Games of Terror: Halloween, Friday the 13th and the Films of the Stalker Cycle

by Vera Dika

A first-of-its-kind study of the "stalker" subgenre of slasher films.

From 1978 to 1981 there was a proliferation of horror films entering the American film market. Among this group of films, one narrative formula proved dominant, both in its commercial profitability and in its ability to engender copies and sequels--what has come to be known as slasher films. Games of Terror is the first study to isolate a smaller group of films,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1837722587
• ISBN13: 9781837722587
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.