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Three Years Before 'Halloween,' This Unsung Horror Movie Helped Pave the Way for the Slasher Genre
Alfred Sole’s Alice, Sweet Alice helped to establish some of the most iconic slasher tropes three years before John Carpenter's Halloween.
There’s no denying how influential John Carpenter’s Halloween is. It spawned a litter of sequels and guided every single slasher movie for the next several decades, including modern fare like Freaky and Netflix's Fear Street trilogy. While the 1978 landmark film polished the slasher for mainstream audiences, countless slasher prototypes greatly impacted how Carpenter made his film. Peeping Tom, Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and Black Christmas are frequently credited with jump-starting the genre.
