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Going to Pieces

- The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, 1978-1986

About Going to Pieces

John Carpenter's Halloween, released in 1978, marked the beginning of the horror film's most colourful, controversial, and successful offshoot - the slasher film. This traces the evolution of the slasher film from 1978 when it was a fledgling genre, through the early 1980s when it was one of the most profitable and prolific genres in Hollywood, on to its decline in popularity around 1986.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780786469321
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 223
  • Published:
  • November 3, 2011
  • Dimensions:
  • 178x253x14 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 412 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: August 16, 2025

Description of Going to Pieces

John Carpenter's Halloween, released in 1978, marked the beginning of the horror film's most colourful, controversial, and successful offshoot - the slasher film. This traces the evolution of the slasher film from 1978 when it was a fledgling genre, through the early 1980s when it was one of the most profitable and prolific genres in Hollywood, on to its decline in popularity around 1986.

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