John Carpenter’s 1978 horror classic Halloween was by no means the first slasher movie, but it inspired a wave of imitators which collectively codified a lot of what fans still expect from the genre: ...

Promotional poster for the "Jason Universe" haunted house that is coming to Universal's Halloween Horror Nights. Image courtesy of Universal Studios June 13 (UPI) --Universal Studios has announced ...

The long-standing link between Halloween, horror movies and goalie masks goes well beyond the iconic example of Jason Voorhees wearing one in the "Friday the 13th" films. Gerry Cheevers is credited as ...

Slasher films have been much-maligned since they first carved their way into cinemas. (The Hollywood Reporter famously called “Friday the 13th” both “sick and sickening” and “blatant exploitation of ...