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Originally Posted by metternich1815
I never said that Halloween (1978) was the first slasher, merely the one that sparked the Slasher Age. Additionally, many later slashers were specifically modeled after Halloween (1978) because of its tremendous commercial success. Traditionally, Black Christmas (1974) is regarded as the first slasher, although films such as Psycho (1960) and Peeping Tom (1960) had tremendous influence on the genre. Bloodfeast (1963) raised the amount of gore that was tolerable in a film, along with such films as The Night of the Living Dead (1968) (i'm sure that giallo films had a simliar effect). Silent Night, Bloody Night might have been a slasher, though not particularly influential. Why Halloween (1978) was the one that sparked it is a matter of debate.
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I didn't say you did, lol, I never even implied it. I was just giving a little horror history is all.