ʙʀᴇaᴋɪng dᴏwn ʙᴇsᴛ hᴏʀʀᴏʀ ᴍᴏᴠɪᴇs ɪn 1980s: pʀᴏs, cᴏns, and ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛhɪng ʙᴇᴛwᴇᴇn
ᴛhᴇ 1980s wɪᴛnᴇssᴇd a ʀᴇsᴜʀgᴇncᴇ ɪn hᴏʀʀᴏʀ cɪnᴇᴍa, capᴛɪᴠaᴛɪng aᴜdɪᴇncᴇs wɪᴛh a pᴏᴛᴇnᴛ ʙlᴇnd ᴏf gᴏʀᴇ, sᴜspᴇnsᴇ, and psʏchᴏlᴏgɪcal ᴛᴇʀʀᴏʀ. nᴏᴛaʙlᴇ ᴇnᴛʀɪᴇs lɪᴋᴇ “ᴛhᴇ shɪnɪng” and “a nɪghᴛᴍaʀᴇ ᴏn ᴇlᴍ sᴛʀᴇᴇᴛ” pᴜshᴇd ʙᴏᴜndaʀɪᴇs, lᴇaᴠɪng an ᴇndᴜʀɪng lᴇgacʏ. hᴏwᴇᴠᴇʀ, ɪᴛ’s ɪᴍpᴏʀᴛanᴛ ᴛᴏ acᴋnᴏwlᴇdgᴇ ᴛhaᴛ sᴏᴍᴇ fɪlᴍs ᴍaʏ haᴠᴇ ʙᴇcᴏᴍᴇ ɪcᴏnɪc dᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ nᴏsᴛalgɪa ʀaᴛhᴇʀ ᴛhan gᴇnᴜɪnᴇ cɪnᴇᴍaᴛɪc ᴍᴇʀɪᴛ.
ʙʀᴇaᴋɪng dᴏwn ʙᴇsᴛ hᴏʀʀᴏʀ ᴍᴏᴠɪᴇs ɪn 1980s: pʀᴏs, cᴏns, and ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛhɪng ʙᴇᴛwᴇᴇn
ᴛhᴇ 1980s hᴏʀʀᴏʀ ʙᴏᴏᴍ had ɪᴛs sᴛʀᴇngᴛhs and dʀawʙacᴋs. pʀᴏs ɪnclᴜdᴇd ɪnnᴏᴠaᴛɪᴠᴇ sᴛᴏʀʏᴛᴇllɪng, ɪncʀᴇasᴇd pʀᴏdᴜcᴛɪᴏn ᴠalᴜᴇs, and ᴛhᴇ ʀɪsᴇ ᴏf ɪcᴏnɪc ᴠɪllaɪns. hᴏwᴇᴠᴇʀ, a ʀᴇlɪancᴇ ᴏn gʀaᴛᴜɪᴛᴏᴜs ᴠɪᴏlᴇncᴇ and ᴇxplᴏɪᴛaᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴇlᴇᴍᴇnᴛs ɪn sᴏᴍᴇ fɪlᴍs ᴏᴠᴇʀshadᴏwᴇd ᴛhᴇ gᴇnʀᴇ’s aʀᴛɪsᴛɪc pᴏᴛᴇnᴛɪal. as a ʀᴇsᴜlᴛ, whɪlᴇ ᴛhᴇ dᴇcadᴇ pʀᴏdᴜcᴇd sᴇᴠᴇʀal gʀᴏᴜndʙʀᴇaᴋɪng hᴏʀʀᴏʀ classɪcs, ɪᴛ alsᴏ saw a sᴜʀgᴇ ɪn ᴍᴇdɪᴏcʀᴇ and fᴏʀᴍᴜlaɪc ᴇnᴛʀɪᴇs.
