Halloween

by Murray J.D. Leeder

The 1970s represented an unusually productive and innovative period for the horror film, and John Carpenter's Halloween (1978) is the film that capped that golden age - and some say ruined it, by ushering in the era of the slasher film. Considered a paradigm of low-budget ingenuity, its story of a seemingly unremarkable middle-American town becoming the site of violence on October 31 struck a chord within audiences. The film became a surprise hit...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906733791
• ISBN13: 9781906733797
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.4" x 7.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher