#videoessay #horror #1980s
Slasher films dominated the horror genre throughout the 1980s, with stories of masked killers invading the suburbs, and preying on the teenage residents. These films largely follow the same tropes, be it Michael Myers, Freddy Kreuger or Jason Voorhees, there's an inherent familiarity when it comes to Slasher films. This video essay explains these rules, and tracks the history of Slasher films, from their Giallo roots in Italy, to it's postmodernist period marked by the release of Scream in the 90s.

00:00 - Slasher Rules
02:04 - Giallo
03:33 - American Slashers
04:43 - Halloween
06:22 - Suburban Paranoia
08:53 - Final Girl