Trade advertisement for Friday the 13th, 1979: “The Most Terrifying Film Ever Made”
Trade advertisement for Friday the 13th, 1979: “The Most Terrifying Film Ever Made”
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| Created / published | 1978 |
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| Notes | The modern scream, four decades of it: Michael Myers in the 2018 Halloween, the 1979 teaser advertisement for Friday the 13th, and the one-sheets that started it all — Halloween (1978) and, before the slasher had a name, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960). Source: (a) Michael Myers, still from Halloween (Universal Pictures / Blumhouse, 2018). (b) Trade advertisement, Friday the 13th, Cunningham Films Ltd., 1979 (“The Most Terrifying Film Ever Made”). (c) One-sheet, Halloween (Compass International Pictures, 1978); poster illustration by Bob Gleason. (d) One-sheet, Psycho (Paramount Pictures, 1960). All reproduced under fair use for scholarly commentary. |
| Subjects | Figure 3.4 (b) in Hollywood Halloween Horrors |
| Reference | Fig 3.4 (b) F0304a-4 Ch10-Wiki-149-1 |
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