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To What extent do you consider 'Halloween' to be a typical horror film?
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To What extent do you consider 'Halloween' to be a typical horror film? Halloween was dubbed as the first 'Stalk and Slash' Film and was released in 1978 and is very typical of the horror genre. But to first show how Halloween is a typical horror film I must first look at the typical conventions of the horror genre. One of the main conventions is darkness. People feel a lot more threatened when in darkness because their vision is very limited and they are put into the idea that they are no longer safe. It also generates a feel of loneliness. Halloween does this very well and puts all the scary and major scenes in nigh time. A typical scene used in horror films with Halloween included is when the lights do not work when they are switched on. This again leads to the idea of darkness being scary and lonely....
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