Target the Teens!!!!

Most movies try to appeal to a teen audience and horror movies are completely the same. Teens enjoy sex, drugs, alcohol and violence so why not combine all of this with death, blood and gore?

The 1950s reflected an increased targeting of teens for horror movies and profits for corporations. The 1970s reflected the increasing wildness of America's youth and pop culture, such as more daring rock and roll music, while also subliminally issuing a stern moral warning to the consequences of this lifestyle. Teens increasingly became the subject of horror movies, especially in the "slasher" genre where a group of immoral teens are punished in a severe and gruesome way.