Research into Horror Films - The Slasher Genre

Slasher films are usually based around teenage characters being stalked and murdered by a psychopathic killer. The slasher film really started with Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" which influenced many filmmakers to follow including Brian de Palma and John Carpenter who made "Halloween" in 1978. "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"and "Black Christmas" were released in 1974 but the success of Halloween set off a wide range of imitations during the 1980s, most notably "Friday the 13th" (1980), "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) both of which had several sequels. The genre died down during the 90s but was revived slightly by Wes Craven's "Scream". In the 2000s, Hollywood started to remake almost every successful slasher film of the 70s and 80s including Halloween and Friday the 13th spawning sequels of their on starting the franchise all over again.