There are few horror movies that have impacted the genre like John Carpenter’s 1978 classic Halloween. It isn’t the first slasher film by any means (it was preceded by ‘60s proto-slashers like Peeping Tom and Psycho, gory Italian giallo like Bay of Blood, and early ‘70s luminaries like the macabre Black Christmas and the ferocious Texas Chain Saw Massacre.) But it did provide a blueprint of sorts that would inform all films like it going forward.
