Minutes after Laurie Strode, her daughter Karen and granddaughter Allyson left masked monster Michael Myers caged and burning in Laurie’s basement, Laurie is rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, believing she finally killed her lifelong tormentor.
Horror Icons of the ’80s: When Monsters Became Movie Stars!
The 1980s didn’t just give us great horror movies. It gave us horror icons. Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Chucky, Pinhead and more became larger than the films themselves, turning slashers, supernatural horror and practical-effects nightmares into full-blown pop culture.
In this Sunset Video retrospective, we rewind the decade that made horror villains into movie stars, look at why these characters connected with audiences, how VHS and the video store era helped build their legends, and why the icons of ’80s horror still dominate the genre today.