Its so effective that its still unnerving today.
Norman Bates dressed up as his mother.
Leatherface wore actual faces inThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre(1974).
Thats what its really about, horror.
Whats worse than your friends dying?
Well, finding their mutilated bodies while being pursued by the killer is pretty high up there.
Either way, its horrific, and Lauries blood-curdling screams are entirely justified.
And thats why its become an enduring horror staple.
As Randy elaborated inScream 3(2000), You got a killer whos going to be superhuman.
Stabbing him wont work.
Shooting him wont work.
Basically… you gotta cryogenically freeze his head, decapitate him, or blow him up.
Speaking of…
Halloweenwas the first slasher movie to take a villain and turn him into a myth.
I realised that what was living behind that boys eyes was purely and simply… evil, he shudders.
Heck, Michaels even credited in the film as simply The Shape.
yells Laurie in the firstHalloween.
Find out more about Laurie Strodes eagerly-awaited return here.
