THE BEST (AND WORST) SLASHERS OF 1981!! (Part 1 of 2)

FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2 (1981) d. Steve Miner (USA)
HALLOWEEN II (1981) d. Rick Rosenthal (USA)
THE BURNING (1981) d. Tony Maylam (USA)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME (1981) d. J. Lee Thompson (Canada)
MY BLOODY VALENTINE (1981) d. George Mihalka (Canada)
THE FUNHOUSE (1981) d. Tobe Hooper (USA)
HELL NIGHT (1981) d. Tom DeSimone (USA)
THE PROWLER (1981) d. Joseph Zito (USA)
NIGHTMARE (1981) d. Romano Scavolini (USA)
JUST BEFORE DAWN (1981) d. Jeff Lieberman (USA)

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The early 1980s were a golden age for horror, and by 1981, the slasher subgenre had already exploded into a full-blown phenomenon, with producers and filmmakers eager to capitalize on the success of Halloween and Friday the 13th.

While horror sequels weren’t a new concept, Friday the 13th Part 2 introduced Jason Voorhees as a full-fledged killer, creating a genre icon before our eyes, and Halloween II picked up immediately where the 1978 original left off, both pushing their respective series toward more explicit violence and expanding their internal mythologies, with impressive box office results.

But there were also plenty of one-offs, from out in the wilderness (The Burning, Just Before Dawn) to civilization (Nightmare, The Prowler), from exotic settings (The Funhouse, Hell Night) including the Great White North (Happy Birthday to Me, My Bloody Valentine).

Join AC and his incredible panel of gorehound guests (Fraser Coffeen, Art Ettinger, Kolleen Carney Hoepfner, Adam Rockoff, Freddie Young) as we head back 45 years to a time of body counts, masked killers, outrageous offings, eerie atmosphere, endlessly quotable dialogue, and filmmakers throwing it all at the screen to see what would stick. THE SLASHERS OF 1981!!

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