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Some of the most successful horror films were Halloween (1978), Friday the 13th (1980), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). Each of the films spawned huge, financially-profitable franchises. Halloween films covered a period of over 40 years, while Friday the 13th films lasted for 29 years, and Nightmare films endured for 26 years. However, most
of these original films in the late 70s and early 80s resulted
in inferior, low-budget sequels or imitators. There were many
sickening slasher, 'schlock' or 'splatter' films in the 80s (and
90s and beyond). They were mostly exploitative and featured shock,
gory violence, graphic horror, 'teens in peril,' computer-generated
special effects and makeup, and usually a homicidal male psycho
who committed a progressive string of gruesome murders on female
victims (where brutal killing/slashing/hacking metaphorically
substituted for a rape). Many of these films told tales of a
vengeful murderer motivated by some past misdeed or sexual perversity. >> See also: Greatest Scary Movie Moments and Scenes -- Here's another solid collection of hundreds of the most classic, 'scariest' scenes in movie history, including film scenes that were once considered 'scary' upon their initial screenings (or scary for young viewers), but have lost some of their shock appeal. |
  
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About Filmsite.org
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About Film Historian Tim Dirks
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Roger Ebert Endorsement
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Filmsite.org
is an award-winning website for classic film buffs, students,
moviegoers and anyone else interested in the great movies of the
last century. Detailed plot synopses, review commentary and
Tim Dirks created the popular
filmsite.org website, aka Greatest Films,
in mid-1996, and the site has now celebrated its landmark 25th
anniversary in 2021. He has been writing about and reviewing
films on the site ever since. Tim originated
Filmsite and has remained its sole contributor,
manager, and editor - he adds significant content to the site
spanning all the years of cinematic history, often writes
blogs and other film-related articles, and has engaged in a
number of on-camera interviews about film.
Film critic and columnist Roger Ebert, author of
The Great Movies (2002), The Great Movies II (2005), and The Great Movies III (2010) made many