where was the first season of slasher filmed
Orangeville, Ontario, Canada Sudbury, Parry Sound
title: Slasher (TV series) text: Slasher (TV series) Slasher is a Canadian television horror anthology series created by Aaron Martin. The first season, retroactively subtitled "The Executioner", was produced in association with the Canadian network Super Channel, "Slasher" was the first (and only) original series by the now-defunct U.S. TV channel Chiller, which premiered the series on Friday, March 4, 2016, at 9:00pm EST. Super Channel aired the show's Canadian premiere on April 1, 2016. The series' first season, which centered on a mysterious figure billed as "The Executioner" who terrorizes the fictional town of Waterbury, Canada, was filmed between July and October 2015 in title: Slasher (TV series) text: Sudbury, Parry Sound, and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. On May 1, 2017, "Slasher" began filming a second season in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. The licensing rights for the second season were acquired by Netflix. The season was released as a "Netflix Original" title in various countries on October 17, 2017. The second season titled "Slasher: Guilty Party" is centered on a group of former summer camp counselors who return to an isolated campground in order to bury their sins of the past, before being targeted, one by one, by an unknown killer. The series has been renewed for a third season. title: Slasher (TV series) text: would discover and option it to prospective broadcasters. The script would land at Canadian premium network Super Channel, who, their interest piqued in part by "Slasher"s fixed-end format, would order it as a series. The now-defunct American network Chiller, which specializes in the horror/thriller genre, would join in production sometime after Super Channel; "Slasher" would be Chiller's first (and only) foray into original scripted series content. 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 title: Slasher (TV series) text: and the town of Parry Sound — would stand in for the show's fictitious location, the town of Waterbury. A first trailer for the series would be released on November 26, 2015. Unlike most TV series that film their episodes in order, "Slasher", under the direction of Craig David Wallace, was shot as if it were a "super-sized" movie: Scenes from multiple episodes were shot at the same time, with the availability of locations and cast being factored in. The out-of-order schedule allowed the actors to know of their characters' fates, especially those who had to film their death scenes title: Slasher (TV series) text: one day but return later to film earlier scenes as necessary. As an example of this, Martin cited Mark Ghanimé's first day on set, when his character, Justin Faysal, was laid out in a casket for a scene early in "Slasher"s third episode (Justin's death, which took place in Episode 2, would be filmed later on). On May 1, 2017, "Slasher" began filming a second season in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. Shaftesbury Films confirmed that the series will not be returning to Super Channel or Chiller for a second season. However, Netflix acquired the rights to the second season. The second