The subgenre first emerged in the 1960's following the release of Hitchcocks "Psycho"which featured all the classics traits that we expect in a slasher; A deranged psychopathic killer, a 'whodunit' plot and a cast of victims. Despite Norman Bate's small bodycount of only two it is know as the first slasher but "Black Christmas", released in 1973, is widely accepted as the first true slasher.Saturday, 18 June 2011
Research - The "Slasher" Genre
The subgenre first emerged in the 1960's following the release of Hitchcocks "Psycho"which featured all the classics traits that we expect in a slasher; A deranged psychopathic killer, a 'whodunit' plot and a cast of victims. Despite Norman Bate's small bodycount of only two it is know as the first slasher but "Black Christmas", released in 1973, is widely accepted as the first true slasher.
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