Talk:Alien/@comment-26814804-20160216014700/@comment-26814804-20160229134503

Well, many critics consider Psycho the first slasher film, but many others dissagree.

I see it this way. A slasher film is a movie where a psychopath with a bladed weapon, generaly supernatrual in some way, murders a large number of people. 95% of the time, the killer is somewhat unstoppable, and 90% of the time, he is mute. Bates only killed 2 people (or 3, I don't quite remember), he is completely human, and while insane, he is soft and well-spoken.