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This John Carpenter film triggered the slasher subgenre and was terrifying because the horror occurred in a quaint suburban subdivision. The movie had a very modest budget but became a box office juggernaut.
The slasher subgenre in Hollywood was really triggered by John Carpenter's Halloween.
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Episode: Why horror kills at the box office
This John Carpenter film triggered the slasher subgenre and was terrifying because the horror occurred in a quaint suburban subdivision. The movie had a very modest budget but became a box office juggernaut.
The slasher subgenre in Hollywood was really triggered by John Carpenter's Halloween.
And I think the reason that Halloween was so terrifying and somewhat different from even, you could say, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre is, you know, because in this case, the horror is happening right here in our little quaint suburban subdivision.
even, like back in the day, you would have a movie like the original Halloween, which had a very modest budget, and then just became this box office juggernaut.