Going to Pieces The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, 1978-1986 |
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| Author:
| Rockoff, Adam |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7864-6932-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95USD $3.00 |
Book Description:
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John Carpenter's Halloween, released in 1978, marked the beginning of the horror film's most colourful, controversial, and successful offshoot - the slasher film. This traces the evolution of the slasher film from 1978 when it was a fledgling genre, through the early 1980s when it was one of the most profitable and prolific genres in Hollywood, on to its decline in popularity around 1986.
John Carpenter's Halloween, released in 1978, marked the beginning of the horror film's most colourful, controversial, and successful offshoot - the slasher film. This traces the evolution of the slasher film from 1978 when it was a fledgling genre, through the early 1980s when it was one of the most profitable and prolific genres in Hollywood, on to its decline in popularity around 1986.