Slasher film

The slasher film is a sub-genre of the horror genre. Typically, a masked, psychotic person stalks and graphically kills teenagers or young adults who are away from adult supervision. Slashers are often followed by multiple sequels which steadily decline in quality and fan interest.

Origins

The genre has its origins in the early 1960s: Michael Powell's Peeping Tom (1960), Herschell Gordon Lewis' Blood Feast (1963), and, most notably, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) all bear the hallmarks of the genre.

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Michael Powell - Peeping Tom - Herschell Gordon Lewis - Blood Feast - Alfred Hitchcock - Psycho

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Other early examples are Mario Bava's Reazione a catena (1971) (known by a dozen titles in English, including Bay of Blood, Carnage and Twitch of the Death Nerve), Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) and Bob Clark's Black Christmas (1974).

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Mario Bava - Tobe Hooper - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Bob Clark - Black Christmas

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