Halloween exhibits many conventions considered hallmarks of the genre, such as the “final girl” trope, which refers to the (usually) female protagonist who is the sole survivor of the group of characters stalked by the killer.
Many critics consider the 1970s and 1980s to be the golden age of the slasher film, beginning with the commercial success of Halloween (1978), which follows heroine Laurie Strode as she repeatedly dodges the attacks of a masked murderer who recently escaped from a psychiatric institution. These films often featured highly stylized cinematography and themes of sexuality and paranoia. As examples, film critics cite the Italian giallo films of the 1960s and 1970s, including Mario Bava’s Blood and Black Lace (1964) and Dario Argento’s The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970).
The slasher film is a subgenre of horror films that follows a killer as they stalk and murder a group of characters, often youths.
There’s Someone Inside Your House is based on slasher films of the 20th century-Stephanie Perkins cites 1996’s Scream as a significant influence.
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