The document discusses the slasher film genre, its origins in Psycho, key franchises like Halloween and Friday the 13th, and conventions like masked killers targeting sexually active female victims. It notes that while criticized as low culture, these films became hugely popular among adolescents. The document also examines themes of misogyny, repression of sexuality, and ineffective authority figures in slasher films. Finally, it describes how more recent postmodern slasher films like Scream have become self-reflective on the genre's tropes.

1. Horror Genre Slasher Movies