Impact of John Carpenter’s “Halloween” on Slasher Genre: Discovering Michael Meyers’ Dual Humanity
In all of John Carpenter’s filmography, Halloween (1978) is his most impactful and influential contribution to cinema. While films like Peeping Tom (1960) and Psycho (1960) originated the slasher genre within horror and created the archetype for a horror villain in this form, Halloween popularized it by establishing characterizations and imagery that still hold … Read more