial equator is 23.44°. Although the summer solstice is the longest day of the year for that hemisphere, the dates of earliest sunrise and latest sunset vary by a few days. This is because Earth orbits the Sun in an ellipse, and its orbital speed varies slightly during

272-481: Is the day with the longest period of daylight and shortest night of the year in that hemisphere, when the sun is at its highest position in the sky. At either pole there is continuous daylight at the time of its summer solstice. The opposite event is the winter solstice . The summer solstice occurs during the hemisphere's summer . In the Northern Hemisphere , this is the June solstice (20, 21 or 22 June) and in

306-479: The Roman Empire , the traditional date of the summer solstice was 24 June. In Germanic-speaking cultures, the time around the summer solstice is called ' midsummer '. Traditionally in northern Europe midsummer was reckoned as the night of 23–24 June, with summer beginning on May Day . The summer solstice continues to be seen as the middle of summer in many European cultures, but in some cultures or calendars it

340-478: The Southern Hemisphere , this is the December solstice (20, 21, 22 or 23 of December). Since prehistory, the summer solstice has been a significant time of year in many cultures, and has been marked by festivals and rituals. Traditionally, in temperate regions (especially Europe), the summer solstice is seen as the middle of summer and referred to as midsummer ; although today in some countries and calendars it

374-463: The summer solstice and the neighbors don't help him. Exactly one year later, a person using the same costume emerges and starts murdering every person who carries any kind of complicity in Jennings' murder. Slasher: Flesh & Blood follows a wealthy but dysfunctional family gathering for a reunion on a secluded island. Their old wounds and competitive rivalries flare up when the family realizes

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408-514: The YouTube series and upcoming movie Carmilla; mystery series V Morgan Is Dead; fashion comedy series MsLabelled, produced in partnership with Shaw Media and Tetley Tea; supernatural drama Inhuman Condition; and the Slasher VR app for iOS, Android, and Oculus Rift. In June 2014, Shaftesbury partnered with Youth Culture to launch shift2, a branded entertainment agency. In 2013, the company signed

442-405: The company's content. The company's television series projects have included: Television films produced by Shaftesbury have included: Cinema films have included: Digital films, produced by digital arm Smokebomb Entertainment , include: The company's digital series projects, produced by digital arm Smokebomb Entertainment , have included: The company's digital arm also oversees KindaTV ,

476-500: The company's distribution channel through YouTube hosted by Natasha Negovanlis . Slasher (TV series) Slasher is a horror anthology television series created by Aaron Martin. It premiered on Chiller on March 4, 2016, and on Super Channel on April 1, 2016. The licensing rights for the second season were acquired by Netflix in January 2017. The second season was released on October 17, 2017. On August 8, 2018,

510-472: The contemporary murder mystery (à la Broadchurch ), the works of Agatha Christie , one of Martin's favorite crime writers, and the classic slasher films which he grew up with. In terms of the latter, Martin has specifically cited the influences of Halloween and It Follows in Slasher ' s use of a mysterious singular embodiment that is responsible for a series of killings. Not wanting to have

544-429: The dead of winter, a group of former summer camp counselors return to the resort where they participated in the murder of Talvinder Gill, then hid her body. The body has vanished from its secret hiding spot. They are then trapped in the resort and, one by one, killed by a murderer in a parka . Kit Jennings, a sex and drug addict , is murdered by someone using a "Druid" costume in front of an apartment complex during

578-402: The first season, the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 80% approval rating with an average rating of 5/10 based on 5 reviews. Zap2it called the series "a whole lot of fun" and "something for everyone," praising the series' anthology nature, its cast of characters, storyline, plot twists, bloody violence, and even the series-within-the-series Falcon Husbandry (shown as

612-633: The full second season of Slasher became available to stream on Netflix in various countries. The series airs in the United Kingdom on Pick , where the first season premiered on May 10, 2016 and the second season on May 1, 2018. On May 23, 2019, the full third season of Slasher became available to stream in various countries on Netflix. In April 2020, Netflix removed all three seasons of Slasher with no explanation or prior warning. In late June 2020, all three seasons of Slasher were re-added to Netflix. Slasher has received positive reviews. For

646-672: The global hit series Life with Derek and the movie follow-up to the series, Vacation with Derek . Shaftesbury's newest series, Good Dog , is a half-hour comedy created, written and directed by Ken Finkleman that premiered on HBO Canada in 2011. Shaftesbury's divisions include Smokebomb Entertainment , the company's digital media division responsible for the development and production of original online series and companion web experiences for Shaftesbury's slate of properties; Shaftesbury Kids, their division responsible for several children's TV shows and movies; and Shaftesbury Sales Company, which manages international sales and distribution for

680-420: The natural deductive process, until the "all too human" killer and their motivations are revealed. Production on Slasher ' s 8-episode first season was announced on July 28, 2015, with filming taking place between then and October 2015. Three Northern Ontario municipalities — the cities of Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie and the town of Parry Sound — would stand in for the show's fictitious location,

