Main Task Research: Horror films through the decades: The 80's

The 1980's saw two major eras in horror film as the slasher genre was at it's peak notoriety and a new type of horror came into the mix; Body horror! During the 80's technology really advanced in the film industry, with new tools at the helm; film makers could make their impossible dream a reality with highly advanced technology making outlandish special effects a reality, making  films look more realistic than real life itself! The films that pioneered "Body Horror" were two of the most famous 80's horrors The Thing (1982) and The Fly (1986). New editing technology meant that Sci-Fi horror now came back into contention for the top of the horror film market with films like the Alien series and Predator.

In the 80's Teen slasher horror was at it's peak. After The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween in the 70's The teen slasher genre evolved in the 80's into a film genre with the biggest audiences in the world. Many sequels followed Texas Chainsaw and Halloween and two new horror figures came into the fray that also grabbed teen audiences worldwide; Jason Voorhees (Friday The 13th in 1980) and Freddy Krueger (Nightmare On Elm Street in 1984). Theses movies preyed on people's fear of a dangerous evil serial killer figure that is incapable of doing unspeakable things (back in the 80's people were still scared of serial killers because of people like Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacey).