They’re my favorite type of horror movies, but they’re not as popular today.
Why were slasher horror movies so popular in the 80s?
by Anonymous | reply 17 | March 28, 2024 10:43 PM |
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by Anonymous | reply 1 | March 28, 2024 6:02 PM |
It was a different time.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | March 28, 2024 6:19 PM |
That's when they first came out. Before that the studios really didnt show very much
by Anonymous | reply 3 | March 28, 2024 6:26 PM |
Reagan era. SHowed the slutty teens would get killed while the good kids survived. Also the concept of the boogeyman.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | March 28, 2024 6:30 PM |
They probably went out of fashion because real life is much scarier now- you can be mowed down by some mental case with an AR-15 while doing your grocery shopping or sitting in school.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | March 28, 2024 6:39 PM |
Torture porn. I prefer supernatural stuff but not that conjuring series crap.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | March 28, 2024 7:01 PM |
The original Friday the 13th was a massive hit.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | March 28, 2024 7:14 PM |
The Nightmare on Elm Street films, particularly 3 and 4, were awesome!
by Anonymous | reply 8 | March 28, 2024 7:45 PM |
They were popular in the '70s, OP. Halloween's quality upped their respectibilty.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | March 28, 2024 7:48 PM |
I feel like an old fuddy duddy, but they don't make horror movies the way they did in the 80s. All you need is a group of horny white kids, maybe a black person, and an Asian, the woods, a virgin, and a serial killer and you've got 90 minutes of fun. Now, everything is so cerebral. I don't even think they do slasher flicks any longer or at least good ones.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | March 28, 2024 7:49 PM |
Boobs, OP. Boobs.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | March 28, 2024 7:50 PM |
Today female characters must have agency. It might be stylish but it makes for boring horror films.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | March 28, 2024 7:53 PM |
Oh, and boobs.
The Burning is a fun slasher from 1981 with a few actors who would go on to be in the Law and Order universe.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | March 28, 2024 7:56 PM |
[quote]with a few actors who would go on to be in the Law and Order universe.
r13 - Along with Holly Hunter, Jason Alexander and Harvey Weinstein getting a writer credit.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | March 28, 2024 8:10 PM |
I’d take the trashy and fun slasher movies of the 80s over the self serious and pretentious A24 horror movies of today any day.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | March 28, 2024 8:54 PM |
R14 Oddly, there’s not one scene in which Holly Hunter’s full face is captured by the camera.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | March 28, 2024 10:09 PM |
The imitation game, OP. “Halloween” did well.” Friday the 13th” did well. Why not try it?
by Anonymous | reply 17 | March 28, 2024 10:43 PM |