"Horror movies, more so than almost any other genre, are a series of films in constant conversation with themselves. Horror flicks are constantly pulling on tropes established in previous horror films and subverting them to mine scares. As a result, horror was constantly reinventing itself at every turn. The '70s may have put horror into the mainstream, but the '80s perfected it with New Hollywood directors cranking out every iteration of horror viewers could imagine.
Though the slasher genre almost died in the '80s as the horror market became oversaturated, some of the greatest films came out of the era. These were bold, unique horror movies that not only pushed the boundaries of horror itself but laid the groundwork for decades of fantastic movies to come."