714-483: The remaining family members are forced to compete in a series of twisted games in order to win the family's entire fortune, all the while being hunted by a masked killer called the Gentleman. The fifth season, Ripper takes place in 19th century Toronto, where a group of rich elites are hunted down by a serial killer wearing widow's weeds, coincidentally named the Widow. Sarah Bennett and her husband Dylan move back to

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748-549: The script did not receive immediate interest, Shaftesbury Films optioned it in late 2014 with an eight-episode order and started pitching around to networks. Canadian premium network Super Channel ordered the project after showing interest in Slasher ' s fixed-end format. The now-defunct American network Chiller , which specializes in the horror thriller genre, joined production shortly after; Slasher became Chiller's first and only foray into original scripted series content. In May 2017, Shaftesbury Films confirmed that

782-523: The season's conclusion. Series creator Aaron Martin was inspired by the format of American Horror Story , stating in 2016 that prospective subsequent seasons would retain the American Horror Story style of self-contained storylines; they would be used along with ideally as many actors from previous seasons as possible in new roles. Martin has aimed to tell "a modern-day monster story" in Slasher , combining three of his favorite genres:

816-434: The series was renewed for a third season, which premiered on May 23, 2019. An eight-episode fourth season was ordered for Shudder , premiering on August 12, 2021. On February 10, 2022, the series was renewed for a fifth and final season, which premiered on April 6, 2023. Each season is centered on a masked killer with an unknown motive for killing their victims. The first season, retroactively subtitled The Executioner ,

850-426: The series would not return to Super Channel or Chiller for a second season. However, streaming service Netflix acquired the rights to the second season. The second season was released via Netflix on October 17, 2017. In August 2018, it was announced that production commenced for the third season of Slasher . On October 23, 2018, Adam MacDonald was announced as the third season's director. On April 24, 2019, it

884-410: The show's killer be "a mythological creature" (as he feels the killers in most slasher films do not have much mystery surrounding them), Martin also uses elements of the traditional whodunit in Slasher : the characters, many of whom have mysterious backgrounds and their own reasons for possibly being the killer are featured, explored, and eliminated from consideration, one by one either through death or

918-662: The town of Waterbury. Unlike most television series that film their episodes in order, under the direction of Craig David Wallace , the series was shot as if it were a "super-sized" movie. Scenes from multiple episodes were filmed simultaneously, with the availability of locations and cast being factored in. The out-of-order schedule allowed the actors to acknowledge their characters' fates, especially those who had to film their death scenes one day but return later to film earlier scenes if necessary. As an example, Martin cited Mark Ghanimé 's first day on set, when his character, Justin Faysal,

952-483: The town of her birth, fictitious Waterbury, Canada, into her childhood home, where both of her parents were murdered on the Halloween of 1988. Her mother was pregnant with Sarah at the time of the killing before the police arrest the killer who was holding the newborn baby. Sarah's return to Waterbury is greeted with the start of a series of copycat murders , all appearing to be at the hands of "The Executioner." In

986-733: The year. There is evidence that the summer solstice has been culturally important since the Neolithic era. Many ancient monuments in Europe especially, as well as parts of the Middle East, Asia and the Americas, are aligned with the sunrise or sunset on the summer solstice (see archaeoastronomy ). The significance of the summer solstice has varied among cultures, but most recognize the event in some way with holidays , festivals , and rituals around that time with themes of fertility. In

1020-444: Was announced that Aaron Martin had stepped down as the showrunner and Ian Carpenter would serve as the primary showrunner and one of executive producers of the third season. On November 12, 2020, the series was moved to Shudder for a fourth season. On February 10, 2022, Shudder renewed the series for a fifth season. Slasher employs a season-long anthology format, with an overarching mystery storyline that will be resolved upon

1054-505: Was co-produced by Chiller and Super Channel, and centered on a mysterious figure billed as the Executioner who terrorizes the fictional town of Waterbury, Canada. The second season, subtitled Guilty Party , follows a group of former summer camp counselors who return to their isolated campground in order to retrieve the body of a murder they committed, before being targeted, one by one, by an unknown killer. The third season, Solstice ,

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1088-450: Was created by Aaron Martin, who was inspired after his work on the first season of the medical series Saving Hope , specifically his writing of two episodes in which "people got chopped up." He wrote the first episode of the series as a spec script , aiming to offer it to prospective studios and show a writing style that was different from his previous work (e.g. Saving Hope , Degrassi: The Next Generation , and Being Erica ). Though

1122-470: Was it meant to be," called the show "very well-crafted," praising its "exceptional cast" and tight pacing, and noting fans of gory horror will appreciate its bloody scenes. Summer solstice The summer solstice or estival solstice occurs when one of Earth 's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun . It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere ( Northern and Southern ). The summer solstice

1156-512: Was laid out in a casket for a scene early in Slasher ' s third episode. Justin's death, which took place in the second episode, would be filmed later on. On May 1, 2017, Slasher began filming a second season in Orangeville , Ontario , Canada. A first trailer for the series premiered on November 26, 2015. On May 25, 2016, the entire first season of Slasher became available to stream instantly on Netflix US. On October 17, 2017,

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