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No, Mario Bava's 1964 film Blood & Black Lace was.
Uh, who on earth said that Friday the 13th was the first slasher film? Most people would think it's Halloween or Black Christmas, which were obviously released waaay before F13. The Slasher film may have big big in the 80s, but it didn't start there. Besides, the majority of stuff that happens in it is lifted straight from Bay of Blood, directed, again, by Mario Bava.
Michael Myers' body count in the first Halloween was only four people. You're right about Psycho not being a slasher though - I consider it to be more of a suspence film, like Hitchcock's other works - but it definately influenced the genre (as did Peeping Tom, released in the same year).
Originally Posted by led_zeppelin
for Horror definatley the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It's the very first slasher movie! I'm pretty sure it was anyway.
Originally Posted by Eyes
no, i think that F13 came b4 it
Originally Posted by led_zeppelin
Slasher films to me are movies like Friday the 13th, Halloween, Scream, Nightmare on Elm Street and things like that. Norman Bates didn't have the body count Freddy and Jason did. That's what I think of when I hear "slasher film."
