genre research and intertextual links

Halloween- 1978.

John Carpenter, always a figure of law and authority, Adult, police, parent. Police often depicted as stupid.

Verisimilitude, creating a sense of realism in a diegetic world.

Low budget, ,made big at the box office. No stars, little or no special effects. 

"Halloween is the gone with the wind of the horror genre." 

Inter-textual references; Dr Loomis (halloween), Sam Loomis (Psycho), Billy Loomis (scream).

Auteur theory- John Carpenters Halloween.

Initial title was the babysitter murders. Limited location- sense of claustrophobia.

Target Audience, 15-34 (male). Although, cross-over appeal to women because the lead characters are a group of women. 

The Warriors.

1979.

Low budget, good example of  a film opening that creates a good sense of background and setting without using obvious and 'clunky' exposition.