Halloween - 9781906733797

HalloweenAuthor(s): Murray Leeder\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Auteur Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781906733797, 978-1906733797\nSynopsis\nThe 1970s represented an unusually productive and innovative period for the horror film, and John Carpenter's Halloween [tel] is the film that capped that golden age and some say ruined it, by ushering in the era of the slasher film. Considered a paradigm of low-budget ingenuity, its story of a seemingly unremarkable middle-American town becoming the site of violence on October 31 struck a chord within audiences. The film became a surprise hit that gave rise to a lucrative franchise, and it remains a perennial favourite. Much of its success stems from the simple but strong constructions of its three central characters: brainy, introverted teenager Laurie Strode, a late bloomer compared to her more outgoing friends, Dr. Loomis, the driven, obsessive psychiatrist, and Michael Myers, the inexplicable, .