It helped kick start the slasher genre.

Hallows: A horror film which attempts to "reimagine" the slasher genre.

As a screenwriter, I am hesitant to work in the hugely popular slasher genre for that reason.

The Nostril Picker is a 1993 horror film of the slasher genre.

Her actions, such as arming herself with a phallic weapon, follow common observations and analysis of the slasher genre.

Though the film is less graphic in its violence than many films of the slasher genre, Night School was still denounced by critics upon release.

Halloween popularized many tropes that have become completely synonymous with the slasher genre.

Critic.de said it provided "entertaining thrills" but did not escape the narrow conventions of the slasher genre.