Slasher film is a genre of horror films involving a killer stalking and murdering a group of people, usually by use of bladed tools.
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13 Facts About Slasher film
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Several slasher film villains grew to take on villain protagonist characteristics, with the series following the continued efforts of a villain, rather than the killer's victims.
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The film featured an iconic score by Bernard Herrmann that has been frequently imitated in slasher and horror films.
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Carpenter added music himself, and the Slasher film was distributed locally in four Kansas City theaters through Akkad's Compass International Pictures in October 1978.
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The independent horror Slasher film Madman opened in New York City's top 10, according to Variety, but soon fell out of theaters for a much healthier life on home video.
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Alone in the Dark was New Line Cinema's first feature Slasher film, released to little revenue and initially dismissed by critics, though the Slasher film has gained critical reappraisal.
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The Slasher film reunited original Psycho cast members Anthony Perkins and Vera Miles.
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The final slasher film released during the Golden Age, The Initiation, was greatly overshadowed by A Nightmare on Elm Street.
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The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 and Friday the 13th: A New Beginning were theatrically released but neither Slasher film was embraced like A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge, a sequel rushed into production.
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The Slasher film played on nostalgia for the Golden Age, but appealed to a younger audience with contemporary young actors and popular music.
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Two months later Dimension Films released Scream 2 to the highest grossing opening weekend of any R-rated Slasher film at the time; the sequel sold 22 million tickets and was a critical hit.
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Rob Zombie's Halloween took the simplicity of the original 1978 Slasher film but added an extreme vision that, according to critics, replaced everything that made the first Slasher film a success.
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The Slasher film's release was delayed to August 27,2021, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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